| div> | | | | your feet on the ground, then try a snowshoe trail |
| Every year, choosing your holiday destination is of key | | | | adventure or a dog sled ride. If you are in need of flat |
| importance. If you have already skied in all the most | | | | surfaces after spending hours going up and down, try |
| popular French resorts, why not try something new | | | | the outdoor ice skating rink. And if you like motor |
| this year by going to a resort that offer its visitors a | | | | sports, then you can go on quad or snowmobile rides. |
| truly unique experience: Puy Saint Vincent. | | | | You can also go ice cascades (waterfalls) climbing. In |
| Great ski (and snowboard) guaranteed Puy Saint | | | | short, if you want your days to be fuller than full with |
| Vincent is part of the Grande Galaxie Ski Area. | | | | various assorted outdoor activities, then Puy Saint |
| Because of that, it is possible to access over 200 runs | | | | Vincent is the place to pick for your next ski holidays. |
| or trails as one ski pass allows you to ski and | | | | And other than the slopes, some restaurants and bars |
| snowboard any of the La Grave, Les Deux Alpes, | | | | can be found in Puy Saint Vincent, but don't expect |
| Briancon or Serre Chevalier ski resorts. Some pistes | | | | any dancing to partying. But of course, after a very |
| are above 2500 meters, thereby making skiing and | | | | exhausting day, there are plenty of accom modation |
| snowboarding (in the snow park) conditions possible | | | | options where you can rest your weary head, and |
| for a much longer season than on the lower runs. | | | | legsĀ
and arms. Here, a day of enjoyment leads to a |
| There's 60 km of down hills and an equal number of | | | | night of quiet rest. A resort for all ages When Junior is |
| cross-country trails in the resort. Snowboarders will find | | | | ready to try your favourite sport, there are some |
| a fun park fully equipped with jumps and slides. With | | | | great nursery runs for beginners in the resort. There |
| over 15 ski lifts and one going as high as 2750 meters, | | | | are also a few good ski schools to choose from. If |
| you days will certainly be full! The bigger part of the | | | | most of the slopes are for the middle-grade, |
| resort's residences and hotels are at an altitude of | | | | intermediate skiers and experts alike will have a few |
| around 1400 meters. In addition, most accommodations | | | | days of good runs. Honestly, there might not be |
| are amply attired, to take care of your children while | | | | enough runs to keep a family of six fully challenged for |
| you go down more demanding pistes in the afternoon. | | | | more than a week though but since Puy Saint Vincent |
| If you want to avoid the turmoil of overcrowded ski | | | | is bordering the Les Ecrins National Park, the whole |
| resorts, then Puy Saint Vincent is quite calm compared | | | | family will indeed find interesting additional activity |
| to its neighbours. It has been a well kept secret among | | | | options there. In addition to being part of the Galaxie ski |
| ski vacationers for quite some time now. Savvy skiers | | | | area, Puy Saint Vincent, France is really two resorts in |
| and snowboarders know how hard it is to find such | | | | one. You'll find a newer resort town built at 1600 |
| great ski conditions in an uncongested resort offering | | | | meters and the older village at 1400 meters. There are |
| the following: 2 black runs, 12 red runs, 14 blue runs and | | | | seven snow cannons and the ski lifts are able to carry |
| 6 green runs, all easily accessible from Puy Saint | | | | nearly 14,000 skiers and boarders per hour. But even |
| Vincent proper. A resort all about sports You will not | | | | during the peak season, Saint Vincent, France, is |
| find tons of apres-ski offers in Puy Saint Vincent, there | | | | unlikely to see hoards amassing to such an extent. So |
| is not much of a nightlife, but neither will you probably | | | | for your next vacations, if you wish to get away in the |
| hear any loud drunken foreigners while you try to | | | | wilderness, without crowds and with great skiing or |
| recuperate from your day on the slopes. And | | | | snowboarding opportunities, you now know that Puy |
| conditions are perfect for joyful and singular exterior | | | | Saint Vincent is the place to be. But keep the secret! |
| activities. Try paragliding or, if you prefer to have both | | | | |