
Best ski resorts for beginners
Resorts with the biggest beginner areas and the gentlest slopes, so first-time skiers can find their feet without fear.
24 resorts
How we picked
Learning to ski is a different sport from cruising blue runs, and the right resort matters: dedicated nursery slopes, magic carpets, a friendly ski school and easy access to long gentle pistes. These resorts have all of that, and our pick favours French, Spanish and Andorran domains where the marked green run system gives beginners safe terrain they can read.

Alpe d'Huez
French Alps

Vaujany
French Alps

La Plagne
French Alps

Megève
French Alps

Saint-Gervais
French Alps

Combloux
French Alps

Morzine
French Alps

Courchevel
French Alps

Les Arcs
French Alps

Avoriaz
French Alps

Les Gets
French Alps

Méribel
French Alps

Les Menuires
French Alps

Châtel
French Alps

Les Saisies
French Alps

Val Thorens
French Alps

Montgenèvre
French Alps

Les Sybelles
French Alps

Tignes
French Alps

Flaine
French Alps

Samoëns
French Alps

Val d'Isère
French Alps

Les Deux Alpes
French Alps

Valmorel
French Alps