La Toussuire
La Toussuire is one of the six ski resorts of Les Sybelles in Maurienne Valley, the 4th biggest ski area in France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Savoie. It measures 21.52 km2 (8.31 sq mi), with a population of 493 inhabitants.
Understand
La Toussuire is part of the Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire municipality. Jean-Pierre Vidal, a child who grew up in the resort, is an Olympic ski champion in 2002 in Salt Lake City. Nowadays he owns a sports shop in the resort with his dad.
Climate
| La Toussuire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate chart (explanation) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Climate is cold and moderate. Summer starts from end of June and ends in September. The ski resort is 1750 m above sea level.
Visitor information
- 🌍 La Toussuire Tourist Office. Summer: Jul-Sep; winter: Dec-Apr.
Get in
By car
Get out of the highway of the Maurienne by A43 exit 'Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne'. Then, follow the Vallée de l'Arvan (D78). You will enter in La Toussuire just after passing the Camping Caravaneige du Col. There is an enormous parking juste behind the building range in the downtown of the ski resort.
See
- 🌍 Chapelle Notre Dame du Ski (Chapel of Our Lady of Ski), ☏ +33 6 06 48 24 05. open daily. After the passing of the last priest, the chapel is now used as a meeting and rest centre. There is a wooden Way of the Cross sculpture.
- 🌍 Lac de l'Eriscal. An artificial lake, open for swimming in summer. In winter it is completely frozen and offers a beautiful landscape.
Do
- 🌍 Jardin d'enfants 'Bonhomme de Neige' Ecole de Ski Internationale, 74 Rue Pierre Delore, ☏ +33479567774. Kindergarten to learn to ski while having fun.
- 🌍 Pumptrack La Toussuire. A pump track where you can have fun by using skate, roller, or bike.
- 🌍 Tennis courts (in the centre of the station). 2 tennis courts.
- 🌍 Aurélia Vandevelde Massage Sybelles, 136 impasse Pierre Collet ou, 697 Rte des Champions. 8AM-8PM. Spa to have calm and relaxation moment.
Winter season
During the official winter season of the ski resort, between mid-December to mid-March, you can ski on the mountain.
There are 33 slopes: 4 green slopes, 4 blue slopes, 17 red slopes and 1 black slope. Total distance is 55 km. To get to the top of the mountain there are 10 chairlifts and 11 surface lifts. The highest will bring you to 2222 m. There is also a new big snowpark, for beginners and experts. It is adapted to everybody's level.
Day ski pass: €37.5; 6-day ski pass: €189.5
Summer season
Summer season starts at the beginning of July, and end at the end of August. It is the good season to do hiking, rafting or canyoning. You have numerous paths to reach different summits of the moutain. They are framed by barriers to avoid to go onto farmers' pastures. they highest peak is La Pointe de l'Ouillon, which culminates at 2431m. You can reach this summit by feet (it will takes you approximately 3 hours), and having an extraordinary 360° view on almost every ski resort of Les Sybelles.
Buy
At the bottom of the ski slopes, there are stores where you can buy ski clothes. You will also find a few markets to buy daily basic things, with some minimarkets and supermarkets.
- 🌍 Intersport, Immeuble l'etendard, ☏ +33 4 79 83 03 25. 08:30-19:00. One of the ski rental store available in the ski resort.
- 🌍 Sport 2000 Les Tryoskys, Résidence l'Ouillon, Rue Pierre Delore, ☏ +33 4 79 56 74 95. 09:00-19:00. One of the ski rental store available in the ski resort. On summer, you can rent electric bikes to climb the moutain easier than by feet
- 🌍 Sherpa Supermarché Toussuire, Bâtiment les Ravières, Rue Pierre Delore, ☏ +33479830085. 8:30-7PM. Multi-brand supermarket chain present in the mountains and offering drugstore and food products.
- 🌍 Utile, 60 Rue des Chasseurs Alpins, ☏ +33479565084. Supermarket which offers essential products.
Eat
- 🌍 Chalet le Foehn, ☏ +33 4 79 56 72 16. One of the restaurants on the top of the mountain.
- 🌍 La Boule de Neige, Rue Verte, ☏ +33 4 79 56 75 56. 10:00-21:30. Pizzeria in the main street of the ski resort. Possibility to take out. €10-15.
- 🌍 Le Tonneau, ☏ +33 4 79 56 73 74. 10:00-23:00. A very various menu, with many different dishes. Salads, meats, pizzas, specialities of the region and many different types of alcohol.
- 🌍 Restaurant l' Ecurie, Rue Pierre Delore, ☏ +33 4 79 56 79 80. 07:30-01:00. Restaurant with a lot of choices and which open lately.
- 🌍 La Grange, 3 Rte des Champions, ☏ +33479830062. 09:00-23:00. One of the best-known mountain restaurants. You can find typical mountain dishes such as tartiflette, raclette, crosiflette, etc.
- 🌍 Le Marolay, Route du Marolay (at the bottom of the slopes), ☏ +33479567089. Hotel and restaurant. Meals are very simple and cheap. That's a good place if you want to eat quickly.
- 🌍 Chalet Les Cigales, 115 Imp. de Bellard, ☏ +33479567045. Typical restaurant in the middle of the mountain.
Sleep
- 🌍 Camping Caravaneige du Col. Chalets and caravan pitches from €164 per week.
- 🌍 Ville de Lyon. Budget accommodation for groups in 2-4 bed rooms and dormitories. Sleeps 245 in 60 rooms.
- 🌍 Les Soldanelles.. 38-room hotel at 1,800 m altitude. There, you can eat, sleep, and get into the swimming pool. Next to it, there is a sauna and hammam, with a Jacuzzi. Price is €15 to get inside.
- 🌍 Hotel Le Grand Truc, Rue Sylvain Truchet, ☏ +33 4 79 56 73 28. Hotel which opened in 1959, with 15 rooms with wooden panels. Restaurant and bar. from €90.
- 🌍 Résidence Les Pierres Blanches, Rue Pierre Delore, ☏ +33 6 08 52 16 35. It's on the 2nd floor with elevator consists of 4 rooms for a surface area of 48 m² with a balcony of 12 m².
- 🌍 L'atout Coeur, 135 Rue Verte. An apartment with 2 rooms for a surface area of 30 m² which can host until 6 persons.