Val d'Allos - La Foux france
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Val d'Allos - La Foux France.
Val d'Allos - La Foux Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1937 the French ski resort Val d'Allos - La Foux lies at 2600 metres altitude in the Haute - Provence region of the French Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Val d'Allos - La Foux ski area is snow sure. Over 120 snow cannons ensure artificial Val d'Allos - La Foux snow making covers 50km of ski trails, which equates to around 30 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Val d'Allos - La Foux (France) is Nice at a distance of 140km or approximately 150 minutes driving time. Val d'Allos - La Foux ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
La Foux D'Allos is one of the most southerly French ski resorts with much of the accommodation in the slope-side purpose-built centre above the original village of La Foux. The journey between the two resorts makes a good day trip for capable skiers, as the link involves red and black pistes. There are plenty of easier fast blue and red cruisers close to the resort, but beginners would be better to base themselves in Pra Loup. The resort is small but it does have 16 restaurants and a good selection of activities on offer including an ice driving school, ice climbing and quad biking. Most unusual is the Haute Provence Research Observatory high above the resort which is open to the general public. There's a choice of a red or a long black run back down, or you can take a scenic return trip on the gondola.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Val d'Allos - La Foux France
Beginner Trails
 5 runs 16km |
12% |
Intermediate Trails
 15 runs 25km |
36% |
Advanced Trails
 18 runs 34km |
43% |
Expert Trails
 3 runs 3km |
7% |
Val d'Allos - La Foux Resort & Holiday Info
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| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €? - €? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Val d'Allos - La Foux Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 180km |
| total length of Val d'Allos - La Foux trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 4.8km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | ? |
| direction Val d'Allos - La Foux ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2600m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1800m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1800m |
| centre of Val d'Allos - La Foux ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 800m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 850m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Val d'Allos - La Foux
Skiing Val d'Allos - La Foux you'll enjoy 41 pistes and trails and that means approximately 180km of ski runs. Val d'Allos - La Foux lifts number 50 with the capacity to uplift 40000 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the French ski resort of Val d'Allos - La Foux is over 4.8km long.
Val d'Allos - La Foux Ski Area
Val d'Allos - La Foux ski area has 12% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 36% intermediate, 43% advanced ski slopes and 7% for expert skiers - the most difficult Val d'Allos - La Foux piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Val d'Allos - La Foux after dark.
Val d'Allos - La Foux for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Val d'Allos - La Foux
If you snowboard Val d'Allos - La Foux you'll want to know that, of the 50 ski lifts in total, 32 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Val d'Allos - La Foux snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Val d'Allos - La Foux snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Val d'Allos - La Foux for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Val d'Allos - La Foux Apres Ski
The apres ski Val d'Allos - La Foux scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
6 apres ski bars 30 restaurants 0 bowling 4 night club 1 cinema 1 billiards / pool 1 games room 0 concert 0 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 0 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 3 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Astronomy, Ice Driving, Quad Biking, Ice Climbing.
Val d'Allos - La Foux for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
More Val d'Allos - La Foux Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Val d'Allos - La Foux resort - ski Val d'Allos - La Foux by any other name
The French ski resort of Val d'Allos - La Foux ski resort is also known as L'Espace Lumiere and has the following common misspellings:
Val d'Allos - La Foux ski area has ski slopes which face ?
The direction which the various Val d'Allos - La Foux ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Val d'Allos - La Foux ski resort has ski slopes facing ?.
Val d'Allos - La Foux for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall