Best ski resorts for beginners in Europe
The best ski resorts for beginners ski resorts in Europe, ranked by the share and amount of easy (blue) slopes, minimum 10 km of easy runs. Courchevel leads with 180 km of easy slopes. We compared 198 resorts in Europe; 15 qualified for this list.
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Courchevel
France · Les 3 Vallées · 600 km slopes · 166 lifts · top 3,230 m · 30% easy
180km of easy slopes -
2 Les Arcs
France · Paradiski · 425 km slopes · 132 lifts · top 3,226 m · 30% easy
127km of easy slopes -
3 Meribel
France · Les 3 Vallées · 600 km slopes · 166 lifts · top 3,230 m · 30% easy
180km of easy slopes -
4 Morzine
France · Portes du Soleil · 650 km slopes · 196 lifts · top 2,466 m · 30% easy
195km of easy slopes -
5 Val Thorens
France · Les 3 Vallées · 600 km slopes · 166 lifts · top 3,230 m · 30% easy
180km of easy slopes -
6
Cervinia
Italy · Cervinia-Zermatt · 322 km slopes · 52 lifts · top 3,883 m · 30% easy
96km of easy slopes -
7 Les Deux Alpes
France · Les 2 Alpes · 225 km slopes · 47 lifts · top 3,600 m · 31% easy
70km of easy slopes -
8 Alpe d'Huez
France · Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine · 250 km slopes · 68 lifts · top 3,330 m · 28% easy
70km of easy slopes -
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Grandvalira
Andorra · Grandvalira · 210 km slopes · 67 lifts · top 2,640 m · 30% easy
63km of easy slopes -
10 Val Gardena
Italy · Dolomiti Superski · 175 km slopes · 79 lifts · top 2,518 m · 30% easy
52km of easy slopes -
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Mayrhofen
Austria · Mayrhofen Hippach · 142 km slopes · 58 lifts · top 2,500 m · 31% easy
44km of easy slopes -
12 Solden
Austria · Soelden-Oetztal · 144 km slopes · 31 lifts · top 3,340 m · 30% easy
43km of easy slopes -
13 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Italy · Dolomiti Superski · 120 km slopes · 36 lifts · top 3,269 m · 30% easy
36km of easy slopes -
14 Livigno
Italy · Livigno · 115 km slopes · 31 lifts · top 2,798 m · 30% easy
35km of easy slopes -
15
St. Moritz
Switzerland · St. Moritz · 155 km slopes · 24 lifts · top 3,303 m · 25% easy
39km of easy slopes
Questions about best ski resorts for beginners in Europe
Courchevel (France) tops this ranking with 180 km of easy slopes, ranked by the share and amount of easy (blue) slopes, minimum 10 km of easy runs.
1. Courchevel (180 km of easy slopes), 2. Les Arcs (127), 3. Meribel (180).
We look at the share of easy (blue) slopes and the total kilometres of easy runs. Courchevel has 30% easy slopes (180 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.