Gresse en Vercors (France)

If you like quiet, picturesque ski resorts in the French Alps, Gresse-en-Vercors is the ideal place for your next ski holidays. It is the highest village in the Vercors mountain range at an altitude of 1200 meters. There are only 380 people living in Gresse-en-Vercors, but the village comes alive in the ski season as it transforms into a cozy little ski resort. Being only 1 hour from Grenoble, Gresse-en-Vecors is a great choice of ski resort of a relaxed weekend skiing.

Gresse-en-Vecors is located in the Regional Natural Park of Vercors and offers beautiful scenery. Huge cliffs, meadows, forests and rivers - nature is abound here. Gresse - en-Vercors itself consists of old mountain huts and small stone houses with a beautiful church dedicated to St. Bartholomew, which dates from the 13th century in its centre. In the village you will find a cinema and a sauna with steam room to ease away the aches and pains after a day of skiing or snowboaring! You don't come to Gresse-en-Vecors for wild nightlife as there no bars or discos. However the restaurants offer excellent regional cuisine and a cozy apres-ski atmosphere. Gresse - en-Vercors has its own ski area . The area lies at an altitude of 1250 to 1750 meters and offers a stunning setting. There are about 24 pistes and a snow park. Cross-country skiers can find all they need to about 50 km of cross country trails.