Green SKi Runs

Hello,

My husband and I are taking our two young children skiing for the first time this year. They will obviously be beginners, and we wanted some advice on the best resorts. We want nice gentle green runs, as long as possible and as many as possible, so we can all ski together after they have a few lessons!

Any advice on accomodation in the resorts will be gratefully received too.

Thank you

Hi Clariana, welcome to the forum.

Green runs are few and far between these days, I very rarely come across them in Europe and when I do they are either really short or about 7 miles long and a flat road.

As much as it gets a battering on here, Niederau is a good resort for families and has relatively easy skiing with good ski schools.

And it's cheap!

Good luck
Nel

Clariana,

We took a succession of beginners (albeit adults) over the course of 4 seasons to Le Praz, just a bubble down from Courchevel where most of us learnt from scratch.

Lots of green runs there as I recall, easily reached magic carpet and a mix of tree line and open runs and always had good snow. Not been for a few years now - was pricey for lunch at 1650 but staying in Le Praz was no worse than other French resorts.

Ignore Nelly i think she is having an off day as there are tons of green runs out there if you know where to look.

Here are some resorts that have a fair few:

Alp D'Huez
Courcheval
Montgenevre
La Clusaz
Serre Chavalier

The longest green run i have been on was at Morillon and it was easy a couple of miles long and VERY quite, that would be ideal. Although it is the only green in that area.

Take a look at this site where you can download the piste maps for most resorts and you will be able to judge if they are suitable.

There is a long and wide green at Val Thoren with a magic carpet back up, if I recall?

Snapzzz wrote:Ignore Nelly i think she is having an off day as there are tons of green runs out there if you know where to look.

How rude. It's only becuase I ski with my eyes closed :wink:

I know there is a very easy long green run called Deux Lacs at Val Thorens, with its own chairlift, because I remember falling over crash at the bottom of it in a group lesson :lol:

However, I think Val Thorens might be rather scary for total beginners because it is so high up and bleak. I reckon Courchevel 1650 (out of the few resorts I've been to) would be much more suitable. Niederau sounds excellent as well, for beginners, although I haven't actually skied there myself.

NellyPS wrote:

How rude.

I prefer cheeky.... :-)

U know im kidding.