At this years Sochi Olympic games Chloé Trespeuch battled and won to win bronze in the Snowboard Cross competition. Chloé is part of the Val Thorens Ski Club and trains in the resort. If you are in the resort and would like to meet or have a photo with Chloé then come down to the […]
This years Sochi Olympics saw Val Thorens ski club member Jean Fréderic Chapuis win Gold in the Ski Cross. This Wednesday (26th) the resort will be celebrating his win next to the Tourist Office in the resort. The following will take place at 17:30: Torchlight decent Guard of Honour from our own ESF Ski Instructors […]
New for this season (2013/14) Val Thorens Snow Park has a camera which will film your tricks and possibly falls. Simply go to the start gate to identify yourself, they will then film you over two jumps. You can view your ‘air time’ on a big screen at the bottom. If you like what you […]
Date: March 25th until the 27th Time: 18:30 – 20:30 Location: Place de Caron What is it? Electro music from DJs from around the world Why go? Something new to experiance Will I find it ok? Oh yes you will find it, just follow your ears! Is it ok for Kids? Yes it is very […]
Ever wondered how and when the roads are cleared to allow cars and buses up and down the mountain? Well if you have this video should answer all of your questions. it’s quite interesting to see the amount of infrastructure invested in just to make sure we can actually get to the resort. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8FHKt7MjM4
Val Thorens have created a ZIP wire ride between two of it’s peaks! Yes you have read this correctly, we are not talking down in the resort, oh know! This is right up the top! For 50€ (ok a little steep – excuse the pun) you can travel at 105Km/h with 250 metres of “nothing” […]
Due to the cancellation of the two heats of the Ski Cross World Cup in Megeve and Bischofswiesen due to bad snow conditions the FIS have decided to host these in Val Thorens instead. Val Thorens is the highest resort in Europe and Guarntees snow therefore it made sense to mode it there. Here […]
Val Thorens is lucky enough to have a Club Med Hotel in the resort. It is located at the lower end of Val Thorens and boasts one of the nicest balcony’s in the resort. However this will all change very soon as Club Med are now building a brand new Hotel. It will be located […]
Once again Val Thorens didn’t disappoint with their fireworks, light show and DJ set on the Place de Caron in the centre of the resort. If you were unable to attend, here is the official Val Thorens highlight video, enjoy! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upbQPA6ufbo
Once again Val Thorens will be celebrating the New Year in style! After having probably the best year they have had after picking up awards and transforming the resort, they have a lot to celebrate. Last year we saw DJs, big flashing boxes, fireworks and lots of dancing! This year we think we will […]
Every year the Ski industry creates a top 10 Ski resort list and the latest one is out for 2014 (I know it is still 2013, I never understood that). Once again the 3 Valleys is included TWICE into the list which surely means it is the best place to ski, doesn’t it? 🙂 We […]
The Ladies: Today we saw the end of the Val Thorens ski cross where we saw Katrin Mueller beat her countryman and friend Sanna Luedi from Switzerland. Mueller said “The course wasn’t difficult. Yes, it was really fun, it was huge jumps, and like this but not difficult that it’s impossible. But with all […]
Val Thorens is not a resort where the only thing to do is to ski or snowboard, there are lots of other non Ski activities. But with so much to choose from we have created the Official SkiGB.com… Top 5 NON Ski things to do in Val Thorens 5 EAT – Starting at […]
Being one of the highest ski resorts in Europe (actually the highest) Val Thorens has its traditional job of being one of the first ski resorts to open in the season. This year Val Thorens will open… wait a minute it’s opening TODAY!! It’s time to dust off the skis and snowboards and come […]
Every year Val Thorens makes improvements to the resort, whether it is a new and improved lift or a new Hotel and sports facilities. This year (2013) Val Thorens has once again been very busy. This is what is new for Val Thorens this ski season and what did they with the 20million euros they […]
You may or may not of heard something about the new restrictions for Tour Operators providing free ski guiding, so let’s start off with a brief run down of the history of the problem. For years Ski Schools and Tour Operators have worked side-by-side helping eachother out, the Tour Operators provide clients to the […]
We have been informed by the operators of P0 car park, which is located at the top of Val Thorens that it will be opening today (12/11/13). The car park will be FREE until 22/11/13 where afterwards you will need to pay for car parking as you can NOT park on the roads in […]
Val Thorens is very luck as the ski lift company SETAM is based there. SETAM have pioneered the Funitel system and Val Thorens had the first for them to show off. Being so high Val Thorens can get quite windy and sitting on a chair lift in the wind is no fun at all, especially if […]
