Best ski resorts for beginners in France
The best ski resorts for beginners ski resorts in France, 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 40 resorts in France; 7 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 Les Deux Alpes
France · Les 2 Alpes · 225 km slopes · 47 lifts · top 3,600 m · 31% easy
70km of easy slopes -
7 Alpe d'Huez
France · Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine · 250 km slopes · 68 lifts · top 3,330 m · 28% easy
70km of easy slopes
Questions about best ski resorts for beginners in France
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.