La Toussuire
Why La Toussuire Ski Resort?
- Easy road access - only 17km from St Jean de Maurienne
- Great family-friendly atmosphere
- Fully linked to the largest ski area in the Maurienne Valley - Les Sybelles
La Toussuire Resort Information
La Toussuire in the Maurienne Valley has grown since the 1960's in a panoramic mountain setting, located on a plateau with vast amounts of sunshine. It is predominantly modern, with a car-free main street lined with controversial style buildings. The resort has now spread in complete contrast with recently built wooden chalets. As one of the central resorts of the Sybelles network, it is highly recommended for families.
La Toussuire is a friendly family resort, good value for money and uncrowded, with safe and snow-sure slopes.
The ski area has grown, but the village remains as friendly as ever. With a 360° panorama, an exceptionally sunny location, the people of La Toussuire have always known how to transmit their joie de vivre through their warm and sincere welcome. La Toussuire is the birthplace of Jean-Pierre Vidal, the Olympic slalom champion and gold medallist at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002.
Read Gillian Thomas' review of the Les Sybelles area and her stay at La Toussuire on The Foody Traveller.
Les Sybelles Information
Six unusual ski resorts untouched by mass tourism in 2003, under the name of Les Sybelles, now make up one of the most recently connected ski areas in France. It's also the 4th largest in France.
Ski greener - always aware and always committed to a more sustainable future, Les Sybelles have entered into a partnership with EDF to source exclusively renewable energy. All energy requirements for the production of artificial snow and the operation of the ski lifts will be covered by the supply of "green" energy coming exclusively from hydraulic dams and certified 100% renewable.
Le Corbier, Saint-Sorlin-d’Arves, Saint-Jean-d’Arves, La Toussuire, Saint-Colomban-des-Villards, Les Bottières: 6 individual resorts linked by the central peak of Ouillon with an altitude of 2,431 metres.
By the start of 2022, almost €35 million will have been invested in Les Sybelles ski area. The goal is to improve inter-valley links and offer ever more freedom, comfort, and speed to skiers, through creating, growing, and securing the slopes, extending the artificial snow network, and building new ski lifts. Three new ski lifts will complete the ski area: - a new fixed-grip chairlift in La Toussuire was ready for winter 2019. - ‘Le Gaston Express’, a detachable chair lift in Le Corbier for winter 2020 and the opening of a cable car in the Saint-Sorlin-d’Arves sector for winter 2021.
Les Sybelles has 1 AOP (recognised local product) - Arvan Valley's Beaufort cheese. It was a Bronze medal winner at the Concours Général Agricole in 2019. A ‘Made in Les Sybelles’ product called The Sybelles Bulles - is a 2015 special vintage AOP sparkling wine, produced in collaboration with Philippe Viallet, one of the best wine producers in Savoie.
