Chalet des Neiges, Val d'Isere

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Brilliant location right on the slopes just above La Daille


Overview: chalet description: Chalet des Neiges description

Chalet des Neiges is on the top three floors of a large chalet built especially for on the slopes at La Daille, literally yards from the bottom of the OK, Orange, Diébold, Raye and Verte runs. The Funival and the updated super-fast La Daille bubble pass close by.

The location is so perfect that we not only signed a very long lease on these chalets, we also bought the shack next door to live in ourselves. Could we give a more sincere endorsement than that?

Being right on the pistes is great. And these aren’t just any pistes: they are World Cup Downhill pistes. They offer skiing for every standard, ultra-quick lifts back up and guaranteed snow from snow cannons top to bottom. And once the lifts close, they become lethal with tearaway toddlers on toboggans!

In the morning, most people take the new high-speed ten-heated-seater cable car, which as you can see from the pictures, is practically in our garden! From the top station you ride the Mont Blanc chair towards Bellevarde or the Tommeuses eight-seater towards Tignes. Going to the lift involves a 50m walk down our hill to the bottom of the OK via the road or, should it be icy, the direct path lovingly carved through the snow by our staff and their new snow blower.

At the end of the day, you can ski right back to the door from Bellevarde or Tignes (probably making a quick pit stop at the outrageous Folie or a more genteel one at the Trifollet) or get off the free Train Rouge bus about 200m away. The trouble with this is that the bus stop is just by the terrace of the Rosée Blanche, affectionately know to us Brits as Rosie’s, which is very difficult to walk past without downing a quick mulled wine on cold days or beer in the spring. Worse, the lift company are asking for tenders right now for the little bar and restaurant they plan to open in the lift station. Between the Folie, the Fruitière, Rosie’s, and bubbly in the bubble station – well, let’s say that La Daille is not the boring end of town it used to be!

The only people who find the 20-minute walk from the main village less than ideal are those who spend more time in Dick’s Tea Bar than on the slopes, but the free bus runs until 02.00, and the teenage sample we asked were enthusiastic: apparently, staying in La Daille gives time to chew on a mint or two on the way home, while being right on the pistes means even with a record hangover one can still be on the first lift. Parents will be reassured to hear that.

The owner of the chalets is a furniture maker, so they are as meticulously finished and furnished as his showrooms down the valley near Aime. There are acres of wood, much of it quite old.

More importantly, the chalets are very comfortable and well appointed. The bedrooms are not huge – predictably, since the real estate they occupy must be some of the most desirable in the world – but they are tastefully decorated and have underfloor heating, reasonable cupboards, safes, good lighting and gorgeous bathrooms. Even the beds are bigger and firmer than usual in France. Each bedroom has a private ski locker in the ski room, with individual boot dryers.

The sitting and dining rooms are magnificent. Tons of wood and stone, bottomless sofas, and fireplaces from the only man in the Savoie who knows how to make a chimney draw properly.

Chalet des Neiges has seven bedrooms, all with en-suite bathrooms. It actually has space for fifteen guests, Room 3 having three beds. The extra person pays 85% of the brochure price, but please note that an extra flight seat cannot be guaranteed on all dates. If no transport is needed, the extra person pays half price. See Extra/Empty Beds for further information.

The heart of the chalet is the dining room, with its long table and open-plan kitchen, where one of our top chefs and two assistants will be serving some of the best food in Val d’Isère (the proof of the pudding being the fact that des Neiges almost certainly has more regular customers than any other chalet in Val d’Isère). After eating or, Heaven forbid, drinking a little too much, it is a mercifully short stagger to the large L-shaped sitting room with its huge log fire, balconies, WiFi and dozens of satellite channels on the plasma-screen TV.


Families: Chalet des Neiges for children

We are extremely well-suited to families. Some of our chalets are large, some small. Some are very smart, some very good value. And some have Extra Beds for children.

