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Val Thorens ([val tɔʁɑ̃]) is a ski town in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps at an altitude of 2,300 m (7,500 ft). [1] It is located in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville in the Savoie department .
Tignes comprises 5 Villages; Tignes Val Claret, Tignes le Lac, Le Lavachet, Tignes Les Boisses and Tignes-les-Brévières. The first three are close together at 2100 m with Les Boisses and Les Brevieres further down the valley, above and below the dam respectively. All the towns located above the dam are linked by a free continuous shuttle bus.
In the winter, the valley is a cul-de-sac, with its road finishing at Val d'Isere. In the summer, there is a pass over to the Maurienne Valley at the head of the valley (the Col de l'Iseran), and a couple of others further down, including the Little St Bernard Pass eastwards to Italy via La Rosiere and La Thuile and the Cormet de Roselend ...
Top station. Cime de Caron is a mountain of Savoie, France.It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,195 metres (10,482 ft) above sea level. It is a mountain in the Three Valleys (Les Trois Vallées) a popular ski resort, in the valley of Les Belleville, in the resort of Val Thorens.
Thorens is a. manufacturer of high-end audio equipment. Thorens may also refer to: Thorens-Glières, a former commune in Haute-Savoie, France; Château de Thorens, a castle in Thorens-Glières, Haute-Savoie, France; Pointe de Thorens, a mountain of Savoie, France; Val Thorens, a ski resort in Savoie, French Alps
During the 1950s, Service of the Study and Development of Mountain Tourism (SEATM) was created by the local authorities to create the ski resort of Courchevel.Due to its great success, in the 1960s the mayor of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville decided to follow suit and create a society with the plan to create 100 000 beds divided between the two main resorts of Les Menuires and Val Thorens, plus ...
Les Trois Vallées (French pronunciation: [le tʁwɑ vale]; "The Three Valleys") is a ski region in the Tarentaise Valley in the Savoie department of Southeastern France, to the south of the town of Moûtiers, partly in Vanoise National Park.
Courchevel 1850, the highest part of the resort. Courchevel (French pronunciation: [kuʁʃəvɛl]) is a French Alps ski resort located in the Tarentaise Valley.It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski areas in the world.