A thousand VIP members of Club Val Thorens were invited on Friday to open the ski area of the highest resort in Europe (2300 meters at the foot of the slopes).
Some 10,000 people are expected this weekend, with Val Thorens officially opening on Saturday.
After a white season, the ski lifts having been the subject of administrative closures due to the pandemic, it is the first French ski resort to relaunch.
Tignes and Les Deux Alpes opened their glaciers in October, but their estates will open later.
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“Customers are coming back in droves,”
says Vincent Lalanne, director of the Val Thorens tourist office.
10,000 people for the start of the season, mostly French, that's a lot.
The French have booked earlier than usual, in September.
Foreigners are also coming back in force, that's the big surprise. "
Despite the closure, training, equipment maintenance and tracks have not been stopped.
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