Ski Resorts Purpose built
Rank 01
Courchevel 1850
The only resort where the lift network and the luxury stack are both the biggest in the Alps — a purpose-built station that earned its price.
Why it is here
Courchevel 1850 plugs into Les 3 Vallées, which Skiresort.info measures at 600 km of slopes and 159 lifts and lists among its 2025 five-star resorts; Condé Nast Traveller readers placed Les 3 Vallées fourth in Europe in 2025. Knight Frank's 2025 Alpine Property Report has Courchevel 1850 as the priciest French resort at €31,600 per square metre, and the top Alpine price performer, up 9% in the year to June 2024. Terrain and luxury both score at the top of the field; setting is lower than the Swiss villages because the architecture is functional, not picturesque.
Who it is for
Skiers who want the largest linked area in the world from a ski-in front door, with the densest concentration of palace hotels and altitude restaurants in the Alps.
Sources
- Ski resort size — Les 3 Vallées600 km of slopes, 159 lifts, 1,100–3,230 m.
- Skiresort.info Test Winners 2025 — the best ski resorts worldwideLes 3 Vallées named a 2025 five-star resort.
- The best ski resorts in the world: 2025 Readers' Choice AwardsLes 3 Vallées ranked fourth in Europe, score 97.78; Courchevel separately tenth, 91.85.
- Alpine Property Report 2025Courchevel 1850 at €31,600 per sq m; top Alpine growth, +9%.
