The Best Backcountry Skiing Routes in Val Thorens

This is a great long run off piste from one of the highest points of Val Thorens down to its lowest lift. From the Cime de Caron cable car take the Col de L'Audzin red piste for about 600m - after a big right hand bend and long flat section turn left just before the piste drops over a small col....

Great value for money - 450m of vertical ascent not only gets you a fine alpine summit but also a good 800m of descent back into the Val Thorens bowl. If you are skiing the pistes off the Funitel Péclet it is hard to ignore the West face of the Aiguille du Péclet and this tour should be high on every back-country skier’s list....

A super-aesthetic line which catches the eye from the ‘Moraine’ area of Val Thorens this is easy-access steep skiing at its best! - A half hour approach gets you 500m of steep, tight couloir gradually easing into a wider face....

A fun steep line which is easily accessed with a short skin starting from the top of the Pionniers or Plein Sud chairlifts - a good option for an evening ski after you leave the VIP section of the Folie Douce?? (or maybe not!)....