Les Menuires

Find Chalets Resort Guide to Les Menuires

The alpine ski resort of Les Menuires is situated in one of the best and most prestigious ski areas in France, the 3 Valleys and forms the largest ski area’s in the world. Offering 600km of ski runs and 200 lifts Les Menuires defiantly has something for everyone and every level of skier with huge diversified ski area!

Forget the slightly dodgy buildings: the main reason to go to Les Menuires is the snow-sure guarantee this confident resort offers. If 80% or more of the pistes are closed, you're offered money back on your accommodation and lift pass. That said, conditions here are pretty reliable, with pistes topping out at 2850 m and a comprehensive snowmaking system. And then there is the terrain ...

Les Menuires Ski Resort

Les Menuires Pro's

  • Cheap Trois Vallees base
  • Extensive snowmaking
  • Family friendly

Les Menuires Con's

  • Completely functional appearance
  • No trees the Roc des 3 Marches lift back into La Croisette
  • The beginners'areas lies to skier's left of the Montagnettes lift

Skiing in Les Menuires

Les Menuires provides great skiing facilities with modern updated lifts and an extremely pleasant skiing environment. If your looking for ski-in ski-out chalets then Les Menuires and the 3 Valleys is defiantly the place for you.

The resort also offers much more than skiing, activities including; ice rink, skidoos, paragliding, sledge runs and snowshoeing and some of the best children facilities around, making this a great family resort.

Beginners

There are many wide and open pistes for beginners, such as La Violette, which runs from the top steep terrain.

Intermediates

There are many red runs off the Roc des 3 Marches and Mont de la Chambre lifts. Head uptoValThorensfor higher reds and blues and try the gentle blacks on La Masse if you are game.

Experts

For their thrills, experts go to La Masse where there are good, pisted blacks such as Dame Blanche. Experts will love the links up to Val Thorens and over to Meribel as well, particularly the

Powder

Some say the opportunities for off-piste here are some of the best in the area - try the Vallon du Lou area off the back of La Masse. La Masse itself offers some of the most challenging terrain in the valley.

Bartevelle and Mottaret areas, which are relatively close and have some great

Summer In Les Menuires

  • Walking / Trekking
  • Mountain Biking
  • Sports Centre
  • Tennis
  • Water Sports
  • Summer Sledging
  • Paragliding
  • Motor Bike / Quad School
  • Paint Ball
  • Archery

Tourist Office

  • Tourist Office: Les Menuires Office du Tourism
  • Address: BP 22, LES MENUIRES
  • Country: France
  • Zip code: F 73440
  • Tel: +33 479 007 300
  • Fax: +33 479 007 506
  • Email: lesmenuires@lesmenuires.com
  • Website: http://www.lesmenuires.com/

Les Menuires

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Snow Reports

Les Menuires Snow Report

Last 48 hours : 0cm

Powder | Snow Base : 255cm

 
 

Resort Facts

Resort altitude : 1815m

Highest Ski Lift : 3200m

Longest Run : 1300m

Piste Size in kms : 600km

Total Runs : 275

Beginner Runs : 49%

Intermediate Runs : 38%

Advanced Runs : 13%

Total lifts : 198

Night Skiing : No

Snowboard park : 3

Season Starts : 20 December

Season Ends : 11 April

Departure Airports :
Gatwick, Heathrow, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow

Nearest Airport :
Geneva, Grenoble

Transfer Time : 2hrs 30 mins

Activities :
Tubing, Snowshoeing, Skidoos, Cinema, Paragliding, Swimming Pool, Sports Centre