The death of the ski season has been greatly exaggerated! The Mail hits the slopes in France

The death of the ski season has been greatly exaggerated! MailOnline finds superb conditions in the French resorts of Val D'Isere and Les Arcs - with snow falling across the Alps MailOnline's travel editor Ted Thornhill recently visited two French ski resortsHe went to Les Arcs 1950, followed by Val D'Isère, which is 1,850 mTed describes the pistes at both resorts as having good snow cover

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Posted: 15:30 GMT, Jan 9, 2023 | Updated: 15:30 GMT, 9th Jan 2023

The death of the ski season has been greatly exaggerated.

I have just returned from a snowboarding trip to the resort of Val D'Isere in the French Alps and can happily say that the winter season is alive and well there - with lots of snow from top to bottom.

I was in the ski resort of Les Arcs, to the north, the week before and enjoyed the same good conditions.

< p class="mol-para-with-font">I arrived in Val D'Isère - which, together with neighboring Tignes, offers 300km of pistes - on Friday 6th January to the joyful sight of snow-capped chalet roofs in the village , which sits at an elevation of 1,850 meters (6,069 ft).

I was staying in the very luxurious Chalet Blackcomb, operated by Consensio, and once I got away from its cozy interiors the next day, I took advantage a superb morning of snowboarding with the brilliant guide Antoine from the Oxygene ski and snowboard school.

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