The Skiers' Guide to Valloire

A great intermediate resortlots of long varied reds and blues with a network of lifts that make for an interesting days skiing. Prob not the best for total beginners as greens few and moderately challenging. Main lifts centred on lovely old Valloire town. Telecabins and chairlifts modern. A great family resort.

We're a family of 4 with 2 adult children who've skiied for 10 years or more.Went early January. Very quiet slopes, no queues for the lifts which were modern and efficient. Good blues and reds though reds a little on the short side. Most black runs were closed though. Good links to different parts of the resort like Vallmeinier. We skiied 6 days and didn't do every slope. None of the snow parks were open yet, no mogul fields.The resort is very French, in a good way. Usual choice of gift shops, gear shops, and food shops. Really good bakery. Decent supermarket with all the essentials and well stocked for wine and beer- the local Galibier IPA is good.Good choice of restaurants from pizza to traditional French. Decent aprés ski especially at the bottom of the Setaz gondola which is brand new.We stayed in an apartment in the Les Charbonniers area with good access to the slope down to Brive gondola. There's a frequent shuttle bus for much if the day up and down the hill.We flew into Turin and hired a car- about 2.5 hours with a stop off at an Aldi on the way for our food and stuff.Overall a good resort with enough for intermediate and just about enough for advanced. Experts should look elsewhere-little off-piste, limited blacks. The caveat I guess is it's early season.Good resort for young families and couples

Pleasant resort with good snow conditions and without the crowds found in the more popular ski areas nearer Geneva.