At 2,300m purpose-built Val Thorens is not only the highest resort in the 600km Trois Vallées ski area that also includes Courchevel, Méribel and Les Menuires, but the highest in Europe. Its ...

We finished the day with a trip up to one of Val Thorens’ most well-known summits, the 3,195m Cime de Caron, where we headed for the Col de Lauzin and then boot-packed along a ski patrol line ...

Eight people were injured after a cable car crashed more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above sea level at France’s Val Thorens ski resort on Tuesday, authorities said.

Construction was taking place ahead of Val Thorens’ ski season. The resort is set to open on Saturday, welcoming visitors until early May. “The cable car was in construction mode to transport ...

Val Thorens is 45 minutes in a taxi from Moutiers or 75 minutes by bus. The resort is also around two hours drive from four international airports: Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Chambéry; Geneva or Grenoble.

Val Thorens has been declared the world's best ski resort nine times, including for 2025. Ted Thornhill ascended to the French resort to find out what all the fuss is about - and rates it out of five.

Six workers have been injured in a cable car crash at a French ski resort that is popular with British holidaymakers. Authorities said the accident happened at Val Thorens in the French Alps at ...

Eight people were injured after a cable car crashed more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above sea level at France’s Val Thorens ski resort on Tuesday, authorities said. The cable car was ...