Flaine’s pistes are superb and there is plenty of scope for off-piste skiing. There is also an enormous variety of skiing.
The Serpentine piste is tremendous, a favourite with ski instructors on their day off, it is wide, fast and rolling. Lucifer lives up to its name with unexpected depressions interrupting your beautiful carving. Diamiant Noir is a black off piste couloir – definitely not for the faint hearted.
One of the most picturesque runs in Flaine is Mephisto Superieure, with awesome views across the Mont Blanc massive - Mont Blanc is the big one in the middle!
From the top of Flaine you can also access Cascades, this runs for 14km by waterfalls
living for families and groups in a luxury, fully equipped home from home with comfortable furnishings and a wood burning stove. There are three south facing balconies and the mountain views are stunning, sitting out here, or lying on the loungers just contemplating the majestic scenery is a fabulous experience.
We benefit from Samoëns’ low-lying Alpine climate - when it’s ski time up at Samoëns 1600, down in the town it can be 23°C! The house is set in a large extremely private garden with such amazing scenery it’s like wandering through a photo album. We’ve gone for cosy, comfy and stylish and there are 5 bedrooms, loads of garage space and storage – essential for all that ski equipment!
and across the top of sheer limestone cliffs, eventually arriving in Sixt which is a small ski area in its own right.
Ski season this year runs from Saturday, December 15 to Monday, April 22, 2019.
Tell us about The Lodge
The Lodge at Samoëns is an incredibly beautiful and spacious chalet, which comprises of contemporary split-level
Samoëns is a historic town, with a traffic free centre, the streets are full of gourmet food shops providing mouth watering locally made cheeses, bread, cakes and produce. The weekly market is one of the best in the region. It's a great place to visit - year-round.