The Most Piste for your Pound (or euro!)

Over the years we’ve often been drawn to the smaller resorts by the lure of cheap ski passes, but do these passes really offer good value for money? We thought it would be interesting to compare ski passes across France to find out where you get the most piste for your pound. The following table shows the price of a 6 day adult ski pass in many of the most popular resorts in France and compares that to the km’s of piste you get for your money.

As you’ll see it’s actually the largest ski areas that come out top in the value for money ranking. You’ll pay only €0.32 for every km of piste you have access to in the Portes de Soleil, compared to €1.77 for every km in the much smaller resort of Puy-St-Vincent. Obviously it’s highly unlikely that even the most experienced skiers will ski every one of the 650kms of piste in Les Portes du Soleil in a week and likewise for beginners the slopes of Puy may provide more than enough variety for a weeks skiing in which case the €133 price tag may be pretty appealing. If you’re after a mix of a reasonably priced lift pass coupled with plenty of piste then Les Sybelles looks to be a pretty good option.

Next time we’ll take a look at the resorts in Austria to see how they compare…