Tarentaise - Sainte-Foy Tarentaise

It is a seamless blend of old and new created to offer guests comfort, space and refined luxury. A refreshing change from the concrete jungles found in some of the larger alpine resorts nearby.

Sainte Foy Tarentaise has some very good eating places, so from alpine chalets preparing dishes like grandma used to make to haute-cuisine restaurants there is something for all tastes. The small selection of bars and shops in Ste Foy is just enough for a successful Sainte Foy ski holiday. And no accommodation is far from the lifts or nursery slope.

Non skiers in Ste Foy can indulge in dog sledding, superb guided snowshoe walks to the many little hamlets, snow biking, heliskiing (in nearby Italy) and paragliding.

There is a bus service in Sainte Foy ski resort to the surrounding Sainte Foy Tarentaise villages, but it is recommended to have a car from a practical point of view if you want to travel outside the main Ste Foy resort.

Rated by Peak Retreats’ clients in 10/11 amongst the top 10 resorts that they would recommend a friend.

Sainte Foy Resort Opening Dates

Sainte Foy Tarentaise opens on 17/12/11 and closes on 22/04/12

Voted one of the top resorts for Families

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Why Sainte Foy Tarentaise?

·          No crowds in a pretty blend of old and new & superb mountain setting

·          Within a short drive of renowned Val d’Isere, Tignes and Les Arcs

·          Outstanding off-piste skiing for intermediates to experts with great snow conditions in Sainte Foy en Tarenatise.

·          Tree-lined slopes

Childcare in Sainte Foy Village

Childcare from 3-11 years

Les P’tits Trappeur in St Foy will look after children aged 3-11 open Sunday – Friday (closed Sats). From 0845 – 1645 (only open in winter). Activities include sledging, making snowmen, arts and crafts, indoor and outdoor games.

St Foy guideline prices 2011/2012:

½ day (08.45-12.00 or 13.30-16.45) = €20.50 (€113 6 days)

½ day with meal  (08.45-13.30 or 12.00 -16.45) = €34 (€184.50 6 days)

Day (08.45 – 12.00/13.30-16.45) = €31 (€163 6 days)

Day with meal (08.45-16.45) = €41 (€223.50 6 days)

Meal + supervision (12.00-13.30) = €29

1 hour = €9.50

Tel +33 479 06 97 92

List of babysitters available from the tourist office.

Children’s Ski Lessons in Sainte Foy

Children can ski from 4 years old in Ste Foy with ESF Ste Foy.

Peak Retreats can pre-book this. See here for details on Ste Foy Ski School.

Activities in Sainte Foy

Snowshoeing, ski-biking, dog sledding, guided visits, paragliding, heliskiing.

More details on the skiing info page for Ste Foy.

Tarentaise Tours

Ski on slopes, off-piste skiing, heliskiing, snowshoes trekking,

ice-climbing, bobsleigh…

 Info and Booking : +33.(0)6.18.98.86.46

Contact@tarentaise-tours.com

www.tarentaise-tours.com 

Skibiking

2 hour initiations: €30 per person, ski-bikes provided. Subsequent hire €25 / day (€15 / half day)

Contact: 00 33 670 63 98 83

Sleigh dogs

Half-day, whole day, or two days with a night in a refuge.

I hour - €60

Half day - €110

Day - €155

2 days - €360
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Tél Ste Foy: +33 (0)6 16 48 60 47

Parapente

David Bicheron, Paragliding instructor. Offers tandem flights.

Contact: Tel St Foy France: +33 (0)6 12 90 10 62

Heliskiing

Sainte Foy is privileged with its Heliskiing opportunities being on the Italian border. Drops are made on Italian territory with secret routes along the hills of the Riutor Glacier.

Prices from €180pp (covers guides, equipment, helicopter…)

Other options available in St Foy.

Bureau des Guides de Sainte-Foy

Jean Noel Gaidet. Tel – 00 33 614 62 90 24

Snowshoeing

Accompanied by guide. Bruno DAVY:

Tel : +33 (0)6 72 91 44 98
lesrandos2bruno@wanadoo.fr

Intro - €12

½ day - €19

Full day without meal - €30

Walk by night - €16

Snowshoe paths – 4 paths. Les Drains, La Cascade, Plan Siant Andre, Plan Bois. Free maps at Sainte Foy tourist office.

