Read reviews of the best Val Thorens events
So Winter 2016/17 is well and truly underway! Val Thorens was able to open one week early on 19th November 2016 due to a huge dump of early snowfall meaning the slopes were groomed and good to go. The first skiers in resort were able to ski powder in November, an opening weekend treat.
La Patrouille de France, France's answer to the Red Arrows, painted the skies above Méribel red, white and blue this week in an amazing aerial display.
Meet one of Britian's best Freestyle medal chances at the Sochi Olympics; James Woods.
Episode four of One Team to Sochi is out and it's all about the young lad from Bradford; Jamie Nicholls.
Billy Morgan is one of the Britian's best chances of a Freestyle snowboarding medal at the Sochi Olympics.
Fête de la Musique is the celebration that takes place every summer solstice on 21st June in cities, towns and villages across France.
March means spring skiing and après in the sunshine which brings with it lots of festivals so that you can take advantage of the long, brighter days and enjoy a beer or two on the terrace.
As 15,000 people cycled the penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2016, from Megeve to Morzine in the Etape du Tour on Sunday, the drama of the actual race was unfolding in the Pyrenees.
February was dominated by the Alpine Skiing World Championships, held every second year, which kicked off in St Moritz on 6th February. Over 13 days, 589 athletes from 76 countries competed in eleven competitions in front of 165,000 spectators.
How the team trains for the Olympics and how they came to be a team in the first place.
The London Freeze is the ski and snowboard event that brings together international live music acts and some of the world's best riders. The two day festival is the last weekend in October and in 2011 we caught up with X-Games medalist James Wooods for a chat about his Olympic hopes.
Last weekend Les Menuires hosted two ladies FIS races, one giant slalom and one slalom. The French Europacup team and a few girls from the World Cup team were on the start list, so competition was really tough and I knew I had to give it my all if I wanted to bring in some good results.
It's very cold and the days are short, but the skies are blue and the pistes are quiet.
Meet Ben Kilner one of Britian's best halpipe snowboarders.
Dom Harington is a Halfpipe Snowboarder from Leeds who has missed the last two Olympics due to injuries after winning the Europa Cup Halfpipe. Sochi is probably his last chance to be part of the Olympics and he's giving it everything he has.
The countdown is over it's time for the grand opening, and Val Thorens has a fantastic events calendar lined up.
The Relentless Freeze Festival did exactly what it said on the tin and those not wearing their ski jackets could be found with teeth chattering, huddled around the vin chaud stand wrapping themselves in a fruity alcoholic blanket.
It's the school holidays, the resort is full of families, and the snow is already deep in resort.