Why use Glidr at Les Menuires
Les Menuires is built as a purpose-built ski station with direct ski-in/ski-out access from every one of its eight hamlets. Unlike some of the other Les 3 Vallées bases where getting to the lifts involves a shuttle bus or a walk through the village, every accommodation in Les Menuires is within skiing distance of a lift. That practical design, combined with prices that are consistently lower than neighbouring Méribel and Courchevel, makes Les Menuires the natural choice for groups and families who want the full Les 3 Vallées domain without the price tag of the more glamorous resorts.
The beginner area at La Croisette in the centre of Les Menuires is one of the largest in the domain — wide, low-gradient runs served by drag lifts with easy bail-out points if someone is struggling. For groups that include mixed ability levels, the layout means beginners can stay on the La Croisette area while the rest of the group ventures into the wider valley, and everyone meets back at the base for lunch without complicated logistics.
La Masse is the eastern face of the Les Menuires valley and holds some of the longest red and black runs in the entire Les 3 Vallées domain. The runs off the Masse summit at 2850 m drop nearly 1400 vertical metres to the valley floor — serious terrain that is far less crowded than the equivalent blacks in Courchevel or Val Thorens because most visitors do not cross to the east face. Glidr includes the La Masse lifts and pistes in full so you can plan a route that takes in the east face and connects back to the main valley.
Groups skiing together across a resort the size of Les Menuires — and the wider Les 3 Vallées — frequently split up during the day and need to regroup for lunch or at the end of the afternoon. Glidr's Find Friends feature shares live location with everyone in your group during a session, so you can see where your group is on the map and plan a meeting point at a specific lift station. Combined with the Day Planner, groups can set a shared itinerary and navigate toward the same lunch restaurant from different starting points.