Southern Alps
Zone overview
This region offers medium to large resorts as Serre Chevalier with a 250km ski domain or Vars, Risoul, Montgenevre, Puy-Saint-Vincent, SuperDevoluy and La Joue du Loup and a lot of other smaller resorts.
This zone regroup ski resorts from Alpes de Haute provence, Hautes Alpes and Alpes Maritimes.
Travel within the zone
How to come in the zone:
By rail:
4h30 from Paris
High speed train PAris > Oulx (Milano line), then shuttle until the Hautes Alpes. Or night train from Paris Austerlitz every night.
By air:
the shortest and the more convenientis to go to Marseille-Marignane international airport and then take one of the buses going to ski resorts, every saturday from December 18th to April 9th. 20€/adult and 10€/child for a return trip.
Within the zone:
By shuttle: list of shuttles going to ski resorts: http://www.hautes-alpes.net/web/ete/FR/acces/navettes.htm
By rail:
train station in Gap and Briançon from Marseille, Valence and Grenoble. Shuttle from the train station to the resorts.
Strategic locations (cities) in the zone
Gap, Briançon, Devoluy, Les Orres, Montgenevre, Orcieres 1850, Risoul, Serre Chevalier
| Resort | Runs | Freeride |
|---|---|---|
| Devoluy | 60 | good |
| Isola 2000 | Average | |
| Les Orres | 34 | Average |
| Orcieres 1850 | 53 | good |
| Praloup | 83 | good |
| Risoul | 118 | good |
| Risoul | 104 | good |
| Serre Chevalier | 114 | good |
| Val d'Allos | ||
| Vars | 110 | huge |
