Should you stay in Courchevel 1550?
If you want Courchevel's skiing without its prices, yes. We barely noticed a difference from the villages above. It is quieter and smaller, and a gondola takes you straight up to 1850.
Courchevel 1550
Another bend in the road below 1850, quieter and cheaper, with the same mountain above it.
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Ski from Courchevel 1550
3 day routes from here. Highlighted steps are specific to Courchevel 1550. Tap a profile to see it on the map.
Lift upSki down, in the grade colourFaded: your village's own legs
Saulire and the Grand Couloir
3 h 30Black runsLeave by 14:15
- Grangettes gondola to 1850, then the Saulire
- Pas du Lac gondola
- Saulire 2738 m
- Grand Couloir
- Back over Saulire
- Marcassin, Sanglier, Niverolle, Grande Rosiere or Aigle
- Down to 1850, gondola or piste home
The Mottaret and Courchevel classic, built around two of our favourite runs. Drop into the Grand Couloir from the top of the Pas du Lac gondola, then come back over the Saulire and down the tangle of bumpy reds on the Mottaret side.
Do the Couloir early. By afternoon it is busy, bumpy and often icy. Intermediates can take a lift down instead.
Col de la Loze, the scenic link
3 hBlue runsLeave by 14:45
- Gondola to 1850, then the Loze
- Rhodos gondola
- Loze chair
- Col de la Loze 2304 m
- Down to Courchevel 1850 or La Tania
- Back to the Col
- Loze chair back, then home via 1850
A quieter, prettier way between Meribel and Courchevel than the Saulire, through larch forest on the Courchevel side.
The full 3 Vallees traverse
Full dayRed runsLeave by 13:45 from Val Thorens
- Via 1850 and the Saulire
- Courchevel
- Saulire
- Mottaret
- Val Thorens
- Optional Orelle
- Back the same day
- Back to 1850 and down
Courchevel to Val Thorens and back in a day, with Orelle if your legs and the weather allow. The size of the area hits you on this one.
The classic first-timer mistake is getting stuck on the wrong side of a ridge when the lifts close. Know your last lift home before you set off.
Map
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- Named pistes
- 386
- Lifts
- 155
- Pistes on the map
- 547 km
- Highest lift
- 3,190 m
51 green162 blue121 red44 black8 ski route
In the Courchevel valley: 123 named pistes and 51 lifts.
Longest named runs: Mont de la Guerre (red, 5.9 km), Violette (green, 4.5 km), Creux (blue, 4.4 km). Highest lift: Bouchet, to 3,190 m.
Open the full 3 Vallées piste map Every piste and lift by name, grade, length and altitude.Compare nearby villages
Not sure Courchevel 1550 is right? These neighbours share the same lift pass.
Getting there
Fly to Geneva, Lyon or Chambery and drive up the Tarentaise to Moutiers, then up the valley. Trains reach Moutiers, but most people use a car or a transfer.