DougR wrote:Avoriaz took some beating in the ugly stakes.
...but it also takes some beating in the skiing stakes too; pretty much all levels of ability are well catered for and there are some great runs - both on and off piste - around the Flaine bowl.
One minor point re. the off-piste; it's not so much boulders that are an issue with thin snow cover, but mahoosive great holes as the base rock is limestone with caves and crevices galore. It's definitely not a place for ducking barriers in marginal snow.
Thankfully, though, the snow record's pretty good and if anywhere in the area has snow then Flaine will.
Great place to ski.