Boots and skis

Ski hire in the French Alps

A chairlift after fresh snow

A chairlift after fresh snow. Photo: Rob Bye, CC0 1.0.

Hire in the resort if you do not want to fly with a ski bag. Pre-book if you are a family arriving on a Saturday changeover, because the shops are a queue. Try the boots on. A booking reference is not a fitting.

Resort shops and chains both exist. Skiset is one of the chains with shops across the French Alps. Decathlon sells and sometimes hires equipment. This build does not put a tracked Awin link on either of them. The merchant ids are stored for later, switched off, so a click today is not an affiliate click. Use the resort’s own hire page or walk into the shop.

Children’s boots change size faster than the holiday. Budget a refit, not just a package price. If you own boots that fit, bring them and hire the skis. Own skis are rarely worth the baggage on a one-week trip unless they are tuned for a specific off-piste plan.

Lift passes are a different purchase. See lift passes.

Sources

Checked 15 November 2026. If a later organising-committee page disagrees with this one, believe the later page.