Flaine
“Okay on slopes, pretty tacky off”
Mountain stats
Top lift:2500m
Vertical drop:900m
Bottom lift:1600m
Lift count :
1 x Cable-cars
1 x Gondolas
9 x Chairlifts
17 x Drag-lifts
87miles (1400m) of pistes
Easy
Intermediate
Advanced
Total Pistes:52
Longest Piste:8.7miles (1400m)
Flaine is a purpose-built, 1960's mess, whose architects must have designed the resort in the space of five minutes, then built it with five million tonnes of waste concrete. Ugly? Yep, and designed purely for hordes of skiers.
As far as snowboarding is concerned, Flaine offers some great and varied terrain for different abilities.
Flaine sits in a big bowl and forms part of Le Grand Massif area, which includes the linked resorts of Samoens, Morillon, and Les Carroz, offering a good variety of off-piste options.