The light was beginning to fade as we reached the Pointe Collet Blanc. We’d traversed in through a series of increasingly untracked bowls from a lift 500m above Val Thorens and just a few minutes ...

Forget a ski-in, ski-out hotel, how about a ski-in, ski-out resort? Welcome to France's Val Thorens, which has been declared the world's best ski resort nine times, including for 2024/2025. Here, no ...

Europe's highest ski resort, Val Thorens in France, has been named the world's best ski resort for the third time, just a week before its official opening of the season. It's a big boost for Val ...

Val Thorens, the highest ski resort in Europe at 2,300m, has again been named ‘Best Ski Resort in the World’ at the annual World Ski Awards, the only global initiative to recognise, reward and ...

Skiers in Val Thorens have a lower age profile than some leading French resorts, which, coupled with its popularity as a destination for university ski trips, may explain its busy après-ski life.

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The highest resort in the Alps, Val Thorens is used to excellent snow. But this year – though it arrived later than usual – the conditions have been exceptional. The resort has had one of its ...

Val Thorens, the highest ski resort in Europe at 2,300m, was again named the ‘Best Ski Resort in the World’ at the latest annual World Ski Awards. This was the ninth time in the last 12 years that the ...