The Skiing in Sainte Foy Tarentaise

Find out about the ski area & pistes of Sainte Foy

There’s few places in the world where one can enjoy such a huge diversity of skiing opportunities in a relatively small area. . .

Welcome to the best – Sainte Foy!
The top piste of Sainte Foy

Sainte Foy lifts open:
Sat 10/12/2022 – Sun 16/04/2023

Sainte Foy Skiing – Key Facts

  • There’s Over 1000m vertical descent & 35km of pristine pistes

  • 4 easy chairlifts that run from 1550m to 2620m

  • 80 snow cannons throughout the slopes ensuring quality snow cover throughout the season

  • No difficult drag lifts

  • Uncrowded pistes, no lift queues

  • Gentle, undulating slopes for beginners to intermediates

  • Vast expanse of off-piste terrain, with up to 1700m descent

  • Adventurous, beautiful ski runs through the trees

  • Challenging and exciting red and black ski runs

  • A natural playground for snowboarders

  • Only 25 minutes to Tignes, Les Arcs and Val d’Isère

What Makes skiing in Sainte Foy Special

What makes all types of skier keep coming back to this little resort and Premiere Neige despite it having relatively few runs to its name? Read on to find out more…

Ski Holiday in Sainte Foy Tarentaise, Premiere Neige

Small but with lots of diversity

Just 4 lifts and a couple of magic carpets on the beginner slopes? On paper it doesn’t look like there’s enough to entertain for a week or more. The secret lies in the layout of the mountain and placement of those lifts. Visitors to this secret haven frequently comment that they’re surprised by the immense diversity of choice; it’s one of the main reasons to keep coming back.

Family Friendly Skiing

Sainte Foy and Première Neige offer fantastic facilities for families. The nursery slopes are situated within the resort, a short distance from your Premiere Neige accommodation. Also remember under 5’s can use the chair lifts for free. If your toddlers are too young for the slopes, or you just want some adult ski time, then excellent childcare is on hand.

Family Ski Holiday in Sainte Foy
Skiing in The Alpes, Premiere Neige

Uncrowded Pistes for Everyone

Easy green runs for the budding beginner, through to wide open blue runs and plenty of space to practice those turns. Advanced skiers will love the top to bottom red runs to get the legs burning, whilst experts can challenge themselves on black runs with moguls and ungroomed areas.

For the kids there are fun undulating secret paths through the trees with small jumps where they can practice their new found skills.

And of course for the adventurous, there’s all the off-piste to discover.

Ungroomed areas & pistes in sainte Foy

Sainte Foy skiing is wonderful in that it keeps many areas ‘natural’. Because it is a large bowl with the lifts essentially running up the middle, it allows great 360 degree viewing. By default this allows ungroomed areas & pistes to be easily seen and thus gives the perfect starting point for those wishing to advance their skiing and deal with all terrains. Below you’ll find brief descriptions of these areas.

Skiing Shapers in Sainte Foy

Shapers

This area runs right through the middle of the Sainte Foy bowl and is gentle, wide & undulating for those wanting to spread their off-piste wings. There’s also a few steeper areas and drop-offs for the adventurous.  There’s no hidden surprises and it sits in a triangle between several pistes thus making it easy to see and dip into.

La Marquise

The high-speed 6-man Marquise chairlift (top at 2425m) takes you up over lots of tree-filled and rock areas that are interspersed by pistes. Suitable for a wide range of abilities; powder in the trees for the more advanced, wide open areas between blue and red runs for those still gaining confidence.

Skiing with Premiere Neige in Ste Foy
Skiing the Morion in Sainte Foy

Morion

This is the steep face directly underneath the top Aiguille chairlift which can be hazardous with plenty of underlying rocks. Take care and pay attention to the pisteurs’ markers. A steeper and sometimes challenging run full of reward.

Crystal Dark

A steep, black run which requires a fairly long traverse skiers left of the Sainte Foy bowl at the top of the Aiguille piste, but the huge area of ungroomed piste that fans out from it is certainly worth it! Watch out lower down as the trees become quite dense. If you have no Guide and don’t know the route stick to skiers right after the top pitch.

Ski guiding between trees, Sainte Foy
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