Best ski resorts for beginners in Europe
The best ski resorts for beginners in Europe, ranked by the share and amount of easy (blue) slopes, minimum 10 km of easy runs. Valmorel leads with 115 km of easy slopes. We compared 205 resorts in Europe; 20 qualified for this list.
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Valmorel
France · Valmorel · 165 km slopes · 34 lifts · top 2,550 m · 70% easy
115km of easy slopes -
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Villars
Switzerland · Villars-Gryon · 100 km slopes · 23 lifts · top 2,120 m · 76% easy
76km of easy slopes -
3 La Plagne
France · Paradiski · 425 km slopes · 132 lifts · top 3,250 m · 57% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Les Arcs
243km of easy slopes -
4 Courchevel
France · Les 3 Vallées · 600 km slopes · 166 lifts · top 3,230 m · 56% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Les Menuires, Meribel, Saint Martin de Belleville, Val Thorens
336km of easy slopes -
5 Serre Chevalier
France · Serre Chevalier Vallée · 250 km slopes · 61 lifts · top 2,800 m · 55% easy
138km of easy slopes -
6 Avoriaz
France · Portes du Soleil · 600 km slopes · 196 lifts · top 2,466 m · 54% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Champéry, Châtel, Les Gets, Morzine
321km of easy slopes -
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Kitzbuhel
Austria · KitzSki · 234 km slopes · 56 lifts · top 2,000 m · 54% easy
127km of easy slopes -
8 Fieberbrunn
Austria · Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm-Leogang-Fieberbrunn · 270 km slopes · 70 lifts · top 2,020 m · 52% easy
140km of easy slopes -
9 Flaine
France · Le Grand Massif · 265 km slopes · 69 lifts · top 2,500 m · 51% easy
135km of easy slopes -
10 Isola 2000
France · Isola 2000 · 120 km slopes · 22 lifts · top 2,610 m · 63% easy
75km of easy slopes -
11 Arosa
Switzerland · Arosa-Lenzerheide · 225 km slopes · 43 lifts · top 2,865 m · 49% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Lenzerheide
110km of easy slopes -
12 Laax
Switzerland · Flims Laax Falera · 224 km slopes · 28 lifts · top 3,018 m · 48% easy
108km of easy slopes -
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Grandvalira
Andorra · Grandvalira · 210 km slopes · 67 lifts · top 2,640 m · 47% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Pas de la Casa, Soldeu / El Tarter
98km of easy slopes -
14 Val Cenis
France · Haute Maurienne Vanoise · 125 km slopes · 29 lifts · top 2,800 m · 58% easy
73km of easy slopes -
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Alta Badia
Italy · Dolomiti Superski · 130 km slopes · 53 lifts · top 2,778 m · 57% easy
74km of easy slopes -
16 Lech Zürs
Austria · Ski Arlberg · 305 km slopes · 88 lifts · top 2,811 m · 43% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from St. Anton
132km of easy slopes -
17 Ellmau
Austria · SkiWelt · 284 km slopes · 90 lifts · top 1,957 m · 42% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Going am Wilden Kaiser, Scheffau, Söll, Westendorf
119km of easy slopes -
18 Obertauern
Austria · Obertauern · 100 km slopes · 26 lifts · top 2,315 m · 61% easy
61km of easy slopes -
19 La Clusaz
France · Massif des Aravis · 132 km slopes · 49 lifts · top 2,616 m · 54% easy
71km of easy slopes -
20 Solden
Austria · Soelden-Oetztal · 144 km slopes · 31 lifts · top 3,250 m · 52% easy
75km of easy slopes
Questions about best ski resorts for beginners in Europe
Valmorel (France) tops this ranking with 115 km of easy slopes, ranked by the share and amount of easy (blue) slopes, minimum 10 km of easy runs.
1. Valmorel (115 km of easy slopes), 2. Villars (76), 3. La Plagne (243).
We look at the share of easy (blue) slopes and the total kilometres of easy runs. Valmorel has 70% easy slopes (115 km), which is why it ranks first.
The list is ranked by the share and amount of easy (blue) slopes, minimum 10 km of easy runs, using the resort statistics in the Intski database (slope kilometres by difficulty, lifts, elevations, snow parks). It updates automatically whenever the data changes.