Mountain guides

Mountaineering, climbing, Via Ferrata, canyoning, hiking for all abilities.

Tel Ste Foy 0033 614 62 90 24

Eating out and Après Ski in Sainte Foy Village

10 restaurants, bars, more lively après ski in resorts of Val d’Isere, Tignes and Les Arc a short drive away.

Other amenities in Sainte Foy

General food store, newsagents in St Foy Tarentaise

All the above information is for information only. For the most up-to-date information please visit the resort tourist office website

Sainte Foy Tourist Office

73640 Sainte Foy France

Tel : 00 33 479 06 95 22

www.saintefoy.net

Access to Sainte-Foy

By road: Distance from Calais to Sainte Foy 610 miles (9hrs 15). Motorway A26 Reims, Dijon A6 Maçon A43/A430 Albertville. Main road N90 Bourg Saint Maurice and follow signs for Sainte Foy.

All mountains passes (Col du Petit Saint Bernard, col de l’Iseran, Col de la Madeleine, Cormet de Roselend, …) are closed during winter.

By Rail: Bourg St Maurice is the nearest train station. You can get a direct ski train from London to Bourg St Maurice on Friday night or Saturday.

By bus: By bus from London

www.snowexpress.co.uk. From £70pp.

Airports:

Chambery Airport is 111km from Sainte Foy (1 ½ hours)

www.chambery-airport.com

Shuttle bus from airport – www.altubus.com

Grenoble Airport is 178km from Sainte Foy (1 ½ hours)

www.grenoble-airport.com

Shuttle bus from airport – www.agbus.fr

Geneva to Sainte Foy is 190km (2 hours)

www.gva.ch/en

Shuttle bus from airport – www.alpski.com

Lyon Airport is 188km from Sainte Foy (2 ½ hours)

www.lyonairport.com

Shuttle bus from airport – www.satobus.com

Access Plan

Sainte Foy France

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Resort Map

Sainte Foy France

SKI AREA

The few pleasant and uncrowded easy greens and blues run through trees and are child friendly and ideal for second-week skiers to build confidence.

Sainte Foy has predominantly north-west facing slopes so the powder stays around for days sheltered by the trees.

Ste Foy ski resort has a new 1650m long six-person chairlift now joining Charmettes at 1800m to Marquise at 2500m which has dramatically increased the lift accessed terrain. New blue-run Grand Solliet and red-run La Fogliettaz have been created as a result and more off-piste routes have been made easily accessible.

10 snow cannons on the blue Les Charmettes and red runs Arpettaz and Savonette mean snow conditions are good here until end of the season.

BEGINNERS

St Foy ski resort has a small (free) drag lift that caters for beginners at the bottom of the piste (opposite Les Fermes de Ste Foy) but choice is fairly limited in terms of green pistes. There is a long green run to progress plus a blue resort run then gentle blues higher up. Still, it’s a great resort for beginners/families as it’s usually less crowded that many ski resorts.

INTERMEDIATES

The reds are suited to intermediates looking to sharpen their technique.

EXPERTS & OFF-PISTE

The more daring should take a guide to explore and ski Sainte Foy on one of the renowned off-piste routes to the deserted farming hamlet of Le Monal, or the infamous 1700 m vertical descent of the north face of Fogliettaz. Ste Foy Tarentaise’s proximity to the Italian boarder means it is easy to arrange a day’s heli-skiing above La Thuile and La Rosiere too.

There are 3 dedicated areas to practise off-piste:

Techniride (A) and Off-Track (B): free ride safe zones where obstacles are not signalised.

Shaper Paradise (C): secured area specially dedicated to freestyle.

Sainte Foy is also well known for its ski-touring routes with attainable summits of between 3000 and 3800 metres altitude, such as the Archeboc and Ruitor peaks. You can also link up to the Italian valleys of Valgrisenche and Val d’Aosta just over the summit ridge that forms the border between France and Italy.

SNOWBOARDERS

For snowboarders there is some great free-riding terrain plus a dedicated freestyle area for building kickers.

RESORT RUNS

Resort runs are green, blue and red.

