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La Rosiere Reviews
22 reviews of La Rosiere in France.
Voted 20th out of 29 reviewed ski resorts in France
- Superb(8)
- Good(10)
- O.K.(3)
- Poor(1)
- Awful(0)
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Good intermediate slopes
Reviewed 10 Jun 2016
There wasn’t a massive amount of snow over New Year’s, so we had to go high – but it was still good. La Rosiere is a quiet but very nice resort and it’s possibly somewhere we would consider going again. It’s probably more a resort for intermediates, there isn’t much for advanced skiers and there weren’t that many slopes for beginners.
First visit to La Ros
Reviewed 1 Jun 2016
First time in La Rosiere and I thought it was quite special. The resort was quite busy (turned out it was Parisian half term) and I would have preferred it to be quieter, but the snow quality was good. The runs are very varied – I’m an experienced snowboarder and my wife was a new skier and we managed to find a good medium. Would be happy to ski here again.
La Rosiere family holiday
Reviewed 1 Jun 2016
The weather was a bit foggy in April, but overall La Rosiere is a good resort and I would recommend it to other families. It’s close to the slopes and the children’s areas are good. There’s a little nursery area with an escalator as well as a play park nearby which was great.
Good beginner resort
Reviewed 23 May 2016
Generally, we thought La Rosiere was good, the fact that you can link across into La Thuile was important. If it was just La Rosiere my son and I would probably have done it in 2 days, but the fact that we could pop over meant that it was fine. I would probably recommend it to beginners, the ski school was excellent. We had a lot of snow in March - all in all a positive experience.
La Ros New Year 15/16
Reviewed 4 May 2016
The resort is quite compact, not very extensive. We also went early in the season and there was not much snow towards the bottom of La Rosiere and La Thuile. For après ski we went to Avalanche in the main town centre in La Rosiere which I would recommend.
Best for intermediates
Reviewed 3 May 2016
Snowed like mad here on the second week of February. We thought there might be trouble getting home but it was fine. We usually have great weather when we ski, and this was probably the worst we’d ever seen – 3 days the light was bad and it was very snowy. It’s not anyone’s fault though and it made the resort very picturesque. On the whole we thought La Rosiere was alright; it isn’t the best skiing area (probably best for up to intermediates, there aren’t a lot of black runs). But it’s OK and worked nicely with our budget.
Why La Ros is Great for experts
Reviewed 29 Oct 2015
Straddling the border between France and Italy, La Ros has plenty of groomed skiing between the two - if you laid out the pistes of the San Bernardo ski area from end to end, they’d run from London to Birmingham. Some of the finest, if you enjoy shooting through the trees, are the glades above Italian La Thuile, accessible from either the Les Suches gondola or Bosco Express chairlift. Closer to home, the reds and black down to Les Escudets make for a rip-roaring descent. These are overshadowed only by the area’s off-piste, like the challenging trails from the Col de La Traversette chairlift. All this, coupled with the fact that this is one of the only French resorts in which you can heli-ski makes for an incredible week on the white stuff - Evolution 2 have four different drop-off points including the glorious3267m Glacier du Ruitor.
Excellent for younger kids and learners
Reviewed 25 Jun 2015
We’d been to La Rosiere before and had an excellent week here with the children, we’ve already booked next year’s holiday here! If you’re teens or 20-somethings looking for nightlife it’s not the place for you and you won’t find 5000 black runs either, but it’s an excellent resort for beginners and children with plenty of wide blues and reds to practice on.
Lots of variety – a little bit for everyone
Reviewed 15 Jun 2015
Neither of us had been to La Rosiere before – it’s quite a quiet resort, but it’s nice. Considering it was towards the end of the season we got quite lucky as it snowed the night we got there, which saw us through the next few days (though it was a bit windy at times).
One of us has done quite a lot of skiing, and for the other this was a first ski holiday: The ski school was good and there are plenty of interesting easy runs that a beginner can do, and more advanced skiers can go along without feeling bored – which is exactly why we chose it. The ski area is nice and varied, especially over to Italy so you’ve got plenty to choose from between the two connected resorts.
