Chez Pépé Nicolas is both a rustic working farm complete with its own cows and goats and one of the best restaurants in Val Thorens For a purpose-built resort in the middle of nowhere, Val Thorens has ...

Pashmina Le Refuge, one of the best hotels in Val Thorens, defies typical five-star glitz and blends adventure with luxury - Xavier Ferrand Perched in the Tarentaise valley at the foot of the Péclet ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. My biggest regret about spending an afternoon in Val Thorens learning how to monoski is forgetting my 30 year-old ...

The Wi-Fi password is ‘hangover’. Which is a strong clue to one of the priorities at hotel Fahrenheit Seven in the superb, ultra-lofty ski resort of Val Thorens – partying. The other clues are the bar ...

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 ...

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 ...

A potent midweek storm is set to blanket much of the Alps with significant snowfall, particularly from Wednesday night through Friday. Zermatt is the standout performer, potentially racking up as much ...

I found myself in the highest resort in Europe, Val Thorens, quietly confident that my ski skills would get me safely to the end of the 'unofficial red' (intermediate) slope. This unrealistic view had ...

Enzo Nilo, Rémi Benamo, and Michael Mawn on the podium for Snowboard Men at Val Thorens Pro / Photo provided by Freeride World Tour For the first time in 8 years, the Freeride World Tour returns to ...

At least eight people have been injured, two seriously, in a cable car accident at the French ski resort of Val Thorens, authorities have said. Val Thorens is an exceptionally high ski station in the ...

A BRITISH man has been killed after he was swept 50ft to his death in a horrific avalanche at the popular French ski resort Val Thorens. The 27-year-old was discovered buried under the snow at the ...