Courchevel 1300
Resort Details

Le Praz is one of the five Courchevel resorts in the northernmost valley of the Three Valleys ski area south east of Albertville. The village is the first on the road up from the Bozel Valley and is typically Savoyarde with lots of cosy bars and restaurants. Turning right takes you to la Tania and left, higher up to the other three Courchevels - 1550, 1650 and 1850. The skiing gives easy access to some of the best in the world.

The impressive Olympic Ski Jump is just ahead. There is a good bus service to the other Courchevels and la Tania and Meribel, as well as to the towns and villages in the Bozel Valley. A 15 minute bus down to Champagny allows you to take a lift up to la Plagne - where you can ski for a day on your Three valley lift pass.

The vast three valley lift system is connected to the other six resorts in two more valleys, Meribel, Mottaret, Val Thorens, Reberty, les Menuires and St Martin de Belleville. The skiing is some of the best in the world catering for every standard, and the off piste can be exceptional. The snow stays longest on the Courchevel side as the resorts face north and locally get the highest snowfall, but at Val Thorens the Cime de Carron cable car goes to 3200m (10400ft) where good snow is guaranteed all season.

There is also some good off piste glacier skiing to 3400m (11000ft).There is a fourth valley with excellent skiing from the top of the Cime de Carron down to a half way station. In mid season it is possible to ski down to Orelle which links the Chambery-Albertville road with la Norma, the Frejus tunnel and the Italian border fifteen miles away. The straight distance from le Praz to Orelle is 25km (15miles) and can be skied in a morning by intermediates, although the lift to the Cime de Carron can sometimes be half an hour's wait in busy times.

All the resorts in the Three Valleys are serviced by snow cannons and there is usually a skiable piste down to the low lying villages of le Praz, la Tania and St Martin de Belleville until mid April, when the flowers are starting to come out and it is definitely shorts and shirtsleeve skiing.

The French Railways ski train from Waterloo (UK) runs Friday nights to Moutiers arriving around 0800 on the Saturday morning, leaving a 25 minute drive to Courchevel le Praz. With the return train leaving on Saturday evenings this gives a full seven days skiing in all the Three Valley ski areas.

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