Wonderful family skiing
Reviewed 14 May 2015
We love La Rosiere and have been there three times now. It’s very family friendly which is perfect for our children (aged 7 and 9) and for us there’s easily enough for a weeks’ worth of skiing, with plenty of skiing over to Italy if it’s open. The area is south facing so you get a lot of sunshine, but its high enough not to have to worry too much about slush. The ski pass is only something like £165 which is really reasonable and eating out isn’t expensive either. It’s also a pretty attractive, with good views over to Les Arcs and La Plagne.
Too limited for us, better for beginners-intermediates
Reviewed 27 Apr 2015
We found the ski area really limited and there wasn’t much to do apart from going over to La Thuile. It would be really good for beginners, maybe going up to intermediates but I don’t think we would return.
Perfect for families with young children
Reviewed 24 Apr 2015
We had a lovely time in La Rosiere, it’s such a good place to bring the family if your kids are learning to ski. They all had a great time with their instructors, who really pushed them so they came out a lot better than they’d started. I wouldn’t recommend the resort for really good skiers but for little kids it’s perfect.
So good we’re hoping to retire there!
Reviewed 2 Apr 2015
La Rosiere is lovely, it has everything we want from a ski resort. I thoroughly enjoyed our week here in February, so much so that we’re going to buy somewhere here when we retire. The area has runs for mixed abilities and the time of year we went wasn’t that busy at all.
For young families, the resort has great facilities for children – the nursery facilities we saw were smashing. For young people it’s a great place for nightlife that wasn’t loud outside.
Where we stayed was pretty quiet, but if we wanted something busier we could have easily found it.
A lovely resort but limited skiing
Reviewed 26 Mar 2015
The resort itself was absolutely lovely, even though it was purpose built it’s probably one of nicest places we’ve been to. The skiing itself however was limited – it was very exposed at the top and although the weather was good, the snow wasn’t absolutely brilliant. To get over to Italy you had to use some very, very long drags which weren’t open when it was windy. We made it over once but didn’t bother after that.
La Rosiere - TJ
Reviewed 29 Oct 2014
My experience of La Rosiere may have been slightly impacted by the weather of which there were blizzards for the majority but to me La Rosiere felt a bit small with me repeating runs on a daily basis. It was challenging especially for a snowboarder to get to the Italian side of the result due to a drag lift being the main form of access. I however found the signage very informative and we rarely got lost. I would say the resort is better for beginnings as there are a lot of blue runs.
Ideal for beginners
Reviewed 3 Jul 2014
La Rosiere is great for families. Everything is nearby. It’s quite a small place, there isn’t so much there. We went bowling one night, but it was in the neighbouring village and it was a bit of a trek to get there. The ski area is really open, there aren’t many trees. You can see all the off-piste because of this. The skiing is good, it’s brilliant for beginners but there aren’t loads of reds and blacks. You have Italy as well though so there is plenty to do. We have rebooked for next year because we had such a good holiday here.
Go over to La Thuile for more challenging skiing
Reviewed 3 Jul 2014
It’s lovely! We are hoping to go back next year. We are very experienced skiers, so experts I suppose, and the skiing around La Rosiere wasn’t really sufficient, however we went over to La Thuile where it is more challenging. It’s definitely more of a resort for beginners. We met some nice people while were in La Rosiere. It was very windy and snowy, at times we were the only ones on the mountain!
Preferred skiing in La Thuile to La Rosiere
Reviewed 18 Jun 2014
It took us about 3 days to ski the whole area. There was more to do on the La Thuile side of the ski area, we preferred this side. There were some very nice little runs through the trees, and these are better protected from the elements. It was late in the season and it did become slushy at times… going down to La Thuile is lower than La Rosiere and so the snow wasn’t great at the bottom. The skiing was good though and it was high enough for there to be snow still even though it was getting into April. The link over to La Thuile from La Rosiere is a bit of a pain – there’s a long drag lift which you need to use to get over.
