Challenging Ski Areas

The French Alps are home to many of the world's biggest & best ski areas, together boasting some of the most challenging lift-served slopes on the planet. Advanced ability skiers & snowboarders who are looking for a challenge are spoilt for choice with the range of ski resorts & ski areas that can satisfy their desire to push the limits of their experience & expertise: with big-mileage linked domains, high-altitude glacial terrain, steep mogul fields and legendary off-piste routes.

Many of our featured destinations offer all of the above, all within close reach of the world-class resort facilities necessary to help you get the maximum enjoyment out of even your most demanding wintersports ambitions; after all, you'll need some great après-ski venues in which to recount your tales following each epic day in the mountains.

A further advantage of these well-established and extensively linked ski domains is that they also offer such a wide range of terrain & amenities for visitors of all ability levels, meaning that ambitious wintersports enthusiasts are not restricted in their choice of ski holiday resorts if they are plannning to travel with friends or family who prefer to take things a bit easier and who wish to enjoy a more relaxing wintersports holiday experience.

Ski France recommend the following destinations for those travellers who are searching for ski resorts suitable for expert skiers & snowboarders: 

Tignes

Val d'Isere

Val Thorens

Alpe d'Huez

Les Arcs