Discovery of Beaufortain - VIDEOS and WEBCAMS

Welcome to holidays in Beaufortain ! Everything around you is green, clean, natural. It's summer, the sun caresses your face while you breathe in the scents of the mown meadows. Agricultural, authentic, go to the discovery of Beaufortain !

You love them wooden chalets ? Do you like steep and sometimes difficult to conquer mountains? Do you like calm landscapes in which nature reigns, and humans are rare? You will love your vacation in Beaufortain!

When you leave Albertville and the Val d'Arly and take the road that goes back up towards Queige, you feel that you are leaving the hyper-touristy world of the big Savoyard winter sports resorts. discovery of Beaufortain takes on the appearance of an adventure.

Immediately the landscape becomes rougher, wooded and the sides of the mountains rise quickly up to the blue of the sky. After having traveled a road which runs alongside a torrent at the bottom of a valley, it must be said, quite steep, you suddenly find yourself in a wide valley. All around, wooden chalets, sometimes old, sometimes built for happy owners of second homes, seem to be perched in the mountain pastures and reachable only by improbable roads that wind through the fields. At the center of this hollow in the middle of the mountains, is Beaufort, the historical, geographical and economic capital of this natural fortress that is Beaufortain.

Beaufort, a real village with wooden chalets for your holidays in Beaufortain

La discovery of Beaufortain begins in Beaufort. A true mountain village, Beaufort hosts a small market where you can discover all sorts of Savoyard victuals, including of course the cheese that bears the same name. In this valley, we could almost repeat the famous adage… all the roads seem to lead to Beaufort! They go in all directions towards the small isolated hamlets of wooden chalets. Some lively and traveled by tourists, others used only by a few farmers and locals. It's up to you to choose the adventure you want to experience during your holidays in Beaufortain.

Arêches, the Beaufort ski resort

Let's continue it discovery of Beaufortain . A few kilometers from Beaufort, on a small flat area, Areches is a small family ski resort. Its average altitude and its location make it a relatively snow-covered resort. The Beaufortain is well watered, and the valley keeps the cold well in winter, which protects the snow cover despite a lower altitude, compared to the neighboring resorts of Tarentaise. In the surrounding area, magnificent ski touring walks are possible, and in summer the passage of the Cormet de Roselend, towards the Tarentaise, with a view of one of the largest high-altitude lakes in the French Alps will delight you. The village of Arêches, very cute with its authentic wooden chalets whose balconies are full of flowers in summer, and whose roofs are covered in snow in winter will delight you during your stay in Beaufortain.

Les Saisies, chalets, forests and skiing for your holidays in Beaufortain

By taking the road to the Col du Joly, a very popular pass; in the summer, for its panorama of the Mont Blanc massif, Hauteluce is such a quiet village that in winter you almost forget the noise of the ski lift gates that connect the village to the Les Saisies ski area. These villages and their hamlets are ideal destinations for holidays in Beaufortain relaxing and inspiring..

Finally, let's talk about sports: Les Saisies. It is a high-altitude resort, located on a pass at an altitude of over 1600 meters. You can ski on slopes facing the Montblanc, you can go cross-country skiing in the forest on one of the largest French ski areas. The Saisies plateau is renowned for being perfectly snow-covered throughout the winter season. An Olympic site since 1992, it is a white paradise. This very spread-out village with large chalets modern wooden buildings, allowing you to ski on the ski area of theDiamond Space, overlooking the Val d'Arly: slopes accessible to all, without major difficulties, but a large, very sunny area, well-covered with snow and with breathtaking landscapes. In summer, you can escape the heat of the plains on the trails that run along the wooded ridges with the Mont Blanc and Aravis massifs as a backdrop. A feast for the eyes.

Summer and winter alike, Beaufortain welcomes you to the rhythm of its traditions preserved thanks to a saving natural enclave. In the Northern Alps, there are few spaces left that have not been heavily modified by humans. Beaufortain is one of them.

If you want to stay in an authentic and traditional mountain setting, plan your vacation in Beaufortain: it's the destination that suits you best.

Activities not to be missed during your vacation in Beaufortain

the visit to the Dairy Cooperative de Beaufort to learn all about the production and tasting of the local cheese, Beaufort.
Understand how the dams by going to the one at La Girotte in Hauteluce
Take in the sights Roselend Lake or that of Saint Guérin
Slide on the slopes of cross-country skiing who hosted the Albertville Olympic Games in 1992, it will be in Les Saisies.
Visit the old medieval town from Conflans, on the heights of Albertville.
Discover the cultural heritage. from the Beaufortain valleys and life in days gone by at the Hauteluce Ecomuseum.

Discovering Beaufortain using webcams

(click on the name of the village)

Hauteluce : a very pretty view of the village of Hauteluce
Seizures: the station seen from Mont Bisanne with the Mont Blanc Massif in the background
Areches-Beaufort: The Planay sector, at the bottom of the slopes at 1200m.
Areches-Beaufort: the Cuvy sector at 1700m and the view of Mont Blanc