Les Gets in the French Portes du Soleil region has created a brand new “Espace des Mappys” beginner’s ski area this season. The new slope is designed to help first time skiers of all ages learn to ski in an area away from faster skiers.

Val Thorens, Europe’s highest ski resort in the world’s biggest ski area, the 3 Valleys in France, and the second resort to open in France this winter, has good news for first time skiers visiting this season, as the resort has spent 1.5 million Euros on a state-of-the-art, 40 hectare, special beginners area.

This area is equipped with four new conveyor lifts, complete with plastic tunnel weather-protection covers, improving the circulation on the whole snow front without effort.