First time in Courchevel early March

Hi all
First time in courchevel going there with family intermediate skiers any tips? Also how's the snow usualy there in early March? And the roads drivingwise? planning to drive there from london hence my question. cannot find a topics for coucheval if any of you can post a link??? Tks a lot

Firstly welcome to the forum.
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Your snow conditions will be superb, even down to the bottom @1350m (almost certainly).
Driving - who knows; you will need to keep an eye on the weather for that. I'm sure you'll have chains and everything on board although the likelihood of needing those except for the last little bit possibly is minimal.

Which station in Courchevel are you going to?

There is absolutely buckets on here about Courchevel and the Three Valleys (including Meribel and Val Thorens) although sometimes abbreviated as 3V. Stuff about skiing and the runs, stuff about restaurants etc.

You have chosen one of the top ski areas in the world for your holiday and there is an enormous amount of skiing for intermediates that is superbly linked by modern fast chairs and bubbles.

Do ask any specific questions you have - but also enjoy searching on here and seeing what is of interest.

Tks for the quick reply alas I'm new to forum search hence my previous post. We've been going to a tiny resort in Germany (Willingen) for the last 5 years 2 times per year but now my lad is 7 and he's got bored (and so have we) of skiing short blue runs hence on the way back to london he went: dad, if you're gonna get us back here in March/February you can then piss off :). I am very well aware that courchevel will set me back 3 or 4 times the money I usually spend in Germany for a week's skiing but hey, you don't go skiing every month in one year so it may as well be worth. I don't quite understand what you meant by 'last bit' re chains. Is it getting to 1650 (where we will be based) from the bottom of the mountain is it's just for driving to the lifts? We have booked a self catering flat at 1650 hence a weird question now: there's no WiFi at the property so is 1650 getting any 3G coverage? Tks again for reply

I was in 1650 last year and there was good 3G coverage. The Tourist Office has free wifi.

If there is a dump of snow you may need chains for the last few miles up the hill. The valley is likely to be clear as it is not as cold as now (for example). You won't need chains in resort unless you decide to drive to one of the other stations at night.

As far as I am aware all the accommodation is within a sensible walk to one of the lifts, so you shouldn't need your car to get to the skiing.

I would love to see your sons face when he first sees the mountains there !! He will get such a shock - do make sure you take him up the cable car even if you come back down rather than skiing.

Tks again for the swift reply. I've booked the holiday 3h ago only so mo-one from family knows about it I'm sure my lad will have his gob dropped when he sees pictures on the web. What did you mean by going back down rather than skiing from the top of the cable car? Is the run very difficult? We're not experts but we're intermediate skiers would that be a challenge for us?

Intermediate I mean we can well handle red runs

carlitto74uk wrote:Intermediate I mean we can well handle red runs

You should be fine then - didn't want to presume by suggesting a red.
Grading of runs may be a bit "harder" than you are used to but Courchevel and 3V's is generally pretty good (not much in the way of blues that should really be red or even harder!!).
Cable car goes to saulire - two ways back to Courchevel as well as runs over into the next valley and Meribel or Mottaret.

Both are reds - Combe de Saulire, which you will see as you go up either the cable car or Vizelle bubble. Can get a bit bumpy and very busy.
And Les Creuz an easier red that goes back to the Pramereul area which is the link over to 1650 for you.

well your last reply got me a little buffled.... R u saying that u can go up the mountain and pick a (wrong) run which could get u miles away from where u initially started??? Not being funny but we're only familiar with resorts where u can only end up 1/2 away from where you started. i am obviously wrong.....