School ski trips to Les Saisies
With its breathtaking scenery and traditional Savoie villages, Les Saisies in Espace Diamant provides a fairytale setting for any school ski trip. Despite its quaint appearance, the resort offers state-of-the-art amenities, while the majestic backdrop of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain, only adds to its allure. Les Saisies enjoys several benefits to more established Alpine resorts: it’s much less well known, meaning quieter slopes and a more personal and friendly feel and service. One of France’s best-kept secrets, we recommend visiting now – before the word gets out!
Features
Les Saisies is one of five established resorts in Espace Diamant, a huge ski region that boasts 192 kilometres of interlinked slopes. Among these, your group can expect a range of skiing from long wide tree-lined runs on the lower slopes to some epic powder bowls, and steep black runs higher up. Variety is king here, with each of the five ski areas having its own character in addition to its own beginner trails.
Modern and well-designed lift systems mean access around the area is easy and allows you to get the most out of your week, while the resort’s location at the foot of Mont Blanc means that it enjoys considerable snowfall. In fact, the Les Saisies area of Espace Diamant is one of the most snow sure French Alpine resorts.
Piste Distance
192km
Resort Height
1,000-2,070m
Direction of Slopes
Mostly west
Number of Ski Lifts
81
Lift Pass
Keycard
Number of Runs
10 
32 
16 
1 
Longest Run
4.5km
Highest Lift
2,070m
Snowmaking
702 snow cannons
Lift Pass Area
L'Espace Diamant
Transfers
Approximately 1.5hrs from Geneva; 3hrs from Turin; 9hrs from Calais
ACCOMMODATION
Located just 200 metres from the ski school, Hotel Calgary is a wonderfully convenient accommodation for your school's Les Saisies adventure. Don't be fooled by its quaint charm – the hotel is also filled with modern amenities, and includes a spa area with pool, hot tub and sauna/steam room to soothe those aching muscles after a day on the slopes.
- Ski lockers with boot warmers
- Games room
- Spa and swimming pool
- Central location
Located just 200 metres from the ski school, Hotel Calgary is a wonderfully convenient accommodation for your school's Les Saisies adventure. Don't be fooled by its quaint charm – the hotel is also filled with modern amenities, and includes a spa area with pool, hot tub and sauna/steam room to soothe those aching muscles after a day on the slopes.
- Ski lockers with boot warmers
- Games room
- Spa and swimming pool
- Central location
Trip details
- Swimming
- Bowling
- Pizza night
- Outdoors ice-skating
- Shopping
If you have an excursion in mind for your ski trip to Les Saisies that you don't see listed here, please get in touch and our friendly team will do their best to arrange it for you.
All Equity packages are tailor-made to suit the needs of our groups. Here are our standard package inclusions:
- Return travel by air or coach (air packages include overseas airport transfer. Coach to UK airport from school is available as an optional extra)
- Security charges, airport and local taxes
- Tourist tax (applicable to anyone aged 16+ at the time of arrival)
- 1 free staff place for every 10 full paying passengers by air, OR 1 free staff place for every 8 full paying passengers by coach
- Full-board accommodation
- Ski storage
- Dedicated resort representative service
- Full use of your coach in resort (coach groups only and subject to EU drivers hours regulations)
- Lift pass
- 5 or 6 days of ski tuition (minimum 4 hours per day. Additional tuition is available for a supplement)
- Skis, boots and poles
- Helmets
- 24-hour emergency service
- All travel documentation, luggage labels and resort information
- Evening entertainment
- Ski carriage. If you are taking your own ski/board boots, these will need to be packed as luggage. Please note that ski carriage is an additional charge which can only be paid at check-in
- Meals en-route. While travelling to and from your destination, you'll need to consider meals for your group as these are not included in the package prices
- Instructors. A mixed group of ski or snowboarders and/or mixed abilities will impact the number of instructors required for your group and the price
- Air passenger duty. Any paying passengers over the age of 16 at the time of travel will be charged a small tax fee
Prices are subject to change based on intended dates of travel and final numbers, the Equity team are here to offer you advice and guidance from start to finish, ensuring your school trip runs smoothly and is a great success.
