The place
Les 3 Vallées calls Val Thorens the highest ski resort in Europe, and pairs it with Orelle for the long season: 21 November 2026 to 2 May 2027 on the domain’s own pages. The rest of the linked area opens in December. If snow in the first or last week is the point, this is the base inside the 600 km, not Courchevel 1850.
It is not a 2030 competition venue. The races are at Courchevel, Val d’Isère, and La Plagne. Val Thorens is where you ski. The village is purpose-built and high, which means weather at the top and a simpler architecture than Méribel or Courchevel’s older hamlets.
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.