Valmeinier, France

If you are looking to book a ski holiday in the Alps, Valmeinier in France is always an option. Here you will find most of the information you need to book everything for your ski trip. The skiing season in Valmeinier usually starts in mid December to mid April.

In Valmeinier you will find 30 lifts with a lift capacity of 48769 passengers/hour. There are 160 kilometer of groomed pistes in total, divided into 60 kilometer blue pistes, 85 kilometer red pistes and for the more experienced skiers, 15 kilometer black pistes. Valmeinier is part of the ski area Galibier Thabor - Valmeinier/Valloire, and therefore you have access to all lifts and slopes in this area. The vertical drop is at most 1320 meter and the highest served area by the ski lift system is at 2750 meter. Here you can also find some really long pistes, the longest one is 9 kilometers.

If skiing is more important than après-ski or resting, you can continue skiing even after the dark has settled as there is access to night skiing in Valmeinier. Other alternatives to skiing or snowboarding on the slopes are to try the fun park and halfpipe facilities in Valmeinier.

In case some of you feel like doing some Nordic skiing, Valmeinier holds 17 kilometers of prepared tracks for doing that.

Airports close to Valmeinier

For those of you who want to fly to Valmeinier the nearest airport is Aix Les Bains, Chambery. The distance from this airport to Valmeinier is 69 kilometers. Other alternative airports that are possible to fly to are Torino International Airport, Turin (92 kilometers distance), as well as Grenoble Saint Geoirs, Lyon (92 kilometers from the ski resort).

Closest ski resorts to Valmeinier

Not far from Valmeinier is the ski resort Valloire, the distance is only 4 kilometers. Other nearby ski resorts are Albiez-Montrond (11 kilometers) and Valfrejus (14 kilometers).