Peisey - Vallandry, France

Peisey - Vallandry ski holidays

Established in 1900 the French ski resort Peisey - Vallandry lies at 1300 metres altitude in the Savoie region of the French Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes at 3226m the area is snow sure. Over 250 snow cannons ensure artificial snow making covers 45km of trails, which equates to around 25 of the slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Peisey - Vallandry is Geneva at a distance of 100km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Their season runs from December to April.

SNO-man says

Located at the heart of the 1992 Savoie Olympic Region, and at the entrance of the Vanoise National Park. Skiing began above this group of three small resorts 20 years before its internationally better known neighbour, Les Arcs, was constructed. The lifts of each now inter-link and more recently Peisey finds itself on the Les Arcs side of the spectacular Vonise Express cable car link to La Plagne and thus at the heart of the combined giant Paradiski area.

Alpine Downhill Runs

Beginner Trails  1 runs 1.5km	0%	Intermediate Trails  54 runs 63.5km	52%
Advanced Trails  32 runs 62km	30%	Expert Trails  19 runs 43km	18%

106 pistes and trails means approximately 200km of runs. 62 Peisey - Vallandry lifts have capacity to transport 82924 per hour. The longest run in the French ski resort is over 7km.

Of the 62 ski lifts, 26 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives an indication of how modern the lift system is and how good Peisey - Vallandry is for snowboarding - especially for beginners learning to board. Facilities include 1 terrain parks and 1 half pipe (longest half pipe length is ? metres), 0 quarter pipe and 1 boardercross courses.

31 apres ski bars 26 restaurants 0 bowling 0 night club 1 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 3 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 3 saunas 0 hot tubs 0 solariums 1 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 0 outdoor ice skating 2 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 15 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 1 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 3 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Ski Touring, Ice Climbing.

Options include snowshoeing, dog sledding, sleigh rides, ice climbing, paragliding, cinema, library, jewellery making, cultural tours and folklore evenings.

Childcare in Peisey - Vallandry, France

Peisey - Vallandry day and evening care plus snow ski schools and babysitting.

Le Chat Botté nursery is situated in Peisey, 300m from ther Vanoise Express and ski school. It accepts children aged from one to eleven and advance reservation strongly recommended. The Tom Pouce Kid's Club is situated at the foot of the Vallandry chairlift and is open everyday from 9am to 5pm and accepts children aged from two to six. It has a 30 places capacity with advance reservation strongly recommended. The ESF take children in ski school kindergarten from age four.

3 stars out of 5 overall    

Main Ski School in Peisey - Vallandry

Peisey - Vallandry ski school - snowboarding course & skiing lessons

The official ski/board school is called Ecole de ski Français Peisey-Vallandry and has 130 teachers teaching in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and taking students from a minimum age of 4.esfpeissey@wanadoo.fr www.esf-peiseyvallandry.com 79377

Peisey - Vallandry for beginners         gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

Peisey - Vallandry for intermediates  gets 5 stars out of 5 overall    

Peisey - Vallandry for expert skiers   gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

Peisey - Vallandry for snowboarding  gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

Mountain & Snow Sports in Peisey - Vallandry

Peisey - Vallandry snow sports - off slope winter mountain sports

Cross Country Skiing (langlaufen) in Peisey - Vallandry: 41km X C ski trails, Lessons available? Y

Easy XC Ski Trails: 15km     Intermediate XC Trails: 12km   Difficult XC Trails: 14km

Telemark Tuittion: Y     Telemark Rental 0      Paragliding schools: 1

Snow mobile Rental: 0     Toboggan Run Length: 0km

Non Skiing Winter & Snow Activities in Peisey - Vallandry

Peisey - Vallandry snow fun - off slope winter activities

Outdoor Ice Rink: 0 Indoor Ice Rink: 0 Balloon Flights: 0

Prepared Winter Walks: 15 Snowshoeing: 1 Hang Gliding : 0

Snow mobile Rental: 0 Toboggan Run Length: 0km Paragliding schools: 1

Peisey - Vallandry non skiing facilities also include Ski Touring, Ice Climbing.