Le Corbier Resort Description
Le Corbier ski resort, designed in the '60s by the famous modernist architect Le Corbusier and named after him, Le Corbier ski resort started life as one of those medium sized 3rd generation resorts with a mere 75km of good skiing. But today's Le Corbier's ski resort local lift pass includes all areas such as La Toussuire and St Sorlin d'Arves. Which gives you 310km of piste. St Sorlin d'Arves connects by lift and piste with Le Corbier ski resort and La Toussuire as well. This makes Le Corbier the 4th largest ski area in France!
On The Slopes
Le Corbier ski resort's snow record is superb. The village sits at 1550m, the top station is at 2600m, there are plenty of snow cannons and the snow mostly faces the right way.
The main thing about any purpose-built resort is the quality of the skiing and none of these three areas disappoint. A ski holiday in Le Corbier provides exceptional learning slopes and early intermediates will enjoy plenty of easy blues on good snow.
La Toussuire is slightly more challenging, with about 50km of great skiing in an enormous bowl. The ski route back is deliberately kept easy but beginners can take the lift if they wish and there's also a skibus service.
Keen intermediates can enjoy enormous runs with dramatic views and an enjoyable sense of journey during their ski holiday. Le Corbier lets advanced skiers revel in its huge mileage: it's an ambitious, rapidly-developing ski area with lifts added every year. Ski in Le Corbier and you'll find they've recently added a fast chair direct from the foot of the resort right to the top, where there's a nursery area with wonderful snow.
Ski in Le Corbier for a very reasonably priced lift pass covering a massive area. The skiing in Le Corbier is varied and challenging, highly rated by RocketSki skiers. Although there's plenty of skiing nearby by to cater for all standards, your lift pass does include picturesque St Sorlin d'Arves which links by reliable Navette in 10 mins to open up a further 75km of superb snow!
The coach drops passengers at the front and the slopes are at the back! Everything in the village is a short stroll away and the convenience factor also extends to the airport transfer. From Turin, you can be through the Fréjus tunnel, up the hill and walk in through the front door in 2 hours.
Snowboarding
The terrain at Le Corbier is great for snowboarders. There is a very laid back attitude towards snowboarders and with two snowparks to keep you busy and massive amounts of mileage, Le Corbier is a good place to snowboard. There is a very large number of drags in the Sybelle region so accessibility is also quite good.
Off The Slopes
No-one could describe Le Corbier as an eyeful of classic chocolate box charm! Le Corbusier had something else altogether in mind: the village is uncompromising and stark in an arrestingly dramatic setting, beautiful in its own way. Le Corbier ski resort is also practical and convenient. Vehicles park outside the traffic-free village which curves around the foot of the mountain so that the nursery slopes run right up to the wooden terrace.
Le Corbier is easy to use, well equipped and noticeably friendly. Most of the shops and cafés in the piste-front gallery have been run by the same families since the resort opened and the warm atmosphere belies the stark modernity of the resort.
There's something organised every week, tournaments, races and shows, all taking place in the arcade that fronts the slopes. The village is fairly quiet, but there's 'one of everything':
Snowboarding
Slalom course
Parapenting
Snowshoe walks
Outdoor skating rink (weather permitting)
Sauna and steam room
Equestrian centre
Cinema (French)
Tourist office
3 supermarkets
2 Nightclubs
Games arcade
8 restaurants including Savoyard, pizzeria and creperie
5 bars
Tourist office
Internet Access in hotel
Boutiques
8 sports shops & ski shops
Tabac
Patisserie
Post office
HSBC cashpoint
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