We went to Monts Jura to do our second day of snowboarding. We entered on the Crozet side taking…read morethe Le Fierney Telecabines (gondolas) as we were coming from Geneva. It's nice as it's only 30 minutes away and pretty cheap ~23 CHF. I think we lucked out as it was New Years Day and rainy so it wasn't crowded at all. No rowdy skiers to slam their gear over my poor banged up snowboard. It takes forever to go to the other side to go down the Lelex greens, but I think it was all worth it. I'm still learning so this place is heaven for bunny slopes. Really wide and plentiful trails with lots of soft slushy snow to have my fat ass fall on. I would say it was equal amounts of snowboarders and skiiers but still heavier on the skiiers. The lifts were pretty crazy. Lots of 6 people lifts. I can see why as the tire-fesse are plentiful, just not easy to use (I got injured using it as we were trying to get back to the other side of the mountain since it was closing time). Only really 1 lift to get from the back or front side of the mountain. It was nice that even though it was nearing 4pm, they still had the gondolas running at the bottom to get us back to the car. I didn't like the fact that the staff kept saying everything stops at 4pm. We were thinking we'd have to walk our butts down the looooooooong journey down the mountain with our gear through snow and dirt paths which would've taken like a couple hours. This is a great resort for those who are still learning. Not great for those who are in their reds or blacks as there are very few of those trails here. Just make sure you're on the right side of the mountain before closing time so that you can get back to the gondolas. All the lifts do promptly stop loading riders at 4pm. They're very strict on it.

Skiing at the Portes Du Soleil mountains in the best. Been here three times and I am happy never…read moregoing anywhere else. I stay in champery which is a lovely little town. Ski lift is awesome and really reliable. It's just dumped, bed now, ready for tomorrow

Best ski resort in the Lake Geneva area, more than 200 lifts and about 600km of ski slopes…read more TeleChampery is linked with the Portes du Soleil. No winter is a good winter without a couple of powder days in Champery!!!!

Station de ski Peisey Vallandry. Superbe station de ski…read more Grandiose. Pour les skieurs elle doit être sur leur to do list Le club med est ok à cet endroit La Plagne fut min coup de cœur Les Arcs wowww. Notre guide Lucas fut extraordinaire et nous a bien guidé. La découverte d'une si grande station peur se faire de soi même mais on ne perd pas de temps avec un bon guide. Merci Lucas.

Very good. Arc 1600 better than the others. Cinema, bars and restaurant. The view is great as well…read moreas it is nearby the forest

Courmayeur is the boujee Italian cousin of Chamonix....and in fact you can drive thru the mountains…read more( via the crazy tunnel ) to visit both. Courmayeur is a beautiful place to ski, hike, bike, yatta yatta yatta. The mountains surrounding this area are just stunning and you can take various gondolas, lifts etc to hike everywhere. Great shopping although really pricey. Amazing food stores and restaurants. Highly recommend a visit.

Courmayeur, Italy is an absolutely beautiful small town just across the border from France. The…read morenext closest ski town would probably be Chamonix. However, I visited in the summer as a stopping point before taking the skyway up Mont Blanc. To get to Courmayeur from France you will need to go through the Mont Blanc Tunnel. It is about a 40 Euro toll to go through the tunnel which is very long. From the town it was a very short drive to Mont Blanc and the skyway from Courmayeur is less expensive than from the French side. The town is picturesque. It is full of small inn's B&B's, little restaurants and shopping. There is also an art gallery which is where we stopped to get directions to our hotel. Some hotels can be hard to find, especially at night as it is not well lit and the hotels and inns are very close together. I would definitely stay in Courmayeur again, I would just try really hard to arrive in daylight