I probably wouldn’t choose to go back in a hurry since we’ve been here and seen it now. Meribel is more the sort of place I would intend on going back to as there is so much to do there.
Skiing for everyone and loads on in the evenings
Reviewed 9 Jun 2014
I like La Rosiere, the location is really nice and the village is good. There’s always quite a lot of stuff going on each night... out of the week they had an event on 5 of the nights including adult only tobogganing, a freestyle ski show and a torchlight night where you ski down in the dark. You can normally do heliskiing here which is one of the reasons we chose it, although the French and Italians were arguing about rights for the week we were there.
We had a lot of snow over two or three days when visibility was poor, but there’s lots and lots to do anyway including lots of shopping. The quality of food in the restaurants is excellent, and it’s not too expensive to eat out either.
The ski area is good and caters to all areas. We had a whole wide spectrum from beginners to off-piste skiers and we did it all. You have everything from the steepest black run in Europe over in La Thuile, to the most moderate piste. Skiing over the hill to La Thuile only takes an hour or so (and it’s easy, my son could do it with no problems) but you need to choose a good day to do it.
Quiet family resort
Reviewed 3 Jun 2014
Luckily the snow was good while we were in La Rosiere even though it was a hot week. We had glorious sunshine the whole time. It was starting to get mushy towards the end of the day down at the bottom of the slopes. I wouldn’t have wanted to go the week after. It’s a great resort for families, it’s quite limited but then you can ski over to La Thuile in Italy. It was great for what we needed and wanted; I’m not sure I would go back there if I was on my own or with friends. It’s quite small. The last thing we wanted was a party town.
I can imagine that during half term it’s heaving, but when we went it was quiet and there were no queues. I’ve been to Val d’Isere before during peak season and had to queue for a long time at the lifts.
Our daughters used the ski school which was fine. On the first day it was slightly chaotic, but it sorted itself out. Initially our daughters were a bit older and more capable than the rest of their group, but after the first day they moved them into a better group. The ski instructors were great.
We normally just grabbed a sandwich for lunch from the supermarket, which is a short walk from the centre of town. We got chips up on the mountain sometimes too.
We didn’t go out in the evenings because all we wanted to do was ski, and then relax after. We did go out for a meal to one restaurant which turned out to be quite expensive, but it was very good.
Lovely place
Reviewed 28 May 2014
La Rosiere came up as a last minute holiday and we really enjoyed it – it’s a nice little village. You have some nice views of Mont Blanc and could ski over to La Thuile which has views of the Matterhorn. The area has a bit of everything although there weren’t so many boarders around. There was plenty of snow; we had bad weather for a day and a half followed by loads of sunshine.
Our favourite resort & child friendly
Reviewed 2 Nov 2013
Obviously we are very bias to this resort as we did our season there. It is our favourite however may not be for everyone. 1) Best Bar has to be Petit Danois – based in the main resort – definitely a seasonairs bar and in the evening very busy. Live bands and good music. Also do a mean Pizza. You can also head to LePub for a later night drink and more partying. 2) La Genepi offers traditional gourmet cuisine, very expensive and gets busy on staff nights off however well worth it. We also went to a posh restaurant in the town centre this year, however cannot remember the name for the life of me. 3) Best run has to be Tetras. Great view of Bourg, a long open easy blue, however it is the run back to town so can become very busy and cut up late on. Marmottes down past Les Eucherts is a good red run, often very quiet. 4) We worked in Ferm De Elisa – a great chalet, very clean of course. Good seating area, ski to door and boot room included. When we went on holiday this year we went with Ski Olympic to Chalet Grand Planica. Again very clean and boot room/fitting in house. Ski to door. Biggest bonus here is the sauna, swimming pool and Jacuzzi. Highly recommended. Overall the skinning here is amazing, suitable for all ages/abilities. The views also pretty special and the sun is more often than not shinning as it is South facing. You have the added bonus of being able to Ski to La Thuille. Just beware of school holidays. La Ros is very much geared towards children and prides itself on being child friendly, can get very busy during the holidays. Not the place to go for crazy après ski, however if you want skiing for all abilities and great weather the place to be.
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