With a five-star rating from users, this French skiing resort has north-facing slopes and night skiing with snow-making cover that assures excellent conditions. It offers eleven lifts, one double chair, and ten surface lifts. The altitude is at 6,726 feet, the vertical drop is 1,640 feet, and the bottom is at 5,085 feet. Of the twenty-six runs, the longest one is 2.1 miles, and they range from peaceful green to no-nonsense blacks. Located not far from Italy’s western border and just north of Monaco in the Alpes de Haute-Provence in the “Valley of the White One,” Chabanon is celebrating 40 years in 2010. Fixed-price season tickets are available. The village of Selonnet is nearby and has a fully-equipped post office as well as financial services. Plenty of hotel accommodations are available within easy driving distance.
