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Key facts
| Resort | 1500 m |
|---|---|
| Slopes | 1430-2595 m |
| Lifts | 33 |
| Pistes | 150 km |
| Green | 26 % |
| Blue | 28 % |
| Red | 35 % |
| Black | 11 % |
| Snowmaking | 400 guns |
| Price index | 85 |
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Crystal, Erna Low, Lagrange, Pierre & Vacances, PowderBeds, Ski Collection, Ski France, Ski Independence, Snowcoach, Ski Ici
ValmeinierFrance
The upside
- A choice of purpose-built or traditional villages
- Lots of gentle cruising runs
- Good mix of open and treelined slopes
- Local slopes served mostly by chairlifts
The downside
- Local slopes get a lot of sun
- Still lots of draglifts in the main area
- Some slopes rather flat, not so great for boarding
- Few good mountain restaurants
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It annoys me that the resort of Valmeinier 1800 remains…
JPhillips 13 Feb 2012
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Summary
Valmeinier’s two villages share slopes with Valloire – the best known of the Maurienne valley resorts. Together they market themselves as the Galibier Thabor ski area. The resort is a small, quiet place that mainly attracts French families wanting undemanding slopes. Valmeinier 1500 is the original old village and better-placed for Valloire’s slopes on the other side of the valley. Most visitors though stay in purpose-built Valmeinier 1800. The vast majority of pistes are gentle cruises and suit beginners and unadventurous intermediates best. But combined the area offers some decent mileage across three mountains.
News – this season 2011/12
A six-pack replaced the Jeux chairlift out of Valmeinier 1800. Snowmaking was improved. In Valloire, beginners can now use the Verney’s draglift, at Les Verney’s, for free.
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