Choose Courchevel if you want one pass across Les 3 Vallées and you are willing to live in a resort village. Choose Chamonix if you want a town, Mont Blanc, and a different mountain each day.
| Courchevel | Chamonix | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Villages inside Les 3 Vallées | A town with separate ski areas |
| 2030 | Speed alpine, team combined, ski jumping, para alpine, para snowboard | Not a competition venue. The 1924 host |
| Domain | 600 km and 169 lifts, shared with six other resorts | Not one linked domain |
| Usual airport | Chambéry, Geneva, or Lyon, then the Tarentaise | Geneva |
| Off-piste icon | The couloirs above 1850, with a guide | The Vallée Blanche, with a guide |
Neither is “better”. A mixed group that includes a non-skier usually has an easier week in Chamonix, because the town does not require a lift. A group that wants to ski to a different valley for lunch has an easier week in Courchevel. The prices, especially in 1850 in February, are not a secret and are not printed here as if they were stable.
Read Courchevel and Chamonix before you pay a deposit.