A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TRIP
Pure sport/Let your instructor guide you throughout the week, and slide in the best places, at the best times! You will fully benefit from his expertise, together, you will define the program adapted to your level and your desires! Finally, enjoy two days in Les 3 Vallées, the largest ski area in the world, so that your experience remains unforgettable!
In the evening, you can enjoy the world-famous après-ski in Val Thorens, or the friendly atmosphere of the sports village from its bar with panoramic views.
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TRIP
Pure sport/ Does your level of practice allow you to be autonomous on easy trails? The “Full-Time Ski Pack” formula is made for you! Experience the UCPA DNA through highlights with a group of your level, in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Perfect your technique and enjoy exceptional snow in the highest ski resort in Europe. This program is not available to beginners. Level required: 1 to 3 weeks of skiing. You go down the green slopes with confidence and some blue slopes. You are beginning to control your speed and your trajectories. Are you a beginner? Go to the description of our “Learn to ski in 7 days” package.Let your instructor guide you throughout the week, and slide in the best places, at the best times! You will fully benefit from his expertise, together, you will define the program adapted to your level and your desires! Finally, enjoy two days in Les 3 Vallées, the largest ski area in the world, so that your experience remains unforgettable!
In the evening, you can enjoy the world-famous après-ski in Val Thorens, or the friendly atmosphere of the sports village from its bar with panoramic views.
THE BEST OF THE PRODUCT
- Ideal program to benefit from the expertise of an instructor throughout the stay.
- Groups formed on the basis of your technical level, your affinities and your expectations.
- Two days in the 3 Valleys included.
- Comfortable sports village, departure and return on skis.
- Big station atmosphere
THE BEST OF THE PRODUCT
- Ideal program to benefit from the expertise of an instructor throughout the stay.
- Groups formed on the basis of your technical level, your affinities and your expectations.
- Two days in the 3 Valleys included.
- Comfortable sports village, departure and return on skis.
- Big station atmosphere
Included
- Accommodation and full board
- Val Thorens/Orelle package until the end of your course
- 2 days of ski pass extensions for the “3 Vallées” ski area
- Ski equipment
- 8 to 9 sessions, 23:00 with instructor
Not Included
- Transport
- Personal equipment
- Complementary insurances
On option
- Accommodation in a double room for 2 people
- Arrived the day before
The program
Day by dayDay of arrival
Reception on Sunday morning from 8:30am.
Breakfast (8:30am to 10:00am), accommodation (in the morning, you have a secure room available to leave your luggage), provision of equipment and your ski pass valid from the first day of the course.
Breakfast (8:30am to 10:00am), accommodation (in the morning, you have a secure room available to leave your luggage), provision of equipment and your ski pass valid from the first day of the course.
The advice of the sports village: we suggest that you arrive before 13:00 to enjoy your first day of vacation, and start sliding.
Practical at your convenience, our teams provide you with all the information you need to get your stay off to a good start: safety tips, weather information, snow conditions, trail information.
In the evening all the information relating to your stay will be sent to you.
Accommodation: For any requests or information relating to your installation, please contact us by email, at valthorens@ucpa.asso.fr or by telephone on our sports village at O4.79.00.01.39, (one week before your arrival.)
Note: Do you travel via UCPA transport (train and bus)?
Arrival on the site on Sunday
The precise schedules of your transport will be communicated to you when you register.
If you purchased the “arrival the day before” option, we welcome you between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. If you plan to arrive after 8 pm, please contact the sports village (email or phone) so that we can send you the code for the front door. You will then find an envelope with your name and instructions for finding your room. Dinner is served until 20:30.
Practical at your convenience, our teams provide you with all the information you need to get your stay off to a good start: safety tips, weather information, snow conditions, trail information.
In the evening all the information relating to your stay will be sent to you.
Accommodation: For any requests or information relating to your installation, please contact us by email, at valthorens@ucpa.asso.fr or by telephone on our sports village at O4.79.00.01.39, (one week before your arrival.)
Note: Do you travel via UCPA transport (train and bus)?
Arrival on the site on Sunday
The precise schedules of your transport will be communicated to you when you register.
If you purchased the “arrival the day before” option, we welcome you between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. If you plan to arrive after 8 pm, please contact the sports village (email or phone) so that we can send you the code for the front door. You will then find an envelope with your name and instructions for finding your room. Dinner is served until 20:30.
During your stay
8 to 9 sessions
Typical day - 1 session in the morning + 1 other in the afternoon, or day trip.
Sessions with alternating technical advice, individual advice, discovery of the most beautiful slopes of the resort...
Typical day - 1 session in the morning + 1 other in the afternoon, or day trip.
Sessions with alternating technical advice, individual advice, discovery of the most beautiful slopes of the resort...
all with maximum sharing and pleasure.
Technical Level - Beginner
You have already skated for 1 to 3 weeks. You go down green and some blue trails with confidence. You control your speed and your trajectories. You start making parallel ski turns.
This week, your instructor will give you all the advice you need to be comfortable on all the blue runs and some red runs. You will therefore work on your commitment to the track, you will become comfortable on smooth snow and you will test yourself on bumpier snow and slopes in order to integrate the “Mastery” groups of skiers over a future week.
Technical level - Mastery
You have acquired a “Mastery” level because you know how to control your speed and your trajectories on blue tracks and on red tracks when they are well prepared. When the track is bumpy, in hard snow or in powder snow, you are less comfortable... and that's what techniques you will be developing this week with your instructor.
This week, your instructor will develop your ability to evolve with ease on all red slopes (smooth, icy, bumpy) but also some well-prepared black slopes in the ski area. This ease on this type of slope will allow you to be in “Confirmed” groups for your future weeks of skiing.
Technical level - Confirmed
You have acquired a “confirmed” level because you evolve with ease on all the slopes of the ski area by controlling your skis, even if you are less comfortable when the terrain is more rugged (bumps, ice, powder...).
The objective of your week will be to now be comfortable on all snow and all slopes (even if you will have to continue sliding to make this ease more fluid), including to touch the “powder” to switch to the next week of vacation to an “Expert” level and why not to an Off-Piste stay.
Technical Level - Expert
You are an Expert because, regardless of the terrain and the snow, you easily and safely combine all types of turns (swaddles and big curves) .Your experience allows you to read the terrain well and to adapt your technique to all the situations you may encounter off-road: steep slopes (up to 35°), bumps, snow of different qualities (deep, tangled, crusted, frozen,...).
This week, enjoy yourself with your instructor who will refine your technique even more, and according to the wishes of the group and the climatic and terrain conditions, will make you discover a nice off-track and the most beautiful runs and spots in the entire ski area.
The course of this program is given for information purposes only.
It may undergo modifications or adjustments, depending on technical criteria, safety requirements or the climatic conditions of the moment. In this case, only those responsible for UCPA supervision are authorized to take the necessary decision (s).
It can also be adapted according to the technical and physical level of the participants.
Technical Level - Beginner
You have already skated for 1 to 3 weeks. You go down green and some blue trails with confidence. You control your speed and your trajectories. You start making parallel ski turns.
This week, your instructor will give you all the advice you need to be comfortable on all the blue runs and some red runs. You will therefore work on your commitment to the track, you will become comfortable on smooth snow and you will test yourself on bumpier snow and slopes in order to integrate the “Mastery” groups of skiers over a future week.
Technical level - Mastery
You have acquired a “Mastery” level because you know how to control your speed and your trajectories on blue tracks and on red tracks when they are well prepared. When the track is bumpy, in hard snow or in powder snow, you are less comfortable... and that's what techniques you will be developing this week with your instructor.
This week, your instructor will develop your ability to evolve with ease on all red slopes (smooth, icy, bumpy) but also some well-prepared black slopes in the ski area. This ease on this type of slope will allow you to be in “Confirmed” groups for your future weeks of skiing.
Technical level - Confirmed
You have acquired a “confirmed” level because you evolve with ease on all the slopes of the ski area by controlling your skis, even if you are less comfortable when the terrain is more rugged (bumps, ice, powder...).
The objective of your week will be to now be comfortable on all snow and all slopes (even if you will have to continue sliding to make this ease more fluid), including to touch the “powder” to switch to the next week of vacation to an “Expert” level and why not to an Off-Piste stay.
Technical Level - Expert
You are an Expert because, regardless of the terrain and the snow, you easily and safely combine all types of turns (swaddles and big curves) .Your experience allows you to read the terrain well and to adapt your technique to all the situations you may encounter off-road: steep slopes (up to 35°), bumps, snow of different qualities (deep, tangled, crusted, frozen,...).
This week, enjoy yourself with your instructor who will refine your technique even more, and according to the wishes of the group and the climatic and terrain conditions, will make you discover a nice off-track and the most beautiful runs and spots in the entire ski area.
The course of this program is given for information purposes only.
It may undergo modifications or adjustments, depending on technical criteria, safety requirements or the climatic conditions of the moment. In this case, only those responsible for UCPA supervision are authorized to take the necessary decision (s).
It can also be adapted according to the technical and physical level of the participants.
Last day
After a last unsupervised morning, return of the equipment on Saturday before 12 noon.
Check out of your room no later than 13:00.
Check out of your room no later than 13:00.
Departure from the sports village at 2 pm.
Note: Do you travel via UCPA transport (train and bus)?
End of stay and departure from the site on Saturday
The precise schedules of your transport will be communicated to you when you register.
Note: Do you travel via UCPA transport (train and bus)?
End of stay and departure from the site on Saturday
The precise schedules of your transport will be communicated to you when you register.
SPOT
Val Thorens
The largest ski area in the world
Val Thorens is the highest ski resort in Europe but also the highest point in the 3 Valleys, the largest ski area in the world. In particular, it hosts Les Ménuires, Méribel and Courchevel. The Val Thorens/Orelle resort has 150 km of slopes between 2300 m and 3230 m above sea level (10 green, 34 blue, 27 red, 7 black and 7 snowparks). They are served by 25 ski lifts. Numerous internationally renowned off-road trails are also to be discovered (valley of Lac du Lou, Cime de Caron...).
Hosting
Val Thorens Sports Village Accommodation
380 beds divided into 2 rooms for 4 people. Showers and toilets in each airlock.
30 places in a double room with their own bathroom and WC.
ABOUT THE TRIP
Equipment Included
Skis, boots and sticks
Possibility to rent a helmet.
Possibility to rent a helmet.
Equipment Included
Skis, boots and sticks
Possibility to rent a helmet.
Possibility to rent a helmet.
Address and access
You are coming by car:
From Chambéry, take the RN90 to Moûtiers-Salins, then the RN117 to Val Thorens.
The circular sports village is located 2 km before arriving in Val Thorens.
Paid parking (50 euros per week) in the sports village. Free parking 5 km away (Les Ménuires station).
You are coming by train:
The SNCF train station is located 38 km from Val Thorens.
Take the Moûtiers-Val Thorens UCPA shuttle to quickly reach the sports village with the ALTIBUS bus company.
Ticket reservation possible on altibus.com.
Val Thorens UCPA sports village:
- 73440 Val Thorens
Tél.: 00 (333) 4 79 00 01 39
Val Thorens UCPA sports village:
- 73440 Val Thorens
Tél.: 00 (333) 4 79 00 01 39
Address and access
You are coming by car:
From Chambéry, take the RN90 to Moûtiers-Salins, then the RN117 to Val Thorens.
The circular sports village is located 2 km before arriving in Val Thorens.
Paid parking (50 euros per week) in the sports village. Free parking 5 km away (Les Ménuires station).
You are coming by train:
The SNCF train station is located 38 km from Val Thorens.
Take the Moûtiers-Val Thorens UCPA shuttle to quickly reach the sports village with the ALTIBUS bus company.
Ticket reservation possible on altibus.com.
Val Thorens UCPA sports village:
- 73440 Val Thorens
Tél.: 00 (333) 4 79 00 01 39
From Chambéry, take the RN90 to Moûtiers-Salins, then the RN117 to Val Thorens.
The circular sports village is located 2 km before arriving in Val Thorens.
Paid parking (50 euros per week) in the sports village. Free parking 5 km away (Les Ménuires station).
You are coming by train:
The SNCF train station is located 38 km from Val Thorens.
