Christmas is just days away and the pistes are suitably snowed under in the Trois Vallees making for a very festive appearance :-). Lots of things happening this side of the mountains this week, ice sculpting, fireworks on the pistes, father christmas visits, freestyle championships and much more... And that's not including the main reason for a ski holiday - skiing! The skiing in January still promises to be the best in a while due to the solid heavy snowfall for the past seven days so check out www.ski-savvy.com for the best and cheapest ski deals around! :-)

Ski Savvy has arrived in the Three Valleys :-) A white welcome was very much appreciated and slopes are beckoning! Set up is going well so we have lots of fun and snowy activities for our visitors including bobsleigh trips, bar crawls, ski away days, parapenting and much more! Visit www.ski-savvy.com for more info on cheap ski holidays to the Three Valleys over winter...

Ski Savvy's 4 Resorts

Meribel – Normally, having lived in a place you can see it has some bad points as well as good. I struggle with Meribel. It has a friendly, cosy atmosphere for visitors and residents alike. It has something for everyone – sports centre, bars, restaurants, cinema, live-music. It is surrounded by pistes so getting skiing in a morning is easy peasy. One unusual thing in a French town is that most people are English but I doubt anyone could class this as a bad thing, although French language practise is limited, usually to a Merci to the pisteys or bus drivers around resort. And, as you’d expect food and drink is quite expensive. Apart from that, perfection.

Mottaret – Mottaret is THE place to stay for snow enthusiast. No accommodation is further than 50m from the piste so bouncing out of bed straight onto your board/ skis is the norm. It is possible to ski Courchevel and Val Thorens by one gondola each, at the top of which the Three Valleys really are at your feet. Nightlife is a little more subdued but a few cosy bars and restaurants go on into the small hours and a regular bus service to Meribel keeps the night-owls happy.

Brides les Bains – When walking through the spa town of Brides, it’s like discovering a hidden gem. The perfect place for a cheap but top value ski holiday, some luxury hotels do half board deals at astonishingly low prices. At 600m Brides doesn’t see much snow but from early March onwards it gets to shorts and t-shirt weather with skiing still in full swing higher up. The ideal sun/ski holiday with a bit of sunbathing thrown in! It has easy access to the whole 3 Valleys by taking a 25 min gondola ride up to Meribel, its very charming and typically French, Brides is much cheaper than up top and has its own traditional bakery, restaurants, food and ski shops, it even has its own spa, cinema and casino!

La Tania – Even though La Tania lies in the Courchevel Valley it is like Meribel’s little sister. Great for families, it is small, cosy, car-free and based around the piste. The Ski Lodge, a one-stop bar/ restaurant serves mouth-watering top value dishes by day and hosts après-ski sessions, themed evenings and happy hours by night. A choice of other restaurants and small bars makes this an excellent little resort for all.

December has started! 10 days until Meribel opens it's doors to the Trois Vallees ski world and also 10 days until we head out for the winter in preparation for the season ahead :-). Winter tyres are on and woolly hat is bought..! The greenness of the lower slopes is causing anxiety to some but snow is on the horizon and moving in, roughly 25cm is forecast to come this weekend alone! So keep up the snow dances and lie back to watch the snow fall!