Parking at Val Thorens: where to park to ski

OpenStreetMap lists 11 car parks within 1.5 km of a lift base at Val Thorens. The closest to the slopes is Car park by Pionniers, 120 m from the Pionniers lift.

Charges: 3 free, 7 paid and 1 with no data on the map.

Car parks at Val Thorens, closest to the lifts first

Distances are in a straight line to the nearest lift base, not by road. Spaces, price and type are those recorded in OpenStreetMap; where there is no data, we say so.

Is there free parking at Val Thorens?

Yes: OpenStreetMap marks these as free: Parking Bus, Car park by Plan de l'Eau, Parking P5. Whether a car park is free can change from one season to the next; if there is a barrier or a pay machine, the sign wins.

How much does parking cost at Val Thorens?

We do not publish tariffs: no open source keeps them up to date, and a figure from memory is exactly the one that is wrong on the day you drive up. What we do know is which ones charge: 7 of the 11 car parks at Val Thorens are marked as paid. If they charge, the price is on the resort’s or the town’s website.

Car parks at Val Thorens on Google

With opening hours where they publish them.

• PARKING P2 — 10 Rue du Soleil, 73440 VAL THORENS, Francia (600 m)
• Parking Plein Sud P0 — 130 Rue de la Boucle, 73440 VAL-THORENS, Francia (160 m)
• PARKING P1 — Val Thorens, 656 Grande Rue, 73440 Les Belleville, Francia (240 m)
• PARKING P3 — VAL THORENS, D117, 73440 VAL THORENS, Francia (900 m)
• Parcs Stationmt ValThorens — Val Thorens Centre, 73440 Les Belleville, Francia (230 m)

Datos de locales: Google

Tips for parking at Val Thorens

• On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays the car parks by the main lifts fill up early: arrive before the lifts open or use the outer car parks and ride the shuttle or gondola.
• If you park at the foot of the slopes, leave the car facing downhill with the handbrake on lightly: in a hard frost the brakes can freeze on.
• Carry snow chains or fit winter tyres: in snow the access road can be closed to cars without them.
• Motorhome and coach parks are separate: overnight stays in car parks are not allowed unless signposted.
• In France, the Loi Montagne requires winter tyres or chains in the boot from 1 November to 31 March in signposted mountain municipalities.

What about going without a car?

If you would rather skip the parking, see how to reach Val Thorens by public transport or transfer, and where to stay at the foot of the slopes.

• Val Thorens piste map
• Plan your day at Val Thorens: getting there, eating and sleeping
• Val Thorens webcams

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