The Village

Le Praz boasts a good selection of lively bars, mouth-watering creperies and fine restaurants including "Le Bistrot du Praz", one of the most famous restaurants in the 3 Valleys. There is also the Darbello and the S Courch that does excellent pizzas and a host live bands and shows all the major sporting events. The S Courch is 50 metres from the Chalet Chardon Blanc.

Le Praz is excellently situated with two telecabine lifts, the Praz and Foret ski lifts are located less than 200 metres from Chalet Chardon Blanc. Courchevel Le Praz, truly Savoyard in character, is definitely the prettiest of the four Courchevel villages. A quaint village square, rustic chalets and narrow cobbled streets create a traditional French village ambience. The Praz telecabine lift takes you directly into the centre of Courchevel 1850. The Foret telecabine lift takes you up towards the summit of "La Loze" at 2196m, giving easy access to the wonderful skiing of Courchevel / La Tania or the Meribel valley.

Skiing to Le Praz is a breathtaking experience in itself. Tree lined pistes, some of the prettiest in the three valleys; lead you to the village of Le Praz and within 30 metres (approx) of your chalet. The jockey’s black run into Le Praz is on the famous in Europe.

The traditionally good snow, north facing slopes and extensive network of snow cannons enable you to ski back to the village throughout the season.

Of course for those wishing to stay behind for an après ski drink in one of the sophisticated bars of 1850, a free ski bus service operates (until 1:00am every night) to take you and your skis back to chalet in the Chardon Blanc in Le Praz.

Ski Area

The Courchevel ski area links in to the massive 3 Valleys ski area. From the foot of the Gondola lift you are 2 lifts away from either Méribel or Courchevel 1850.

Courchevel Le Praz Factfile Stats

Resort Height: 1400m 
Ski Range: 1300m to 3200m  
Marked Piste: 600km             
No. of Lifts: 197  
Snowparks:  2 
Snow Cannons: 1437

3 Valleys Ski Area

The Courchevel Valley pass gives you access to all the lifts in 1850, 1650, 1550, Le Praz and La Tania - its a huge area to ski and will is ample for any beginners or level one skiers. It is possible to buy 1 day extensions to make it a 3V pass and this may be an option if you only intend to head over to the Méribel Valley side once during your week.

The Three Valley Pass lets you use any of the 200 lifts and is recommended for most skiers and boarders who want to explore the entire 600km of pistes throughout Courchevel 1850, 1650, 1550, Le Praz, La Tania, Méribel, Mottaret, Méribel Village, Val Thorens, Les Menuires, St Martin de Belleville and Brides Les Bains. If you buy a 6 day or more Three Valleys pass you can ski for 1 day in one of the following areas (subject to all areas being open, snow conditions etc): Tignes / Val d'Isère (Espace de Killy), La Plagne / Les Arcs / Peisey Vallandry (the new Paradiski linked area), Pralognan La Vanoise and Les Saisies.

For information on lift passes prices , ski school and equipment hire click through to the extras page.

Piste Maps

Courchevel Piste Map - Click here to download
3 Valleys Piste Map - Click here to download

Getting Around

There is free ski bus, which you can use with your lift pass, which runs every hour and links Le Praz to its neighbouring Courchevel stations. These are La Tania, Courchevel 1550, 1650 and 1850 (takes about 15 mins to 1850). This runs all day until around 10pm at night – see timetable here.

Further Resort Info and Useful Links

www.Snow-Forecast.com - Worldwide resort snow reports site who can email you with snow updates to your favoured resorts.
www.meteofrance.com - Official French weather forecast site.
www.latania.co.uk - get the inside track on the unofficial La Tania website.
www.skilodge.com - La Tania's number one pub online complete with webcam and photo gallery.
www.courchevel.com - Official Courchevel website.
www.meribel.com  - Official Meribel website.
www.les3vallees.com - Official 3 Valleys website.
www.natives.co.uk - award winning site which covers all aspects of alpine life for seasonaiires and holidaymakers alike.
www.barmontblanc.com - Legendary drinking venue situated in the peoples republic of Vallandry.
www.snowinfo.co.uk - Quality snowboard directory with loads of useful info.
www.goneboarding.co.uk - Excellent site featuring all things snowboarding.
www.planetsubzero.com - Seasonal Accomodation across Europe ansd USA.
www.bigfriday.com - escape the big smoke and enjoys surfing weekends in Cornwall with Big Friday.
www.thegoatshed.com - quality chalet holidays in Peisey Vallandry run by Sophie and Gordy.
www.hoteltelemark.com - Hotel Bar based in La Tania.
www.chaletchardons.com - Long stay accom and per night accom in Tignes Les Brevieres . The original and is still the best!
www.abc-of-snowboarding.com - Snowboarding and Snowboard Info, News, Gear Shop, Travel & Community.
www.ski-jungle.com - The Best Online Resource for Skiers and Snowboarders.
www.j2ski.com/link_to_us.html - The Best Online Resource for Skiers and Snowboarders.
www.skihigher.com - Resort ski equipment provider.