Looking for an affordable, family-friendly ski resort for this winter? This little-known Alpine area in France has many advantages.
France is a bit like the world Mecca of skiing: it can count on some of the most beautiful ski areas in the world. Avoriaz, Val Thorens, Les Arcs, Serre Chevalier… There are many Alpine areas renowned for their exceptional playgrounds for skiers from all over the world. But where to ski far from the crowds while enjoying equally enchanting landscapes in the Alps? There is an underrated ski resort in France, where the ski pass is cheap and the panoramas sublime, which has nothing to envy of these popular spots.
This ski resort located in Haute-Savoie, 12 kilometers from Évian-les-Bains, will offer an ideal mountain stay for the whole family. A breathtaking view of Lake Geneva, more than 50 kilometers of alpine ski slopes, 16 ski lifts, a 29 euro pass for the whole day, fun facilities for all ages… Everything you need to spend an unforgettable winter vacation!
Welcome to Thollon-les-Mémises, a little-known ski resort nestled in a real Savoyard village, where you ski “between sky and lake” with accessible slopes and attractive prices. Equipped with “infrastructures similar to large ski resorts”, it is written on its official website, this ski area on a human scale offers 50 kilometers of slopes (3 blue slopes, 9 red slopes and 2 black slopes) between 940 and 2,000 meters above sea level, a free 6-kilometer Nordic trail, and for those who want to go further, an “Evian Mountains” package to discover the areas of Thollon, Bernex and Abundance.
If the altitude is reasonable without guaranteeing exceptional snow cover, the ski resort still offers “the most beautiful view of Lake Geneva, France and Switzerland combined”, according to Le Figaro. “We see the Jura embracing the Alps and the Alps growing, stretching, rising little by little to Mont-Blanc.”
And if the snow is difficult to fall this winter, there is no need to worry in Thollon-les-Mémises. The ski resort is doubling its imagination to offer activities during the winter holidays, with a wooded trail open to walkers, snowshoes and Fat Bike mountain bikes, a secure trail for sledding, observing migratory birds ( peregrine falcon, common buzzard and red kite among others) at almost 1,000 meters above sea level in February and a circuit for hikers accessible by cable car: the Mémises ridge. The most courageous can also enjoy a paragliding flight over Lake Geneva… An unforgettable aerial walk!