La Clusaz or La Rosière?
They split the categories 3–3. This comes down to the kind of week you want rather than which resort is better.
France
La Clusaz
A genuinely pretty Savoyard village 50 minutes from Geneva, popular with the French and largely ignored by the British market. Low and snow-dependent, but the shortest transfer in the Alps.
Worth knowing. Low and snow-dependent — a warm January can shut most of it.
Choose it if
A non-skiing partner
About £980 a week from London
France
La Rosière
South-facing, sunny, and linked over the col to La Thuile in Italy, so you can have lunch in another country. The high base holds snow well; the exposure means wind can shut the link for days.
Worth knowing. Exposed and south-facing. Wind shuts the link to Italy for days at a time.
Choose it if
Families with young kids
About £1,122 a week from London
Side by side
| La Clusaz | La Rosière | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 46/100 | 65/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 125 km | 160 km linked |
| Top lift | 2600 m | 2800 m |
| Cost before travel | €920 | €1065 |
| Families with young kids | 8/10 | 9/10 |
| Snowboarders | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 8/10 | 4/10 |
| Budget and après | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| 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.