Flaine Beginners
Due to its price structure and proximity to Geneva, Flaine is an excellent resort for beginners. Families and adults alike can learn to ski or snowboard in Flaine with little stress and the teaching and piste options, are perfect.Flaine is an excellent place to learn to ski and is one of the main reasons why the resort is populated heavily with children and adult skiers who gingerly are trying out the sport on the cheap.
The resort has some excellent offers with ski passes, also. Children under five years old receive a free ski pass, and there are three ski lifts that are free for those who want to try out the sport before they commit to buying a ski pass.
Parents hoping to put children into ski school should note that the sun shines on the beginners’ area in Flaine Foret virtually all day but not on the beginners’ area in Flaine Forum; a small but crucial ingredient to the success of your week.
Beginner Skiing in Flaine
There is a large network of green runs in Flaine that service the needs of beginners. When you have found your ski legs Christophe Boujon, the head of the Ecole de Ski de France in Flaine recommends the Toumaline blue that descends from the top of Grands Vans into resort as the first blue to attempt. Alain Baudoin, of the Ecole des Ski Internationale recommends the Mephisto blue in much the same way. We found it wide and not too steep.
Other blue runs to look out for are the Marmottes and Portet that feed into Les Molliets, both of which are long and good to build up confidence, although Portet is flat between the marked number poles 22 to 13. The Sarbotte blue to Les Carroz is good fun and has an easy incline. There is a pretty view as you draw around the corner towards Les Carroz.
As mentioned in the intermediate section, the 14km Les Cascades blue is an excellent piste for the variety of scenery it offers as well as the back-country feel it gives skiers. Les Cascades is well within the compass of improving beginners. It can get icy towards the bottom but your confidence will be so high by the time you get there it should not matter. See the intermediate section for more details.
Brave children can ski along the Dolomie, Silice and Perce-Neige blues to the Marvel green that descends into Morillon 1100. The Marvel is not flat at all, and has enough to interest intermediate skiers. It is great for young children as along the route there are panels that give information about mountain animals, flora and fauna.
In bad weather it is best to head for Les Carroz. There is a large swathe of fir trees through which pistes snake down to resort level. The Lou Darbes, Forestiere and Combes blues are perfect for family skiing.
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