Club Med Ski Villages

Club Med ski at a glance

For the 2026-2027 winter, Club Med operates twenty-one ski resorts: eleven in the French Alps, one in Italy at Pragelato Sestriere, one in Switzerland at St. Moritz, one right here in Quebec's Charlevoix region, four on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido and three in northeast China. The package covers your room, meals, open bar, lift pass and group ski or snowboard lessons from age 4. Equipment rental is extra, and so are the clubs for children under 4. Resorts open between late November and late December and close between early March and early May, depending on altitude and country. The real work is picking the right resort for your family and your week, and that is where our advisors make the difference.

What is included in a Club Med ski holiday?

Almost everything that makes an ordinary ski trip complicated. Your lift pass is handed to you on arrival and works from the next morning. Group ski or snowboard lessons start at age 4, with nine levels for children and five ski levels or three snowboard levels for adults, over five days in a typical week. Three meals a day, snacks and the open bar are included, along with evening entertainment by the G.O team. Children aged 4 to 10 join the Mini Club Med+, ages 11 to 13 the Teens Club Med, and ages 14 to 17 get the Chill Pass, all three included in the price.

What costs extra?

Renting skis, boots, snowboard and helmet is paid separately. The resort's rental shop handles it on site, and you can book ahead so your gear is waiting when you arrive. Baby Club Med (4 to 23 months) and Petit Club Med (ages 2 and 3) are also extra, with limited spots that must be reserved together with your stay. Spa treatments, some private lessons and excursions are extra too. Mention all of this to your advisor in the first conversation, and they will build it into the quote so the final bill holds no surprises.

Which resort is best with young children?

The question that separates the resorts is the age of your youngest. With a baby aged 4 to 23 months, you need one of the seven resorts offering Baby Club Med this winter: Alpe d'Huez, Les Arcs Panorama, La Rosière, Serre Chevalier, Valmorel, Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon and Charlevoix. Tignes and Val d'Isère take children into their clubs from age 2. Val Thorens Sensations, La Plagne 2100 and Pragelato Sestriere require every guest to be at least 2 years old. At Alpe d'Huez, Baby Club Med closes on Sundays, a detail that matters on arrival day. For a first family ski week, La Rosière and Valmorel combine a baby club with a resort on a human scale.

Which resort suits strong skiers?

Advanced skiers look at altitude and the size of the ski area. Tignes, set in Val Claret, gives direct access to around 300 kilometres of slopes reaching 3,500 metres. Val Thorens Sensations is one of the highest resorts in Europe, and together with Tignes and Val d'Isère it stays open until early May. These are the three to choose for an April ski week, when snow is already melting in lower resorts.

Four Tridents or Exclusive Collection: what is the difference?

Most ski resorts are rated Premium, four Tridents. Several of them include an Exclusive Collection Space, an area of suites with private lounges, concierge service and a dedicated ski room, while guests still enjoy the whole resort. You will find one at Tignes, Les Arcs Panorama, La Rosière, Valmorel and Charlevoix. Val d'Isère goes further: the entire resort is now Exclusive Collection, five Tridents, and it welcomes families with children. In Japan, Kiroro Peak is Exclusive Collection as well, but only accepts guests aged 12 and over.

French, Italian or Swiss Alps?

The French Alps hold most of the offer, with eleven resorts across Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Isère and the Hautes-Alpes, from the most family-friendly to the most athletic. On the Italian side, Pragelato Sestriere opens onto the Milky Way ski area and a cuisine that often tips the balance. In Switzerland, St. Moritz Roi Soleil sits in an Engadine valley known for cross-country skiing as much as downhill. Both have a shorter season, from late December to late March, which matters if you are aiming for the spring break week.

Why ski at Club Med Québec Charlevoix instead of Europe?

Because you can drive there, with no jet lag. Club Med Québec Charlevoix is about an hour and a half from Quebec City's airport and four and a half hours from Montreal. It sits on the slopes of Le Massif de Charlevoix, with 53 runs over 40 kilometres and a 770-metre vertical drop, the St. Lawrence River below. Kids' clubs cover children from 4 months to 17 years, and there is an Exclusive Collection Space as well. For a first Club Med ski trip with young children, it is often the gentlest way to try the formula before crossing the ocean.

Are Japan and China worth the long trip?

Hokkaido is, for powder lovers. Tomamu, Sahoro, Kiroro Grand and Kiroro Peak get the light, dry snow that made the island famous. Montreal to Tokyo is a non-stop flight, followed by a domestic connection to Sapporo, which makes for a long day: plan ten days or more, never a tight week. The three Chinese resorts, Yabuli, Beidahu and Changbaishan, mean an even longer journey, accept guests from age 2 and close in the first half of March. Talk to your advisor before you start dreaming: they will tell you whether the journey is worth it for your group.

How do you get to the Alps from Montreal?

The gateways are Geneva, Lyon and Chambéry. From Tignes, for example, Club Med counts about three hours by road to Geneva or Lyon and two hours to Chambéry. Bourg-Saint-Maurice station, about thirty kilometres away, serves the Tarentaise resorts for travellers coming by train through Paris. Airport-to-resort transfers are booked with the package. Your advisor checks whether a non-stop flight from Montreal runs on your dates or whether a connection through Paris works better, and times your arrival so that the first Saturday is not lost.

When should you go, and which weeks need watching?

The highest resorts open in late November, the others around mid-December. January often brings the quietest slopes. February gathers the European school holidays and our own spring break week: family resorts fill up early and spots in the toddler clubs go fast. March and April bring long sunny days, provided you choose a high-altitude resort. Booking early matters more here than down south, because the number of rooms is fixed and the season is short.

Which resorts have closed?

If you have skied with Club Med at Arcs Extrême, Aime La Plagne or Les Deux Alpes, those three resorts are closed and Club Med no longer sells them. Its own pages point former guests to Les Arcs Panorama, La Plagne 2100 and Alpe d'Huez. The next announced ski resort, San Sicario in Italy's Piedmont region, is planned for the 2028-2029 winter. Several travel sites still list the old resorts: if a name rings a bell, call us before you get attached to an address that no longer exists.

Why book your Club Med ski holiday with us?

Voyages Synergia received the Club Med Excellence Award 2025, and our specialists know these resorts from the inside. If snow is not calling you this year, our advisors can also show you the Club Med resorts in the Caribbean and North America, or every Club Med holiday departing from Quebec.

Call 1-866-628-6241. You will reach someone who knows these resorts and has time for you. We look together at what is available on your dates, we choose the right resort, and we stay on the line throughout your stay. That is the difference between booking alone in front of a screen and travelling with someone behind you.

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