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i have been skiing in La Clusaz for over ten years now and each year I return the skiing improves. There is a wide varitety of slopes which enables beginners and experts to ski in the beautiful wilderness which surrounds La Clusaz. La Clusazs snow is groomed to a high standard and with an abundance of snow cannons there is always a healthy amount of ski able snow. There are also many off piste tracks which will test even the most experienced up on the massive de la Balme. In the…

What a hidden gem - certainly recommend. For beginners and more advanced skiers. Lovely views over Mont Blanc. This is a high resort with good reliable snow cover; almost unknown to the Brits who head to Chamonix, yet the snow conditions can be better and it is invariably quieter. Did Chamonix the following day and noticed the lift card prices were higher as well.

The ski area seems best suited for beginners on piste and those that like off-piste in a relatively safe environment. Flaine is essentially a big bowl; all the lifts take skiers up one side of it where there are then a variety of reds and blues back down. The blues are all pretty easy, of reasonable length and well pisted but do get busy, particularly the run back to the ski school area. The others are mostly traverses or roads. The * of this area goes big on the ability to incorporate…