Le Mont Dore

Has anyone been to this resort. Planning to go with 3 young kids. Looking to have lessons. Is it a dcent resort for beginners and does anyone have any helpful advice on the resort.

Thanks for any help

njw wrote:Has anyone been to this resort. Planning to go with 3 young kids. Looking to have lessons. Is it a dcent resort for beginners and does anyone have any helpful advice on the resort.

Thanks for any help

I used to live near there and I enjoyed skiing there but I'd not really recommend it unless you live there as well. It's small and the weather is very unpredictable, at times it can be brutally cold and gets a harsh wind. Nearby Le Lioran was somewhere I preferred but it's still very small.

If you want services like English language group lessons then I doubt they're available.

What led you to pick Mt Dore?

Thanks for your reply. The reason I picked Mont Dore is that I'm going to be staying a couple of hours away so this was the nearest resort to spend a few dys skiing. I realise it's probably not ideal, but it's convenient. Are there any places you'd recommend I went to or avoided. Also thanks for the tip about Le Lioran, I'll read up on it.

njw wrote:Thanks for your reply. The reason I picked Mont Dore is that I'm going to be staying a couple of hours away so this was the nearest resort to spend a few dys skiing. I realise it's probably not ideal, but it's convenient. Are there any places you'd recommend I went to or avoided. Also thanks for the tip about Le Lioran, I'll read up on it.

Certainly if it's close it's worth going, I used to live in Clermont Ferrand and it was close but I had a place in St Gervais so it made more sense to just go there for the weekend.

Definitely try Le Lioran though, much more "alpine" in feel I always though.

Sadly, my time there pre-dates small digital cameras so I don't have many pictures :D

I live an hour away from Mont Dore and skiid there last Feb on a couple of occasions. It's fine for beginners and children but:
a. very few instructors speak English
b. there is only one bar/cafe (food aweful) on the main ski area
c. snow is unreliable and only one blower on the main piste
On the plus side La Bourboule is a lovely spa town only 5 minutes from Mont Dore which is very pretty and has some good restaurants
I agree with the other replies that Le Lioran (on the other side of the mountain to the South West) is much better.
Super Besse which is on the opposite side of the Mont Dore mountain is also better than Mont Dore.

Montdore is a good station for beginners. I don't speak a very good english... I'm french and I'm found of skiing.In february, the weather is often good: it'sunny and snowy. I live at Fontfreyde (30 km from Montdore)and I know Montdore and Super Besse very well.
You can contact me at : callune@live.fr

you can see the Montdore station on my website :http://www.volcans-nature-decouverte.com/

http://www.volcans-nature-decouverte.com/