Fun in the Snow

Couloirs in Courchevel 1850

From the gentle and wide motorway pistes of groomed perfection to the adrenaline-fueled steep blacks and couloirs at the top of La Saulire, Courchevel 1850 has something special up its designer sleeve for everyone. Skiing at Six Senses Residences Courchevel is an experience in itself, with a special ski concierge, shuttle service, and dedicated ski-in, ski-out lodge at the main La Croisette lift. Offering heated boot racks and a helping hand with ski equipment, it is just next to the main boutiques and apéro bars. A rental shop is also located next to the reception with the latest equipment to purchase or rent.

Exhilaration meets comfort

With the largest ski area in the world on the doorstep, and new rail routes to Moûtiers, Six Senses Residences Courchevel in the French Alps offers easy and sustainable access to Les 3 Vallées. Beautifully and comfortably furnished residences, designed in the spirit of a French chalet, offer up to five bedrooms and an extraordinary range of fun extras (wine cellar, open fireplace, hot tub, cinema room, hammam, private balconies, and private treatment room). 

Whether or not you have booked lessons or a ski guide, there are runs to suit all abilities from the main lifts at Courchevel 1850. For the more adventurous, the three north-facing mountain bowls at the top offer the best snow in the area. Halfway down, a collection of smooth, long, perfectly pitched slopes are groomed and surrounded by peaceful forests. The place for untracked stashes on a snow day is the iconic Grand Couloir next to the Saulire lift, starting at 2,700 meters and skirting the grizzly peaks of the Creux Noirs.

At the top of the Ariondaz gondola, you’ll find the Western Park with covered magic carpets, gentle slopes, and a cowboys and Indians theme with teepees. For teens and keen freestylers, the Family Park is a wonderland of rails, tables and jumps, moguls, boardercross, a big air bag, and more.

Sledding, bashing, diving, and scenery galore

For the non-skiers among you, the husky sledding tour takes you through the forest in the safe hands of a professional musher while you remain comfortably seated in the sledge. The luge experience is where you take your life in your own hands down the luge tracks and is not for the faint-hearted. 

Another bucket-list experience is driving a giant piste basher, flattening everything that lies in your path. This somewhat quirky experience will make you appreciate all the hard work that goes into preparing the pistes at night, especially on your first run down the pristine piste the next morning that you helped to prepare. The exhilaration continues in the skies, with paragliding, helicopter tours, and hot air balloon flights rising above the mountain tops. 

And for the truly bold, why not dive under the frozen layers of Lac du Praz to embark on an incredible underwater adventure? At first, some are a little apprehensive, but once your breathing regulates, the effect is calming. Life is still and silent under the water and maybe a little slower too.

Après-spa

From the day’s adventures to complete relaxation, Six Senses Spa Courchevel offers all local residents, chalet owners and skiing enthusiasts a welcome respite with restorative therapies focusing on warming tired muscles, rehabilitating fatigued joints and boosting circulation. There are signature massages to re-energize and relax you and facial and body treatments adapted or designed exclusively to keep the skin nourished and hydrated during the winter season.

Many of the biohacking tools, including the Normatec dynamic compression boots, are also available in your residence (subject to availability), with Kloris CBD oils and balms to take your recovery to the next level. For more targeted recovery, the spa team are on hand to smooth you out from top to toe through Kinesiology, physiotherapy, and movement rehabilitation.

Signature Savoyard and sushi at Sumosan

If all of that activity is hungry work, Courchevel is world-famous for après ski and boasts the highest concentration of Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe. Right on the ground floor of our residences, the multi award-winning restaurant Sumosan serves up Japanese salmon rice pizza and sushi torched table-side, a welcome antidote to the traditional fondue and raclette, with dishes exclusive to this Alpine outpost. In-residence dining can be arranged by our concierge team working with some of the best chefs around, proposing delicious menus to suit your dietary requirements and personal preferences.

