Val Thorens Opening Details for Saturday 24 November 2018

Updated with expected scheduled lifts (we guessed well!):
– Funitel Peclet 
– Moraine Gondola
– Portette Chair
– Cascades Chair
– Deux Lacs Chair
– Musaraigne & Campagnols Magic Carpets / Travelators
– Castor & Pollux Magic Carpets / Travelators
– Cairn Gondola (to come from P4)

2019 Val Thorens Piste Map

Val Thorens has confirmed that it will be opening for it’s La Grand Première Weekend on Saturday with an expected 30% of the ski area opening.

With temperatures falling this week snow cannons were at last able to operate and fill in pistes down to village level at 2300m. Ten piste bashers are currently working on getting these runs ready for the weekend.

We’d expect the Peclet and Moraine / Portette areas will be involved but maybe not Grand Fond or Caron focused on with the link to Orelle not being open. Further details will be posted this week.

The Brand Village area will be open for your chance to test the new models of skis, snowboards etc from a huge host of manufacturers for free and benefit from their professional advice & guidance….

Meanwhile Orelle has confirmed that it won’t open this weekend as originally scheduled (and obviously no link across from Val Thorens will be available too). 

However, unsettled weather is continuing after the stable conditions over the last month with the (cold) temperatures as expected for the time of year and plenty of precipitation in the forecast. Snow cannons will be continuing across The 3 Valleys along with some real stuff – predicting actual centimetres of snow is ridiculous though, far too many variables including temperature, humidity, aspect, altitude, pressure, wind, size & weight of flakes etc etc!