Val Thorens: ski hotspot and place-to-be in winter!

It is thanks to a visionary who recognized the exceptional potential of the place that Val Thorens, or "Val Tho" as it is also known, came into being at all almost 50 years ago: Pierre Schnebelen, a real estate developer, enthusiastically launched a project that was considered almost utopian at the time: the construction of the highest ski resort in Europe. Today, the lifts in Val Thorens run longer than in almost any other resort. Snow is definitely guaranteed from November to the beginning of May, and in a setting that could not be more breathtaking. The resort lies in the middle of an impressive valley basin dominated by six glaciers and eight three-thousand-metre peaks. From the top station of the Cime de Caron, you can look out over countless French, Italian and Swiss mountain peaks surrounding the 3200-metre-high summit before setting off on one of the well-prepared pistes leading towards Orelle or back to "Val Tho".