(Image Credit Pascal Delannoy)
Children’s Week is coming up at Valloire from 11–17 April, the final week of the French resort’s season.
It’s the Easter holiday week in France (the second week of the Easter fortnight for many UK schools) and children under 16 years old will be able to ski for free at the resort (normally children pay from age five), which is also home to 2015 slalom world champion, Jean-Baptiste Grange.
Families can also enjoy free entertainments, shows and complimentary ski hire this Easter. Valloire also offers some fun and unusual children activities such as a free ride in a horse-drawn carriage around the village, tobogganing down the Combe St Pierre (organised by the Tourist Office every Wednesday) and a walk with a llama!
Mountain guide Gilles takes children and adults for a walk in the snow with llamas Tio and Tchupango and their friends the alpacas. Children from four years old can have fun running with the llamas, observing the local flora and fauna, and sliding in the snow, before enjoying a yummy afternoon snack. It costs €20 per person
In Valloire, children can also learn about mountain safety from a very young age. During a snowshoeing outing, children between 5 and 12 years old learn about the different types of snow and avalanche risks. Equipped with a transceiver, probe and shovel, children will look for a dummy hidden in the snow.
