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Key facts
| Resort | 1200-1500 m |
|---|---|
| Slopes | 1200-2735 m |
| Lifts | 66 |
| Pistes | 250 km |
| Green | 22 % |
| Blue | 28 % |
| Red | 37 % |
| Black | 13 % |
| Snowmaking | 30 % |
| Price index | 90 |
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Package operators
Action Outdoors, Alpine Answers, Alpsholiday, AmeriCan Ski, Chalet Group, Chez Serre Chevalier, Club Med, Crystal, Erna Low, First Choice, Hannibals, Independent Ski Links, Interactive Resorts, Lagrange, Neilson, Peak Retreats, PowderBeds, PV-Holidays.com, Rocketski, Ski Expectations, Ski France, Ski Independence, Ski Miquel, Ski Solutions, Ski-in.co.uk, Skitopia, Skitracer, Snow Finders, Thomson, Zenith
Serre-ChevalierFrance
The upside
- Big, varied mountain
- Lots of good woodland runs
- One of the few big French areas based on old villages with character
- Good-value and atmospheric old hotels, restaurants and chalets
- Very friendly and welcoming locals
The downside
- Busy road runs along the valley and right through Le Monêtier
- A lot of indiscriminate new building took place in the 1960s and 70s
- Still too many drags and slow chairlifts
- Limited nightlife
Latest user reviews
Serre Che offers some fabulous terrain and scenery…
Tony Howitt 30 Mar 2009
We bought a property in Briancon village in 2006 so…
Simon Freeman 1 Apr 2008
I and five other friends have just arrived back from…
Katie Atherton 9 Jan 2008
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Weather
Summary
his is one of our favourite places. It is one of the few French resorts offering the ambience you might look for in a summer holiday – a sort of Provence in the snow, with lots of small family-run hotels and restaurants in old stone buildings. And the slopes are set apart from the French norm by the quantity of woodland runs – though there are high, open bowls, as well. You really get a sense of travelling around too, because the slopes are split into distinctly different segments. And there are some good (and affordable) mountain restaurants. What’s more the snow is reliably good too. And, unlike in many French resorts, the locals are noticeably friendly and welcoming. But the list of minus points above is not inconsiderable. And if you are looking for luxury and sophistication, there are many resorts that will suit you better.
News – this season 2011/12
At Le Monêtier base area, the old restaurant has been demolished and a new one is being built. And there are plans for more smartening up of the base area in the next two years. There are also plans for a new table-service restaurant beside the Chapka hut above Le Monêtier.
News – last season
A new six-pack, Vallons, improved access from Villeneuve to Le Monêtier. More snowmaking was installed.
In Briançon, the Aigle-Bleu apartments opened near the gondola.
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