Chalets are more relaxing for families than hotels, where parents are constantly worried that their brood will upset fellow guests, or self-catering apartments, where most of someone’s holiday will be spent shopping, cooking and clearing up.

And, perhaps surprisingly, Val d’Isère is the ideal family ski resort. It has good snow, short queues, wide nursery slopes with free lifts, and extensive new beginner runs higher up the mountain at the top of Solaise. (Beginners do, however, need a ski pass to access these higher nursery slopes) The flat village, free and frequent buses, very good ski schools, English-speaking instructors, and lots of British youngsters also help hugely. Where to Ski and Snowboard magazine describes the nursery slopes as ‘95% perfect’.


Facilities: Chalet des Neiges features

  • Lovely bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms throughout
  • Huge, high sitting room with massive log fire, satellite TV, DVD, plasma screen, surround sound and balconies south and north, the latter overlooking the World Cup Downhill
  • WiFi
  • Separate dining room
  • Brilliant location right on the slopes just above La Daille
  • Brand new La Daille bubble just below the chalet
  • Funival 200m walk
  • Ski room with individual locker and boot dryers per bedroom
  • A chef and two assistants, who live out

Room Types: Chalet des Neiges bedrooms

7 bedrooms for 14-15 guests
7 baths

Bedrooms in order of preference (in our opinion)

Bedrooms 1 & 2
Doubles (10′ x 10′) on first floor, bathrooms with wc. French windows onto balconies.

Bedroom 3*
Twin/Triple (15′ x 13′) with three single beds, on first floor. Bathroom and separate wc. (See Extra Beds below)

Bedroom 4
Twin (11′ x 9′) on first floor. Bathroom with wc.

Bedroom 5
Twin (11′ x 9′) on second floor, next to kitchen and dining room. Bathroom with wc.

Bedroom 6
Twin (13′ x 9′) on third floor, under eaves. Bathroom with wc.

Bedroom 7
Twin (10′ x 10′) on third floor, under eaves. Bathroom with wc.

Dining Room
(18′ x 7’6″ excluding kitchen.) On second floor with open-plan kitchen. French windows to balcony.

Sitting Room
(21′ x 15′) Next to dining room. Two french windows, each opening onto own balcony. Large fireplace. Plasma screen on wall for satellite TV (all channels), DVD and WiFi.

*Extra Bed
Triple combination in Bedroom 3, this room can be used as a triple whether the chalet is occupied by one group or individuals/couples. If this room is booked as a twin we reserve the right to move you to another room if three people want to book room 3. The cost for this extra bed is half the quoted Chalet des Neiges price with no transport or 85% if flights and transfers are required (subject to availability). Please note that there are minimum charges applicable – click here for more information


Meals: Chalet des Neiges food & drink

We start with a proper breakfast. Fruit juice, porridge, cereals from Rude Health, bacon, eggs, baguettes straight from the famous local bakery, yoghurt, tea and fresh coffee from Nespresso machines (with instant or infusions for those who prefer them). On one morning breakfast will be self-service with fresh croissants and pains au chocolat delivered to your chalet.

You return from the slopes to find bread and jam, a freshly-baked cake (except on staff days off), tea and coffee left out for you. If you would like hot chocolate, please inform your chalet staff (and tell them how you like it!).

Dinner is where we pull out all the stops on five nights of your holiday. Our policy on food is straightforward. We start with the best cuts of meat and the best fresh fruit and vegetables, not really counting the cost. Everything we need is available in Val d’Isère. Most people are very happy with our normal formula of canapés followed by a three-course, fixed-menu, dinner-party-style meal. The cuisine is largely French, though with a fusion of other influences.

A small proportion of our guests wishes to eat different food from the rest of their party. If you request a different diet, we will be able to offer one alternative meal so that the normal meal or this alternative will be suitable for vegetarians, vegans, dairy free, no red meat or no onions/no garlic.

