Val Thorens stands at 2,300 m at the head of the Belleville valley, which the resort states makes it the highest in Europe. Its own sector, Val Thorens-Orelle, holds 150 km of runs between 2,300 m and 3,230 m, and it opens earlier and closes later than anywhere else in Les 3 Vallées.
How to get there: the nearest railway station is Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains, with the valley road running up from there. To Moûtiers the ski area operator gives roughly 77 km from Chambéry, 107 km from Grenoble, 121 km from Geneva and 186 km from Lyon. Altibus coaches run from Geneva, Lyon, Chambéry and Grenoble airports. The resort is pedestrian in its centre and the lifts start from the village itself.
Slopes and lifts: 150 km in the Val Thorens-Orelle sector, connected into the 600 km of Les 3 Vallées. The high point is the Cime Caron at 3,200 m, reached by cable car; the Péclet glacier sits above the resort on the other side. Because the whole sector lies above 2,300 m, the snow question that decides most ski weeks is largely settled here.
Cross-country skiing: Les 3 Vallées counts 100 km of Nordic trails across the three valleys.
What else there is: nine lifts in the Val Thorens-Orelle sector are open to pedestrians, including the Cime Caron cable car, so people who are not skiing can still get up the mountain and back.
Where you stay: the village is compact and built around the slopes, so most hotels, residences and apartments are ski-in or a short walk from a lift.
Season 2026/27: 21 November 2026 to 2 May 2027, the longest in Les 3 Vallées.