SAINTE FOY PISTE MAP

To see the Sainte Foy piste map for 11/12 please see the resort guide panel on the top right hand side of the current page.

SAINTE FOY SNOW REPORT

To see the Sainte Foy snow report view the resort guide panel on the top right hand side of the current page.

Sainte Foy Lift Pass

Save Time in resort and budget ahead by pre-booking ski passes. See below for prices.

PRE-BOOK* your SAINTE FOY SKI PASS with PR

FREE PASSES!

Children under 7 and seniors over 71 receive a FREE lift pass.

Note: Proof of age will be required for reduced price passes.

Don’t forget your passport size pictures for your Sainte Foy lift passes!

Other lift pass on offer (to buy locally in resort in Euros):

Ste Foy ski pass – ½ day and daily rates:

½ day - €15 children, €21 adults

Day - €19 children, €27 adults

Sainte Foy Ski School

PRE-BOOK* your 6 Half-Day GROUP SKI/BOARD LESSONS

Please note that a booking fee of £9 per party will be charged

Times and Schedules (ALL TIMES TO BE CONFIRMED, SUBJECT TO CHANGES).

Ski times  - Sun-Fri except 19/12-07/01 when Mon-Sat mornings 09.00-11.45, afternoons Sun-Fri 14.30-17.00.

Snowboard times – afternoon 14.30-17.00, mornings only 08/01-28/01 09.00-11.45

Please note that lesson times are subject to change right until the last minute. Outside French school holidays the ski school reserves the right to cancel group lessons should numbers be insufficient. For peak periods (18/12-2/1, 13/2-13/3 & 9/4-24/4) we strongly recommend that you book as early as possible and in any case at least 6 weeks prior to the required dates. Morning lessons tend to get booked up first and therefore we may only be able to offer afternoon classes within 6 weeks of departure. In some resorts English speaking instructors may not always be available, particularly at peak times.

Sainte Foy Individual Tuitions

(11/12 prices, NOT pre-bookable)

Individual tuitions can only be purchased directly from the ski school. Peak Retreats cannot pre-book these.

Please note that prices are only an indication and are subject to change

Notes from the ski school:

During school holidays, availability for private lessons is reduced. They advise you to book in advance.

For the course to be beneficial (Off- set beginners) , they suggest you make 2 consecutive hours.

Every Saturday and every day except during school holidays , the ESF offers private lessons between 14h30 and 17h in addition to the regular schedule .

The advance bookings of private lessons are subject to certain minimum hours.

Ski school contact number:

Contact ESF Sainte Foy (Ecole du Ski Français)  +33 479 06 96 76

Sainte Foy Ski Hire

Ski hire Sainte Foy prices start from £37 for children (skis and boots) & £54 for adults (skis and boots) for 7 days. View here for Sainte Foy ski hire prices.

Mountain restaurants in Ste Foy

Ski in Sainte Foy and stop at the mountain restaurant: Le Chalet les Brevettes. Quaint little chalet set on the slopes.

Off-piste in Ste Foy

Vast area for off piste skiing both easy and not so easy with over 1000m of vertical drop, also the infamous 1700m vertical descent of the north face of Fogliettaz.

Snowshoe walks in Ste Foy

Saint Foy ski resort has 4 marked walks with varied levels – through the forest between 1500m and 1700m. There is a waterfall walk that is spectacular with views towards Mont Pourri and Sache Glaciers. Looking for something historical – try the Water Channels walk. Built in the 1920’s, the man made construction channels the naturally sourced underground water to nearby hamlets.

From €12 for half day. Contact Bruno, local mountain leader on 

00 33 672 91 44 98.

Heliskiing in Ste Foy

Sainte-Foy is privileged with its Heliskiing opportunities being on the Italian border. Drops are made on Italian territory with secret routes along the hills of the Riutor Glacier.

Prices from €180pp (covers guides, equipment, helicopter…)

Other options available.

Bureau des Guides de Sainte-Foy

Jean Noel Gaidet tel – 00 33 614 62 90 24

Freeride slopes in Ste Foy

There are special dedicated areas for freeriding.

Techniride et Off Tracks: secure freeride zone - ideal for beginners

Shaper Paradise: off-piste zone reserved for creation of jumps. For experienced skiers only.