Take the Moûtiers-Val Thorens UCPA shuttle to quickly reach the sports village with the ALTIBUS bus company.
Ticket reservation possible on altibus.com.
Val Thorens UCPA sports village:
- 73440 Val Thorens
Tél.: 00 (333) 4 79 00 01 39
Equipment not included
For skiing
1 jacket and 1 ski pants, 1 or 2 sweaters or fleeces, 1 warm tights, 1 good pair of gloves or mittens, 1 hat, 1 helmet, 1 pair of sunglasses and a ski mask, (UV category 3 minimum), (UV category 3 minimum), 1 high protection sun cream, 1 lip stick.
1 jacket and 1 ski pants, 1 or 2 sweaters or fleeces, 1 warm tights, 1 good pair of gloves or mittens, 1 hat, 1 helmet, 1 pair of sunglasses and a ski mask, (UV category 3 minimum), (UV category 3 minimum), 1 high protection sun cream, 1 lip stick.
Bring a small padlock to close your closet or to secure your equipment, a water bottle (or a bottle of water) and a backpack in case of meals on the slopes.
Bring your own bathroom linen (sheets provided by UCPA).
Bring your own bathroom linen (sheets provided by UCPA).
Equipment not included
For skiing
1 jacket and 1 ski pants, 1 or 2 sweaters or fleeces, 1 warm tights, 1 good pair of gloves or mittens, 1 hat, 1 helmet, 1 pair of sunglasses and a ski mask, (UV category 3 minimum), (UV category 3 minimum), 1 high protection sun cream, 1 lip stick.
Bring a small padlock to close your closet or to secure your equipment, a water bottle (or a bottle of water) and a backpack in case of meals on the slopes.
Bring your own bathroom linen (sheets provided by UCPA).
1 jacket and 1 ski pants, 1 or 2 sweaters or fleeces, 1 warm tights, 1 good pair of gloves or mittens, 1 hat, 1 helmet, 1 pair of sunglasses and a ski mask, (UV category 3 minimum), (UV category 3 minimum), 1 high protection sun cream, 1 lip stick.
Bring a small padlock to close your closet or to secure your equipment, a water bottle (or a bottle of water) and a backpack in case of meals on the slopes.
Bring your own bathroom linen (sheets provided by UCPA).
Physical intensity
Regular sportsman
You practice a regular sports activity throughout the year, with 1 or 2 sessions per week. You are able to combine several moderate-intensity sessions during your vacation week.
You practice a regular sports activity throughout the year, with 1 or 2 sessions per week. You are able to combine several moderate-intensity sessions during your vacation week.
Physical intensity
Regular sportsman
You practice a regular sports activity throughout the year, with 1 or 2 sessions per week. You are able to combine several moderate-intensity sessions during your vacation week.
You practice a regular sports activity throughout the year, with 1 or 2 sessions per week. You are able to combine several moderate-intensity sessions during your vacation week.
Level of expertise
Skiing - initiated to expert
Technical Level - Initiated to Expert
Technical Level - Initiated to Expert
Open to everyone except beginners, our teams are homogeneous groups for each level.
Level of expertise
Skiing - initiated to expert
Technical Level - Initiated to Expert
Open to everyone except beginners, our teams are homogeneous groups for each level.
Technical Level - Initiated to Expert
Open to everyone except beginners, our teams are homogeneous groups for each level.
Management
23 hours of supervision from Monday to Friday (1 or 2 sessions per day).
Management
23 hours of supervision from Monday to Friday (1 or 2 sessions per day).
Important information
Accommodation with friends?
If you want to apply for accommodation with your friends, you can send it to valthorens@ucpa.asso.fr by clearly specifying the names and surnames of each participant.
If you want to apply for accommodation with your friends, you can send it to valthorens@ucpa.asso.fr by clearly specifying the names and surnames of each participant.
Important information
Accommodation with friends?
If you want to apply for accommodation with your friends, you can send it to valthorens@ucpa.asso.fr by clearly specifying the names and surnames of each participant.
If you want to apply for accommodation with your friends, you can send it to valthorens@ucpa.asso.fr by clearly specifying the names and surnames of each participant.