Pointe du Bouchet

Because it sits in its own microclimate, the snow is often even drier and colder than in Val Thorens itself.

And it is in Orelle where you reach the absolute rooftop of the entire Three Valleys domain, the Pointe du Bouchet at 3,230 meters.

When you stand at the top of the Bouchet chairlift, you are at the highest lift-served point in the largest ski area on Earth.

The air is thin.

Then you clip into La Tyrolienne.

This is officially the highest zip line on the European continent.

It launches from the Pointe du Bouchet in Orelle at 3,230 meters and flies across to the Col du Torrent at 3,000 meters.

The stats on La Tyrolienne are mental.

Val Thorens sits at 2,300 meters, but 99% of its local ski area is situated above 2,000 meters.

The ski lifts take you up to 3,230 meters at the Pointe du Bouchet and Cime de Caron.

You are skiing in a high-altitude sanctuary surrounded by six separate glaciers.

That means one crucial thing for your holiday: bulletproof, guaranteed snow.