Val Thorens

Beginners: yesFamilies: yesExperts: not really

Part of Les 3 Vallées

Also known as Val Thorens - Orelle

About the area

Val Thorens - Orelle offers 141.04 km of pistes, and 60% of them are green or blue (84 km), with 47.31 km of red for stronger intermediates. Beginners are well served: 45 short easy runs sit next to a lift base and 6 magic carpets cover first steps. Families benefit from 12 gondola/cable-car lifts, so small children avoid chairlift loading. Experts should look elsewhere — only 9 km is black/expert/freeride (6%), marked freeride amounts to 2 km, and the longest vertical on one run is 847 m.

The single base is Val Thorens, ski-in/ski-out with 258 m to the nearest lift. There are 33 lifts in total: 9 gondolas, 12 chairlifts, 3 cable cars, 3 platters and 6 magic carpets. The area runs from 1726 m to 3220 m, the longest run measures 3507 m, and there is 1.27 km of nordic track. It is part of Les Trois Vallées.

At a glance

Pistes
141 km · official 150
Lifts
33
Altitude
1726–3220 m
Vertical
1494 m
Runs
216
Longest run
3.5 km
Biggest vertical on one run
847 m
Cross-country
1 km
Magic carpets
6
Gondolas & cable cars
12
Bubble/heated lifts
12
Nursery runs at lift bases
51

Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.

Official site

Pistes by difficulty

  • Green15.9 km
  • Blue68.6 km
  • Red47.3 km
  • Black7.5 km
  • Freeride1.6 km
  • Unclassified0.1 km

Lifts by type

  • 12Chairlift
  • 9Gondola
  • 6Magic carpet
  • 3Button lift
  • 3Cable car

Official facts

Read on the resort's official pages; each value links to its source.

Official piste km · 2026/27
150
Official piste map · 2026/27
PDF / map
Day pass (adult) · 2025/26
81.80 EUR
Season closes · 2026/27
2027-05-02
Season opens · 2026/27
2026-11-21

Who should come here

Who should come here

Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.

Beginners

yes

  • · 60% of pistes are green/blue (84 km)
  • · 6% are black/expert/freeride
  • · 6 magic carpets for first steps
  • · 51 short easy runs next to a lift base

Families

yes

  • · 6 magic carpets
  • · 12 gondola/cable-car lifts (no chairlift loading for small kids)
  • · a base right at the lifts

Experts

not really

  • · 9 km black/expert/freeride (6%)
  • · longest vertical on one run 847 m
  • · 2 km marked freeride

Best forbeginnersfamiliesintermediatessnow surehigh altitudeski in ski out

Where to stay

Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.

Sub-areas

France · Savoie

Orelle

BeginnersFamilies

km pistes
23
lifts
6
m
2337–3220