Best ski resorts for beginners in France
The best ski resorts for beginners in France, 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 40 resorts in France; 15 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 -
2 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 -
3 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 -
4 Serre Chevalier
France · Serre Chevalier Vallée · 250 km slopes · 61 lifts · top 2,800 m · 55% easy
138km of easy slopes -
5 Avoriaz
France · Portes du Soleil · 600 km slopes · 196 lifts · top 2,466 m · 54% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Châtel, Les Gets, Morzine
321km of easy slopes -
6 Flaine
France · Le Grand Massif · 265 km slopes · 69 lifts · top 2,500 m · 51% easy
135km of easy slopes -
7 Isola 2000
France · Isola 2000 · 120 km slopes · 22 lifts · top 2,610 m · 63% easy
75km of easy slopes -
8 Val Cenis
France · Haute Maurienne Vanoise · 125 km slopes · 29 lifts · top 2,800 m · 58% easy
73km of easy slopes -
9 La Clusaz
France · Massif des Aravis · 132 km slopes · 49 lifts · top 2,616 m · 54% easy
71km of easy slopes -
10 Megève
France · Evasion Mont-Blanc · 445 km slopes · 108 lifts · top 2,353 m · 36% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Saint Gervais Les Bains
160km of easy slopes -
11 Saint-Lary-Soulan
France · Saint-Lary · 100 km slopes · 31 lifts · top 2,515 m · 57% easy
57km of easy slopes -
12 Risoul
France · Forêt Blanche · 185 km slopes · 42 lifts · top 2,750 m · 41% easy
Linked ski area, also accessed from Vars
75km of easy slopes -
13 La Rosière
France · Espace San Bernardo · 160 km slopes · 38 lifts · top 2,800 m · 39% easy
63km of easy slopes -
14 Ax-les-Thermes
France · Ax 3 Domaines · 80 km slopes · 19 lifts · top 2,400 m · 50% easy
40km of easy slopes -
15 Cauterets
France · Cauterets · 36 km slopes · 11 lifts · top 2,415 m · 58% easy
21km of easy slopes
Questions about best ski resorts for beginners in France
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. La Plagne (243), 3. Courchevel (336).
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.