Les 3 Vallées at night

After a festival of colour in the skies, the sun disappears behind Les 3 Vallées’ summits. Silence settles on high while in the villages, a sense of excitement rushes in.

Darkness invites you to dream, making way for imagination, enchantment, and magic.

Nights in the mountains can go hand in hand with adventure, celebration, or just pure, incredible silence.a

Darkness asks only for illumination… by a myriad of stars, the whiteness of the snow, a firework, a little headlight, a campfire or a ski instructor’s torch…

Night, whether sleepless or jet-black, seems to amplify everything: the imagination, thrills. Existence just feels more intense, like an added bonus, a victorious, even stolen, moment…

Les 3 Vallées at night means the expertly orchestrated dance of the piste groomers, which perfect the heights of the world’s largest ski area, shining like fireflies against the black night. 160 men and women work in shifts from 5pm to 7am every night under cover of darkness, to the great delight of skiers.

Les 3 Vallées at night means beautiful torch-lit descents carried out by Les 3 Vallées’ French Ski School instructors. These 2,000 snowsports ambassadors passionately celebrate their playgrounds after sharing them with apprentice skiers.

Les 3 Vallées at night means fire: campfires in summer and burning hearths in winter. Fires that crackle, keep you warm and gather people together. Warm fireplaces, in high-altitude mountain refuges, chalets nestled at the heart of Alpine pastures and in welcoming hotels. Among the infinite variety of accommodation offered in Les 3 Vallées, this source of light is a constant symbol of warmth and welcome.

Les 3 Vallées at night also means the halo of a head torch lighting the way ahead pre-dawn or at dusk at altitude. The one leading you to the summit, over the crests and through the forest, on sealskins, on a mountain bike or on foot…

Les 3 Vallées at night finally also means silence, the whispering of the trees, the whistling of the wind, the bellow of a stag in the early morning, the twittering of birds just before the sun makes its appearance… and announces a new, totally beautiful day!