With rugged beauty, winter sports and après-ski Chamonix has it all. No one is disappointed when they flock to this popular resort. Nestled among some of the highest mountain peaks in the Alps, including the famous Mont Blanc massif (4,810 meters/15,632 feet), there are 145 trails weaving throughout the area adding up to 140 kilometres (87.5 miles) of excitement and fun. The favourite runs...

 Courchevel is part of Les 3 Vallees, the largest interlinked resort in the world. With 600 kilometres of endless marked trails you could actually ski or snowboard Les 3 Vallees terrain for weeks and not cover it all!

 Right in the middle of the Three Valleys, it is difficult to be bored in a fortnight at Meribel. Fans of Courchevel and Val-Thorens sniff at Méribel's local slopes, but since Mont Vallon and the top of the valley were opened up some years ago, Méribel can stand comparison on most counts!

The highest ski resort in Europe, Val Thorens is the world’s largest ski domain. This purpose-built ski village sits at 2,299 metres in a grand amphitheatre that rises another 914 metres into a glacier wonderland. The vast, challenging terrain here is treeless and white and the season is from May to October. The terrain surrounding the resort suggests a younger, more aggressive crowd. That i...

Val d'Isère is one of the world's best resorts for experts - attracted by the extent of lift-served off-slope -and for confident, mileage-hungry intermediates. But you don't have to be particularly adventurous to enjoy the resort, and the village ambience has improved greatly in recent years. 300 km of slopes, free-ride itineraries, a snowpark, a high altitude and an outstanding geographica...