Vars

Vars includes several small, old villages on or near the approach road, chief among them Vars-Ste-Marie.

weatherForecast today: Mainly fair

  • Max temp: 6 °c
  • Min temp: -0.3 °c
  • Last snowed: Sun 10 Mar
Last Updated: Tue 19 Mar

weatherForecast today: Mainly fair

  • Max temp: 6 °c
  • Min temp: -0.3 °c
  • Last snowed: Sun 10 Mar
Last Updated: Tue 19 Mar

The combined Vars/Risoul ski area has 185km of pistes which offer skiing and boarding for all abilities.

Beginners have plenty of areas to learn their skills around the bases of Vars and Risoul. Intermediates need to head further up the mountain to find the majority of the blue runs – the Col Des Saluces in particular has a great range of blues. There are also plenty of red runs; the steepest of these drop from the summit of the mountain. Whilst there are a few black pistes, advanced skiers will have to head off piste for a real challenge – the Eyssina and Chabrières areas have a over a hundred skiable couloirs.

Vars has a lot of purpose-built apartments from the 1970s and, despite recent improvements, is still not the prettiest resort. Most of the accommodation is in self-catering apartments, making the resort perfect for families. Turin is the closest airport to Vars and is just under a three hour drive away.

Resort website: www.vars.com

Pros and cons

  • Attractive, family-friendly resorts
  • Reasonably snow-sure and with lots of treelined runs
  • Among the cheapest resorts in the French Alps
  • Still mainly draglifts and slow old chairs, though a few fast ones
  • Few on-piste challenges for experts
  • Little to do off the slopes

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Resort Conditions

Snowfall Last Snowfall 10/03/2024
Next 3 days 0.3 cm
Depths Upper piste depth 136 cm
Lower piste depth 80 cm
Snow conditions Snow quality Hard packed
Lifts Lifts open 31 out of 35
Resort opening date Fri 15 Dec 2023
Resort closing date Sun 07 Apr 2024

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