Christmas Ski Chalets in the Alps

Chalets for Christmas week across the four Alpine countries. Filter by what actually decides it for your group — how many of you there are, whether someone else is cooking, and how far you are willing to walk in ski boots.

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Start from the resort instead

While we connect chalet inventory, the resort research is the useful part.

Val Thorens

France

Europe's highest ski resort at 2,300m, and the closest thing to a guarantee that you will be skiing on Christmas Day.

Village 2,300m · top 3,230m

84

/ 100

Very snow-sure

Cervinia

Italy

At 2,050m with glacier lifts and a link into Zermatt, the most snow-sure resort in Italy.

Village 2,050m · top 3,500m

81

/ 100

Very snow-sure

Zermatt

Switzerland

The Matterhorn, year-round glacier skiing, and a car-free village that is among the loveliest in the Alps.

Village 1,608m · top 3,883m

74

/ 100

Very snow-sure

Val d'Isère

France

The rare resort that has both a real village and 3,456m of glacier-backed terrain above it.

Village 1,849m · top 3,456m · 300km of piste

73

/ 100

Very snow-sure

Saas-Fee

Switzerland

A car-free village at 1,800m ringed by thirteen four-thousand-metre peaks, with glacier skiing above it.

Village 1,798m · top 3,457m

71

/ 100

Very snow-sure

Tignes

France

Glacier skiing on the Grande Motte and the same Espace Killy terrain as Val d'Isère, for less money.

Village 1,810m · top 3,456m · 300km of piste

71

/ 100

Very snow-sure

Alpe d'Huez

France

Three hundred sunny days a year, 3,330m of altitude, and the longest black run in the world.

Village 1,860m · top 3,330m

70

/ 100

Very snow-sure

Les Arcs

France

Four villages at four altitudes, linked by cable car to La Plagne as the huge Paradiski area.

Village 1,600m · top 3,250m

59

/ 100

Usually reliable