Flexible Ski Holidays - Montgenevre - France     Altitude 1850m – 2680m
& Flexible Snowboard Holidays - Montgenevre - France

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Season 2007 - 2008 prices released - Many are even lower than last season!

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Flexible Breaks specialise in ski and snowboard weekends and flexible breaks to Montgenevre in France, just next to the Italian border town of Claviere, only 1 hour 30 minutes from Turin international airport.

In addition to weekend and short ski or snowboard breaks, we offer the traditional one and two week ski or snowboard holidays, but stays of any length are also available (from 3 nights upward). A popular choice is arriving on a Friday night and staying until the second Sunday giving you 9 nights holiday, whilst taking only 5 full days off work.  We also provide chalet, apartment and hotel accommodation in both Sauze d’Oulx (Italy), for all lengths of stay.

In summary we provide the following combinations:

Ski weekends, snowboard weekends, short ski breaks, short snowboard breaks, midweek ski breaks, midweek snowboard breaks, ski holidays, snowboard holidays in both France and Italy.

Flights with Ryanair from Stansted, Easyjet from Luton and British Aiways from Gatwick to Turin Torino (only 1 hour and 30 minutes away) are booked independently. Alternatively Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways and KLM also fly into Turin from many UK regional airports.

You can also fly to Geneva or Milan (two hours 30 minutes away) with many other airlines such as Easyjet and British Airways.

Free transfers are available between Turin and Montgenevre (subject to conditions).

Or if you prefer there is a snowtrain, which takes only 4½ hours from Paris. For those who prefer self-drive ski breaks, Montgenevre is between 9 and 11 hours from Calais and is motorway all the way except for the last 30 minutes.

Montgenevre/Monts de la Lune is known as the snowiest part of the Franco-Italian Milky Way (Via Lattea/Voie Lactee) region, with its great snow record and largely north-facing slopes. The Milky Way boasts over 400 kms of piste (145 ski runs) of which 120 kms have artificial snowmaking facilities (well over 1000 snow cannons).  A large proportion of Montgenevre is covered by snow canons, giving it guaranteed snow all season. With 93 ski lifts, skiers of all standards have a vast choice of varied and picturesque routes, ideal for both boarders and skiers. With the ability to shift over 100,000 skiers per hour, queues are a rarity, especially mid-week when you can have entire pistes to yourselves. There is also a brand new snow park for boarders with quarterpipe, projump, gap and rope tow.

For car drivers, it is an ideal location from which to explore the rest of the Milky Way and some excellent French ski resorts within 15/30 minutes drive e.g. Serre Chevalier, Puy-St-Vincent and Briancon.

Montgenevre was the first official ski resort in France, hosting the first international ski competition in 1907 and a very popular destination with the Paris Jet Set in the 1930’s. Today, it is know as one of the jewels of the Milky Way, one of the largest ski areas in Europe and host to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Popular with English tourists for many years, Montgenevre has excellent English-speaking ski and snowboard schools as well as a variety of high-standard ski/board hire shops. Lift pass prices are lower than in many comparable resorts, children 6 years and under get a free lift pass, and children from 7 to 11 years, or adults over 60 years old receive a discount of around 15%.  You must produce a document to prove your age.  The standard ski pass covers Montgenevre and Monts de la Lune, a 6-day or longer pass allows you to ski in Alpe d’Huez, Puy-St-Vincent and Serre Chevalier. Extensions are available for the whole of the Via Lattea.  Montgenevre is geared up for children, providing excellent nursery/crèche facilities for the very young, with a day nursery on the slopes for children from 3-5, where there is a rest room, a rolling ski carpet, a chairlift and lots of fun and games. The ski school provides lessons for children over 5.

Apres Ski

Other facilities include a cinema, a natural ice rink and toboggan run, as well as paragliding, horse riding and heli skiing (landing in Italy). Montgenevre is also popular with Nordic skiers (cross-country skiing) with two fantastic circuits: one leaving from the resort, a trail of 25 kms, leading into Claviere through the undulating curves of the Montgenevre golf course. The other leaves from Les Alberts and provides 75kms of cross-country through the beauty spot of Val Claree. Snowshoe hiking is also a popular sport here. So there is plenty to do for the non-down-hill skiers in the party.

At night Montgenevre offers a warm welcome in a selection of bars and restaurants and night club, where you can taste traditional French cuisine, Italian pasta or pizza, drink a glass of vin brule (hot wine) or boogie the night way to the latest music.  Or if you have not had enough skiing you can take part in a torchlight descent.

No of Runs 7 green, 14 blue, 20 red, 10 black

Km of Runs 100 kms, 59 ski runs

Artificial Snow - over 10kms of ski runs

No of lifts 39

No of Runs 43 blue, 73 red, 30 black

Km of Runs 400 kms

Artificial Snow – well over 1000 canons

No of lifts 92

We specialise in ski and snowboard holidays, weekends, flexibl and short breaks with accommodation in apartments, chalets, and hotels in Italy and France.