Val Thorens ski pass prices 2026/27: official rates and which to buy

When is the Val Thorens lift pass cheaper in 2026/27?

The pass is cheaper from 21 November to 18 December 2026 for Val Thorens-Orelle, and from 5 to 18 December and 10 to 18 April 2027 for the 3 Vallées. Val Thorens-Orelle has no late-season rate.

Christmas, New Year, February half-term and Easter (Good Friday 26 March to Easter Monday 29 March 2027, according to gov.uk) all fall in the main period, at the same price as mid-January. Snow and crowds week by week: when to ski in Val Thorens.

How much is a day pass in Val Thorens?

An adult day pass costs €73.50 for Val Thorens-Orelle and €84.20 for the 3 Vallées from 19 December 2026, and €66.10 and €75.70 at the early rate:

Passes of 2 to 4 days cost the day price times the number of days, so there is no saving below six days.

Saturday, online only: bought by 11.59pm on Friday, the adult day pass costs €66.10 instead of €73.50 at Val Thorens-Orelle and €67.30 instead of €84.20 for the 3 Vallées (prices from 19 December 2026). On a Saturday, the whole of Les 3 Vallées then costs just €1.20 more than Val Thorens-Orelle.

How much is a 6-day ski pass in Val Thorens?

An adult 6-day pass costs €367.50 for Val Thorens-Orelle and €421 for the 3 Vallées from 19 December 2026, because every 6-day pass is sold at the price of five days:

The list has no 5-day pass, only ‘5 days + 1 free’: if you plan five days, the sixth is free. Days run consecutively, rest days included. Beyond six days, each extra main-season day adds €54 to an adult pass at Val Thorens-Orelle and €65 for the 3 Vallées, up to 15 days.

Val Thorens-Orelle or 3 Vallées: which pass should you buy?

Take the Val Thorens-Orelle pass to ski around Val Thorens all week, and the 3 Vallées pass for even one day in Les Menuires, Méribel or Courchevel. In the main season the difference is €53.50 for an adult week.

• Val Thorens-Orelle: 150 km of pistes around Val Thorens and Orelle.
• Les 3 Vallées: about 600 km, adding Les Menuires, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, Méribel and Courchevel.
• One day elsewhere: with a Val Thorens-Orelle pass of 2 days or more, a one-day 3 Vallées extension costs €51 (€41.80 for a junior) according to the Val Thorens tourist office; it is sold only at the ticket offices on the morning itself, if the weather and the links allow. A main-season week plus one extension (€367.50 + €51 = €418.50) is just €2.50 cheaper than the 3 Vallées pass.
• Early December: the gap falls to €48 (€330.50 against €378.50), and a week plus one extension (€381.50) costs more than the 3 Vallées pass.
• Week of 10 April: the 3 Vallées pass costs €378.50 and Val Thorens-Orelle €367.50, only €11 apart.

The extension’s rules and prices: Val Thorens tourist office. Which part of the village suits you: where to stay in Val Thorens.

Children, seniors and Family Flex: who pays less?

Children under 5 ski free, juniors aged 5 to 17 pay about 18% less than adults and veterans aged 75 and over about a quarter of the adult price. Day and week passes have no age reduction from 18 to 74, and the list has no student rate.

• Under 5: free, collected at a SETAM ticket office with official proof of age, such as a passport, and a recent photo (SETAM can take one by webcam).
• Junior, 5 to 17: on proof of date of birth. The age that counts is the age on the pass’s first day.
• Veteran, 75 and over: ticket offices only, with ID and a photo.
• Family Flex: the whole group pays the junior rate on passes of 6 to 21 days: at least 3 people, with one or two adults (18 to 74) and one to six children (5 to 17), the same area and length for all, one payment. A main-season week then costs €301 each for Val Thorens-Orelle and €345 for the 3 Vallées (€271 and €310 at the early rates). Les 3 Vallées’ own page offers it from 5 days, at the same €345.
• Under 30: the ‘-30 ans’ rate (30% off) is for season passes only.
• Disability: a reduced rate on valid proof. French residents show a Carte Mobilité Inclusion marked ‘invalidité’, ‘priorité’ or ‘station debout pénible’; residents of other countries need an official document from their country of residence, in French or with an official translation.

Example: lift passes for a family of four

Two adults and two children aged 8 and 12, skiing Sunday to Friday in the main season, pay €1,380 for 3 Vallées passes with Family Flex instead of €1,532, a saving of €152:

As the children pay the junior rate either way, the saving is twice the gap between the adult and junior prices. A child under 5 keeps the free pass. The rest of the budget: Val Thorens apartment prices.

Where can you buy a Val Thorens lift pass?

SETAM, the Val Thorens lift company, sells passes online at ski.valthorens.com and at its ticket offices and machines in the resort. SkiShare does not sell lift passes on this site.

• Online: free delivery by post if you order at least 10 days before your first day (SETAM does not post to the USA), collection from a resort machine with the code SETAM emails you, or reloading a card you already have (numbers starting 01-1614). You can order the last two up to the last minute.
• Ticket offices: Forum, Funitel Péclet and Cairn/Caron/P4 open daily, Olympiades from Saturday to Monday and Montana at weekends. On Saturdays Olympiades, Forum and Montana open from 8.45am to 7pm.
• Machines for buying, collecting and reloading: 7am to 11pm at Olympiades, Forum and Montana, 24 hours a day at car park P2 and the bus station, and during the day at Funitel Péclet, Cairn/Caron/P4 and the tourist office.
• Ticket office only: free under-5 passes, veteran passes, the 3 Vallées extension and the EasyRider beginner pass.
• Payment: cards, cash and ANCV holiday vouchers at the ticket offices; card online (SETAM’s site says PayPal is accepted from €1,000).

Keep the order email or receipt: with it, SETAM replaces a lost or stolen pass for the remaining days for €10. Unused passes bought online can be exchanged at a ticket office for other dates or another area.

You pay for piste rescue in Val Thorens. Carré Neige insurance, bought with the pass and for the same number of days, covers rescue, medical costs on top of your health insurance, and a refund of passes and lessons of more than 3 days after an accident or serious illness. SETAM lists it at €3.50 per person per day for 1 to 7 days and €28 for 8 to 21 days.

Beginners: free lifts and a half-price pass

Beginners can start for free on four covered carpet lifts (Campagnols, Musaraigne and the two Castor & Pollux carpets), then move to SETAM’s EasyRider pass at half the public price: €36.75 for an adult day from 19 December, €33.05 before.

EasyRider, for 4 hours or a day, opens five lifts (the Cairn, 2 Lacs and Caron gondolas and the Cascades and Moutière chairlifts) and the green and blue runs they serve. A junior day costs €30.10 (€27.10 before 19 December). It is sold only at the ticket offices.

Children in ESF’s ski kindergarten (the Piou-Piou and Sifflote classes) need no pass, according to ESF Val Thorens. Once they ski on the pistes, they do.

Cheaper pass weeks, and apartments for them

The early rates cover the Saturday-to-Saturday weeks from the opening on 21 November to the week starting 12 December, plus the 3 Vallées week starting 10 April. In our apartments, the weeks of 28 November and 12 December and those from 10 April are among the cheapest too. The table shows, live, the cheapest agency apartment still free each week (the whole apartment, at the full week’s price):

Agency apartments are rented by the full week, Saturday to Saturday; SkiShare’s own apartments are priced per night for your dates. See them all on apartments in Val Thorens.