Ski lessons in Val Thorens: the ESF school
The ski school in Val Thorens is ESF Val Thorens (ESF, the French national ski school), Visitor Center, 818 Grande Rue, 73440 Les Belleville. It has 299 instructors, 218 of whom teach in English. Lessons can be booked online. For children: Garderie / Nurserie, Club Piou-Piou.
Val Thorens is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Les Belleville. The village sits at 2,299 m and the ski area rises to 3,200 m, a skiable vertical of 1,400 m.
ESF Val Thorens
📍 Visitor Center, 818 Grande Rue, 73440 Les Belleville
👥 299 instructors, as declared by the school
🇬🇧 218 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
What the school offers
- Garderie / Nurserie
- Club Piou-Piou
- Club ESF
- Freestyle / Freeride
- Hors piste
- Ski de randonnée
- Séminaire / Team Building
- Raquettes
- Handiski
As declared by the school on esf.net (in French). Prices are not published in the directory: see the school’s website.
Learning to ski in Val Thorens
Pistes by difficulty are on the Val Thorens resort page. Lift-pass prices and the full resort page cover the rest.
To compare: the best French resorts for beginners.
Source: the official esf.net directory, matched by coordinates; headcounts and services as declared by the school. This is not the school’s page and sells nothing.
Plan your stay in Val Thorens
All offers on the resort page →Ski hire in Val Thorens
Where to stay in Val Thorens
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Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme de Val Thorens and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October