Southern Alps
Why a Southern Alps Ski Resort?
- Just 1.5 hours from Nice and the Mediterranean
- Plenty of sunshine
- Snowsure ski areas
Southern Alps Information
In recent seasons the Southern French Alps have finally been catching the eye of skiers from the UK, who can no longer ignore the combination of heavy snowfalls (among the highest in the Alps) and enviable sunshine figures. To anyone who has yet to ski there it all sounds just too good to be true, but the statistics don’t lie. Between them, the Hautes-Alpes, Alpes de Haute-Provence and Alpes Maritimes live up to their exotic-sounding names by offering great skiing, usually in the kind of weather which allows you to appreciate some of the most impressive mountain scenery you’ll find anywhere. Not surprisingly, countless French families have been skiing in the Southern Alps for generations, many having invested in their own private ski apartment, which tells you that they’re more than convinced about the overall concept.
Further south, the resort of Isola 2000, which is only 90 mins north of Nice, offer reassuring areas for raw novices to find their feet while their experienced and advanced companion skiers can head off to explore more challenging terrain elsewhere on the mountain.
Montgenevre, Serre Chevalier, Vars, and Auron are also all in the Southern Alps. They all have great tree-lined skiing and decent-sized ski areas. Montgenevre, in particular, is very popular with our clients and is located close to Turin airport for a quick transfer.
