Les Orres

Just booked a fab deal to Les Orres. Have never been before (or heard of) so wondered if there any tips or advice on the resort.

Les Orres is wonderfully situated between Gap and Briancon and receives significant snowfalls triggered by the Massif du Parpaillon. As with other southern resorts there is significantly more sunny days than in the mountains further north. Views from the resort are amazing down to the crystal blue waters of Serre Poncon.
The village at 1600 is the older purpose built ski village with older style apartments and a compact centre. At 1800 there's a new village Bois Méan with modern apartments and hotels and some ski-in ski-out accommodation. We stayed in La Combe d'Or at 1800 and skied from the front door down to the lift every morning.
The terrain is mainly intermediate cruising with some lovely long blues down through trees to the main village. Things get more interesting the higher you go and there's some fabulous red runs from the top of the resort. There used to be three difficult draglifts up to this area but just this year, I think two have been replaced by one fast chairlift making things a lot easier and with the addition of two new blue runs in the sector it opens the area up to practically everyone.
We loved the skiing at Les Orres and the views are amazing. It's a dynamic ski station and one of the first we know of to offer a free village WiFi network.
Enjoy!

Wow Thanks Julia, excitment levels increasing each day as we go on the 4th. We prefer the smaller resorts and this looks like it fits the bill perfectly.