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Flaine Reviews

  • 4.2

  • 7 Reviews
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Overall Rating: 4.2

Rated #5 in France

Rating Details:

  • Family Friendly
  • 4.4
  • All Mtn. Terrain
  • 60
  • Terrain Park
  • 3.7
  • Nightlife
  • 2.2

Recommended For:

  • Single/Newlyweds
  • 31%
  • Beginner
  • 21%
  • Families
  • 41%
  • Intermediate
  • 31%
  • Empty Nesters
  • 21%
  • Advanced
  • 21%

7 Total Reviews:

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i have been going to flain since i was 0 , my dad went siunce he was 12 , and we still love it . It offers a great range of pistes with one of the...

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  • 4

    Flaine Review

    by anonymous_user - Apr 13, 2008

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    I wanted to contradict the negative comments posted below about Flaine: We have just returned from a first-ever skiing holiday with other more experienced... Full review

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  • 5

    flaine

    by ski, snowboard - Dec 22, 2008

    Pros: great familly friendly resort

    Cons: non

    i have been going to flain since i was 0 , my dad went siunce he was 12 , and we still love it . It offers a great range of pistes with one of the most dema... Full review

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  • 4

    Flaine Review

    by Tom Destry - Feb 19, 2008

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    Just to confirm what a previous reviewer said about the ecole de ski in the grand massif... Last year, my 9-year-old son fainted while in a class and the in... Full review

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  • 4

    Flaine

    by JohnAustin - Feb 16, 2009

    Pros: Snow good in Feb; Reasonable length of runs

    Cons: Some congestion at key points

    First visit 13 years ago at Easter - icy with links to other Grand Massif resorts broken. This time in early Feb, lots of good snow (unable to ski several m... Full review

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  • 4

    Flaine - better than I expected

    by Sal Black - Jan 22, 2009

    Pros: Compact, well designed, great snowy bowl

    Cons: Some bottle necks on lifts and pistes

    I visited Flaine twice in two weeks and liked it a lot more than I exopected, people had said it was ugkly but the architecture I found quite dramatic and s... Full review

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  • 4

    Flaine Review

    by Patrick Thorne - Jan 22, 2007

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    Flaine sits on a forested hillside in a natural snowy bowl only 30km (18 miles) from Mont Blanc. Established in 1968, the resort dates to the baby-booming ... Full review

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