VAL D'ISERE - Skiing
Val d’Isère sits in a gigantic ski area, the Espace Killy – named after local Olympic gold medal hero Jean-Claude. Any competent skiers will be able to ski between Val d’Isère and Tignes within a day, aided by the superb lift system. Val’s slopes are split into three defined areas; on one side of the valley there’s the Bellevarde and on the other, Solaise and Col de l’Iseran. All three have widely varying pistes, and access to some legendary off-piste stuff. Fast quads and cable-cars zoom up the mountain from the village. Better still, Val d’Isère has a fabulous snow record. Most skiing is at 2,300m and above, and if all else fails there is always the Pissailas Glacier at 3,300m.