Val Thorens vs Courchevel
Val Thorens scores 9.4 vs 8.0 for Courchevel. Snow: Val Thorens. Terrain: Courchevel. Shorter queues: Courchevel. Value: Val Thorens. Après: Val Thorens.
| 🇫🇷 Val Thorens | 🇫🇷 Courchevel | |
|---|---|---|
| Snowlist score ⓘ | 9.4 | 8.0 |
| Snow /10 ⓘ | 7.1 | 5 |
| Terrain /10 ⓘ | 8.2 | 8.3 |
| Queues /10 ⓘ | 6.3 | 7.4 |
| Value /10 ⓘ | 9.1 | 7.9 |
| Altitude | 1800–3230 m | 1300–2738 m |
| Vertical | 1430 m | 1438 m |
| Mapped pistes | 528.3 km (area) | 528.3 km (area) |
| Advertised | 600 km (area) | 600 km (area) |
| Avg snowfall | 5.3 m | 5.4 m |
| Powder days | 8 | 9 |
| Lifts mapped | 44 | 66 |
| Modern lifts | 86% | 61% |
| Typical wait | 2.9 min | 2.2 min |
| Day pass | €80 (€80) | €80 (€80) |
| Pass | Epic | Epic |
| Ski-in/out places | 83 | 10 |
| Bars | 16 | 19 |
| Airport | GVA · 150 min | GVA · 135 min |
| Season | Nov 28 to May 3 | Dec 5 to Apr 12 |
What the scores mean
Snowlist score is one number out of 10 for the whole resort. It mixes seven sub-scores: snow 25%, terrain 25%, queues 15%, lifts 10%, value 10%, access 10%, après 5%. Then it is spread on a bell curve, so 6.5 is a normal good resort, 8 or more is rare and under 5 means real trade-offs. It is not a star rating: a 7 here is better than most.
- Snow: average snowfall over the last three winters at mid-mountain, plus top altitude, minus a penalty for a warm village.
- Terrain: piste km we measured on OpenStreetMap (not the brochure) and vertical drop.
- Queues: our predicted average wait across the season. 10 = you barely queue.
- Value: what you get (snow, terrain, lifts) per euro of day pass, ranked against every resort.