Resort
Private transfers to Val Thorens
At 2,300 m, Europe's highest ski resort according to the ski area's own body: the end of the Belleville valley, with regulated traffic in the resort core.
Altitude
2300 m
Valley
Vallée des Belleville
Val Thorens closes the Belleville valley at 2,300 metres — the ski area’s official body presents it as the highest ski resort in Europe. For a transfer, the decisive fact is not the record: it is that the resort is a terminus. You reach it after Saint-Martin, then after Les Menuires, and the road does not continue beyond it.
What high altitude actually changes
The final stretch is the valley’s most exposed to winter conditions: whatever disrupts the lower valley propagates to everything climbing behind it, and Val Thorens is what is behind. So we promise no journey time on this arrival — we set a reasoned departure time and adjust it to the day’s real conditions.
How close a vehicle can bring you
The resort regulates traffic and parking in its core. The useful question is not only where you are staying but how close you can be dropped: that depends on your address and the access rules in force, and it is checked before departure from the full address — not at a barrier with your cases on the pavement. Our operations team confirms the drop-off point with your booking.
Winter and Saturday
Winter equipment is required in Savoie from 1 November to 31 March. On Saturdays the valley changes over in a single day, and the French traffic authority rates February Saturdays red, with official advice to avoid the RN90 between Albertville and Moûtiers from 9am to 7pm.
Which gateway you can book from
Val Thorens can be booked from Geneva, Lyon, Chambéry and Moûtiers station — the last being the longest rail-side climb we operate, the whole valley from its floor.