Val Thorens Apartment

Mont Peclet this afternoon.  Amazing.  Skiing tomorrow!!

Took this photo the other day from the balcony - snow's good for the start of the season in a few day's time so we are hoping for another exceptional season.  We are looking forward to getting our skis on and trying out the new runs that have been made this year.  We also want to give the free ski test a go - it's always good to try out some different skis.

The new restaurant/party place in the middle of the pistes at the top of the Plein Sud chairlift is good fun.  It is called La Folie Douce and La Fruitiere and is a concept imported from Val d'Isere.   It includes a quality restaurant, a self-service and an outside club with live music and dancing.

The snow is exceptional at the moment and it is not too late to book a holiday.  Skiing at the end of January can be great as you avoid the crowds that come a few days later during school half-term holidays.  Due to a late cancellation our studio is available for the week 23rd to 30th January - check out the prices on our availability page

I took this picture from the balcony this morning, the 11th November.  We can hardly believe the weather today.  It was snowing yesterday so didn't expect the amazing sunshine that we woke up to this morning.  There has been so much snow the resort is going to open a week early, on 14 November.  So everybody has been rushing around today to get things ready for this coming Saturday.  Some people couldn't wait and we watched them climbing up the mountains in order to be the first to ski the slopes.

It's looking good for the coming season.

It hasn't been very good weather so far this last week of the season which is also Dutch Week. But it hasn't dampened their spirits at all as there are parties every night at Le Monde and the Galoubet and ski testing all week at The Knife & Fork.

Fingers crossed the forecast for the rest of the week including Sunday is sunshine so we are looking forward to some fantastic skiing lots of lovely new snow to finish off what has been a fantastic season

Very nearly the end of the season, but there's still good snow high up in VT. The best areas are up via Grand Fond and Col. The resort is open until early may.

Perfect conditions today so we got out nice and early to enjoy the sunshine and great snow.  After a buzz around the pistes in Val Thorens before it got too crowded, we made our way over to the Vallee d'Orelle, one of our favourite areas of the 3 Valleys (part of the Val Thorens lift pass by the way). 

The red run from the Funitel du Grand Fond called the Mauriennaise is fantastic and was not crowded at all.

The telesiege de Bouchet takes you to the highest point in the 3 Valleys and the runs today were excellent.  There are two challenging red runs from the top of that chairlift which are very enjoyable, also the off piste area called Pierre Lory.

After making our way back towards Val Thorens we couldnt resist finishing with the Slalom slope which was in perfect condition as not many people had used it.

It doesnt get much better than this!!

Fantastic weather over the mountains for the last few days with great snow conditions.  Everybody is getting a good tan at the mountain restaurants and staying out on the pistes all day.

This is set to continue for a few more days then more snow is forecast - great news for those of you planning a skiing holiday in March.  The slopes then should be less crowded and we should be able to get in some really good skiing on and off piste.  We are also hoping to get in some serious sunbathing at the top of the Funitel de Peclet in the spring sunshine.

We have had masses of new snowfall in the French Alps over a few days.  The pistes are now fantastic and the off-pisters are very happy bunnies!

We even have wonderful blue skies to make this the perfect time to be skiing.

So things are looking good for the school holidays with even more snow forecast next week.

New year's Eve in Val Thorens this year was great. The main display wasn't quite as good as Christmas Eve, however New Year is a bigger celebration in France generally so the whole village was out celebrating. The village organised an acrobatic skiing display, set to fireworks, and with the obligatory torchlit decent by the ski instructors. In the videos below you can just make out the jumping skiers.

 Later on there was a concert held on a mobile stage in the Place Peclet (just near the apartment in Val Thorens). It was the first time that such an event has been held there and it was quite successful. The music stopped just before Midnight and everyone from all the bars came out to count down the seconds to the New Year. This year the fireworks were excellent - and there were lots of chinese lanterns floating about in the sky which looked excellent.