Before you leave, there is just time to experience the thrill of off-piste driving on a snow-scooter tour led by a guide, leading to a woodcutter’s hut for an evening with music, wine and traditional Savoyard food.

High altitude playground in Switzerland

With its sunny terraces emerging from the mountainside, ski-in, ski-out location on the Chetzeron piste, and ski concierge, you can roll out of bed and onto the piste at Six Senses Crans-Montana for a whole host of winter adventures without lifting a finger or ski. Your skis and lift passes will be waiting for you each morning.

What’s more, twice a week, enjoy a first tracks ski pass an hour before the slopes open to the public. This means you’ll have 140 kilometers of ski slopes to yourself, except perhaps a passing marmot! 

World Cup class

The pistes please just about everyone, from the sunny south-facing cruising trails for families of all abilities to the more adrenaline-fueled snowpark and vast off-piste terrain. The 3,000-meter Plaine Morte glacier also ensures plenty of snow.

Crans-Montana has a modern and highly efficient lift system, and continued investment is paying off. It boasts an Adrenaline snowpark and Olympic-sized halfpipe and has been awarded the 2027 Alpine Ski World Championships in addition to its current status hosting the Women’s Downhill and Super-G. Ski touring, where you place skins on the bottom of your skis and walk them uphill, has become popular in recent years, and is also well catered for.

Forest fantasies

When the skiers are away, nature comes out to play and Return to the Roots is one way to feel like a child growing up in the snowy Swiss winter. This two-hour hike follows the animal tracks through the forest at dusk, where the sounds around you are muffled by the snow, and you discover the simple joys of the mountains with hot chocolate and gingerbread included. 

The Swiss Winter Adventure guides you up the slopes on a variety of forest trails until you arrive in a little hamlet, the Hameau de Colombire, where a local association saved an old Mayen, a postcard-pretty Swiss chalet. Enjoy a picnic fondu dinner under the stars, and you can even toboggan back down to the hotel afterwards. 

Another fun activity is an immersive half-day spent with yaks, who accompany you as you walk without counting the kilometers through the spruce forests of the Haut-Plateau. The walk is meditative – a kind of yak yoga – which invites you to disconnect from the devices and distractions of your usual life and reconnect with the rhythms of nature, whether the babble of a stream or the melodic chime of the bell around the neck of your companion.

Après-Alpin

Whether you ski one piste or are on the mountain from first to last lifts, the cozy and comfy Alpine Lounge is open all day to warm you up with a hot drink by the crackling fire. Club Alpin is a new day-dining concept that combines the elegance of a private club with the charm of a bygone alpine era. Situated on a terrace at the foot of the slopes, Club Alpin offers a light dining experience perfect for both mountain enthusiasts and visitors seeking the ambiance of après-ski without venturing down the slopes.

The 2,000-square-meter Six Senses Spa greets and treats tired legs with a Recovery Lounge featuring the latest Normatec compression boots, 10 treatment rooms, multiple sauna and steam facilities, state-of-the-art floatation pod, and even a Stretch Pod. This is where dedicated therapists will use deep stretch movements to increase maneuverability, strength, and injury prevention. They’ll ease any muscle knots and release fascia stiffness, ready for you to get up and go again the next day.

Rest for sleepy heads

The 78 rooms and suites feature large bay windows and generously sized balconies to maximize the connection with the natural surroundings. This restful habitat combines all the fundamentals for you to recover from busy days spent in the mountains. Larger families and groups can opt for a Three-Bedroom Prestige Apartment or Three-Bedroom Terrace Suite to enjoy precious time together in a home-from-home.

For those seeking chalet-style privacy, the Four-Bedroom Chalet accommodates up to eight guests and combines independence and comfort with spacious suites, modern living areas, and private bathrooms in each bedroom. Guests enjoy the seclusion of the chalet while benefiting from a complete range of facilities within the vibrant atmosphere of the hotel just next door.