Family skiing

Ski areas, ski passes and ski lessons, Le Grand-Bornand offers all the adapted services to learn and practise skiing for children and all the family. Our Aravis resort is an ideal place for a family ski holiday. Especially since it has reached the Famille Plus label: a tourist label which rewards towns offering a quality service for families and children.

ALPINE SKIING

Ski area and ski resort for beginners

Beginners' areas: before you set off to conquer the red and black runs, try your hand at skiing in the various specially-designed beginners' areas. For their safety, don't forget to put a helmet on their heads.

Several family-friendly areas are awainting you : 

• Môm'Park, a freestyle area for children located near the Serpentine piste: snow modules, Box, Flat, Up down, Rainbow will allow young riders to express their full potential.
• the Défi'Môm: a slalom arch and bollards, a gallows with a bell, a distorting mirror, a rotating character, a suspended curtain... so many fun modules on the theme of cows and agriculture to discover on this downhill run on the Les Églantines piste.
• 3 resting and relaxation areas: if you want to take a break, recharge your batteries or your phone and admire the superb scenery around you from the comfort of your own chair, you can enjoy the resting and relaxation areas at the top of the Rosay gondola, at the top of the Maroly chairlift and in the Snowpark.
• The Charmieux service centre, with a new ESF reception point, lift ticket office, ski locker, childcare centre and public toilets all under one roof... linked to a new beginners' area. The beginners' area includes an ESF kindergarten and a free, covered, wide-belt carpet for everyone. Free parking and a shuttle bus stop at the foot of the slopes.

Le Grand Bornand is a beginner-friendly ski resort with 3 ski areas reserved for novices :

• ​From Grand-Bornand Village, at the top of the Rosay gondola lift, there is a large beginners' area with the Alpage Express carpet lift and the Les Raîches ski lift. There is also a safe, signposted toboggan run.
• From Grand-Bornand Village, at the top of the Joyère gondola, a plateau of gently sloping runs served by a chairlift and two ski lifts, with a magnificent view of the Aravis mountains is awaiting you.
• At Grand-Bornand Chinaillon, on the snow front:
•  At the foot of the Charmieux chairlift, the Outalays carpet, with free access.
• At the foot of the Floria and Châtelet chairlifts, a free-access Le Castor snow line.

Snowpark: ranked as one of the best in France, the SnowparkGB offers different levels of lines, including 1 XS (beginners) and 1 S (beginners), as well as a Big Air Bag.

More information on the alpine ski area
 

Alpine ski passes

Take advantage of age-based rates, the TRIBU family ski pass, the MINI-DOMAINE ski pass and free lifts. Our family-friendly ski resort in Haute-Savoie offers a wide range of discounts so you can ski with complete freedom.
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• FREE package for children under 5 on the first day of the package
• JUNIOR pass: reduced rate for 5 - 14 year olds
• TRIBU package: for families with at least one child under the age of 18
• MINI-DOMAINE ski pass: reduced rate for a sector ideal for beginners, comprising 11 lifts in the Grand-Bornand alpine ski area with 2 gondolas, 2 chairlifts, 4 drag lifts, 1 snow wire and 2 conveyors.
• DUO ski pass: a 6-day ski pass to share, for parents who want to alternate between looking after their child and the joys of skiing !

 

• Free ski lifts: Alpage Express and Outalays carpets, Le Castor snow wire.

 

Ski lessons

Ecole du Ski Français & Snownoard :

• Group courses - Club Piou Piou (3 and 4 years old beginners) 
• Private alpine ski courses alpin for kids

Starski Ski & Snowboard school :

• Group courses for kids 3-4 ans
• Private alpine ski courses for kids 2-3 years old
• Baby snowboard
• Snow activities for kids

Day nurseries and leisure clubs :

• Ski courses - lunch - snow nursery : Môm'en Ski Village
• Ski courses - lunch and/or snow nursery : Môm'en Ski Chinaillon

 

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NORDIC SKI

Ski area

• Beginner's area : fun learning areas open to all, near the ice rink in Grand-Bornand Village and at the Auberge Nordique in the Bouchet valley.
  Nordic ski passes

Nordic ski passes

• FREE ski pass for children under 6 on the first day of the pass
• CHILDREN ski pass for children under 15 on the first day of the pass
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Ski courses

Ecole du Ski Français Nordique :

• Club Piou Piou Nordic
• Ski course - Day nursery - lunch with the "Club piou-piou nordic" (sous réserve de modifications)

 

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