Flaine or Serre Chevalier?
Serre Chevalier takes 4 of 9, with 3 too close to call. That still does not settle it — only the categories you care about count.
France
Flaine
A snow-sure north-facing bowl an hour from Geneva, and one of the shortest transfers to a big area in the Alps. Bauhaus concrete village that families forgive because everything is ski-in/ski-out.
Worth knowing. A treeless bowl and a concrete village. Families forgive both; nobody else does.
Choose it if
Families with young kids
About £1,084 a week from London
France
Serre Chevalier
250 km of mostly tree-lined skiing across four old villages, at prices the Tarentaise stopped offering twenty years ago. Consistently the best value large area in France.
Worth knowing. Strung along a valley road, so it never quite feels like one resort.
Choose it if
A non-skiing partner
About £978 a week from London
Side by side
| Flaine | Serre Chevalier | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 62/100 | 52/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 265 km linked | 250 km |
| Top lift | 2500 m | 2800 m |
| Cost before travel | €1040 | €895 |
| Families with young kids | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Snowboarders | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 3/10 | 7/10 |
| Budget and après | 5/10 | 8/10 |
| Off-piste | 7/10 | 8/10 |
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.