Or you could tailor-make a menu for your party for the week and ask us to cook, say, two fish meals, one chicken, one red meat (when vegetarians can simply not have the meat) and one vegetarian meal – or whatever combination suits your group. This way everyone enjoys the same meals all together and, dare we say it, eats a little more healthily.

If a diet is more complicated than those mentioned above, we may have to make a charge for special ingredients but we will let you know in advance. If you want us to buy in special non-dairy milks and yoghurts there will be a charge in the resort, much the same way as the alternative wines mentioned below.

There are some diets we cannot cater for. We regret that we do not have the separate fridges, etc., required for Kosher diets, we do not have access to Halal meats, and we cannot guarantee that our chalets will be nut-free.

With dinner, we serve free unlimited quantities of a selection of very drinkable French AOC wine and vin de pays. This is, unfortunately, only with dinner, not breakfast, and we stop serving the wine when the coffee appears.

We also have a wine list from which you can buy everything from slightly smarter wine to Châteaux Lafite-Rothschild or d’Yquem. We sell these wines at less than they cost because you are not drinking the house wine.


Please Note

Damage deposit for all bookings.
We update Chalet des Neiges's details often, but facilities do change. e.g. some extras listed by the supplier as "free" or included might only be for the first time you use them, or for one time per party, then charged for further use. If any specific feature is essential to your holiday, make sure you ask us to confirm the details of it before you book your holiday.
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Resort: about Val d'Isere: about holidays in Val d'Isere: about ski holidays in Val d'Isere: about ski holidays in Val d'Isere France

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Ski never-ending pistes and powder, ogle at colossal peaks and cosy Savoie architecture, then end the day with some of the world's most wild and wonderful après ski. Val d'Isere is considered by many to be the best ski resort on earth, and we’re inclined to agree.

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Snow Report: Top 375cm, Bottom 99cm

Snow Forecast: 95cm expected this week

Snow History: March average depth 163.5cm

Val d'Isere trail map

Approx. airport transfer times depend on conditions:

Chambéry (CMF)145km, 1h45
Geneva (GVA)180km, 2h40
Grenoble (GNB)210km 2h50
Region:France, Alps.
First opened:1934

Val d'Isere lift pass price last reported as €294 (adult 6 day). Ask for a quote when booking Chalet des Neiges.
Night skiing: Yes, every Thursday
Val d'Isere has NSEW facing slopes.
Usually open for skiing October - May.

Town altitude: 1850m
Top of slopes: 3300m
Bottom of piste: 1550m
Vertical drop: 1900m
Total length of trails:300km
Longest piste:10km (Tignes)
In France's Rhone Alp region, Val d'Isere (pronounced: val de saire/sare/ser or val d sere) is widely thought of as one of the most brilliant and beautiful ski areas in the world. In keeping with the giddyingly gorgeous surroundings, the resort itself is one of France's prettiest - a huddle alpine hamlets formed from cosy wood and stone chalets. With the original village dating back to the 13th century and a Christmas-card-worthy church steeple at its centre, there’s alpine charm by the bucket load. While dre...
Skiers in Val d'Isere are schussing in the tracks of some of the world's greatest skiers. Olympic medallists Marielle and Christine Goitschel learned to ski here, not to mention triple gold winner Jean-Claude Killy, after whom the wider ski area is named. As an indication of this place's premier status - the resort has hosted championships including the 1992 Olympics, the World Alpine Ski Championships in 2009 and World Cup events every December. If some of the best skiers in history have learned here, begi...
Famed for its après ski, there's no chance of a dull evening in Val. Living up to its name, you'll experience ‘sweet madness' at the original Le Folie Douce, which brings you some of the best après ski in Europe - including dancers, musicians, raining champagne and much more... Once that closes, Dicks T Bar's a local legend, staying open into the early hours each night. Bananas is another firm favourite, much loved for its crafty cocktails and slope-side location. In Val d'Isere's 90-something restaurants, ...

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