La Plagne or Les Deux Alpes?
Les Deux Alpes takes 5 of 9, with 3 too close to call. That still does not settle it — only the categories you care about count.
France
La Plagne
Eleven linked villages and probably the best family skiing in France — ski-in/ski-out is the norm rather than the exception. Choose the village carefully; they vary enormously in character and altitude.
Worth knowing. Eleven villages of wildly different altitude and character. Pick wrong and the week is wrong.
Choose it if
Families with young kids
About £1,161 a week from London
France
Les Deux Alpes
Europe's largest skiable glacier and a park scene that draws boarders all season. The layout is odd: the beginner terrain is at the top, the hard runs come home to the village.
Worth knowing. Beginner terrain at the top, hard runs home — backwards for a mixed group.
Choose it if
Budget and après
About £1,066 a week from London
Side by side
| La Plagne | Les Deux Alpes | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 70/100 | 80/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 225 km | 225 km |
| Top lift | 3250 m | 3600 m |
| Cost before travel | €1120 | €1005 |
| Families with young kids | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Snowboarders | 7/10 | 9/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 4/10 | 4/10 |
| Budget and après | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Off-piste | 7/10 | 7/10 |
Bold marks the winner. Rows where neither is bold are close enough that the difference would not change a decision. Cost excludes travel, which depends on where you leave from.
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.