The place
Val d’Isère is the technical alpine site: giant slalom and slalom, on the Face de Bellevarde and La Joseray, with one finish for the men and the women. Downhill and super-G are at Courchevel. An old table on this website had that pair the wrong way round.
The resort’s own ski-area page describes the linked Tignes–Val d’Isère domain, long called Espace Killy: 300 km, 160 marked runs (23 green, 67 blue, 41 red, 29 black), and 71 lifts, skiing from 1,550 m to over 3,400 m. The page lists lift opening from 28 November 2026 to 2 May 2027. The village itself sits at about 1,850 m. The top of the domain is not “Val d’Isère’s private summit”; the high glacier lifts are shared with Tignes, including the Grande Motte.
La Daille and Le Fornet are the other places to sleep. A centre hotel can mean a walk or a shuttle. Ask which one. See the slopeside hotels note. Summer walking here is the resort’s own valley and the Vanoise, not the Walker’s Haute Route, which is the Chamonix–Zermatt path.
Before you book
Read the resort’s current piste map for the week you travel. A kilometre total is a brochure figure, useful for comparing domains and useless for predicting a queue. Lift passes are explained on the pass page. The Games timetable, where this resort is involved, is on the venue table.