Pistes and lifts
What you can ski here
AlpineSnowboardFreerideSnowpark
Run counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
Get to know the resort
La Toussuire sits at the centre of Les Sybelles, a 310 km, 67-lift domain that links six villages over the ridge: Le Corbier, La Toussuire's sister-resort Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Saint-Jean-d'Arves, Les Bottieres and Saint-Colomban-des-Villards. From the village plateau the cabinet of intermediate blues and reds opens straight onto the home slope, and a single chair sends you over the back to the Sybelles crossroads. Beginners get long, gentle greens right above the apartment blocks; advanced skiers traverse to the top of L'Ouillon (2,431 m) for the wider runs and a fair shot at fresh tracks after a fall. Lift queues stay manageable, the lift pass costs less than in the Tarentaise giants, and the season holds reliably from mid-December through mid-April. It is not a chic resort and it does not pretend to be.
Good to know
- The terrain is well balanced: 18 green, 35 blue, 35 red and 12 black runs, which suits a mixed group skiing together at different levels.
- From 1750 m at the base to 2620 m up top, the resort leans on grooming and snowmaking in lean spells (score 78/100).
- It is one of the bigger domains here, 310 km of piste on 67 lifts, enough to ski a different sector every day of a week.
- The lifts typically turn for about 17 weeks a season, planning around late January to late February tends to land the most reliable cover.