St. Jean d'Aulps holiday apartment "L’ Ourson" in La Grande Terche

This is a lovely modern apartment, well equipped, warm and at the end of a corridor, so relatively quiet - more so than the majority of apartments I have used. It was ideal for 2 adults/2 children, but has enough equipment for 6. It has a huge ski locker too, making storage.

There are a couple of restaurants at resort level – we tried one, Chez Bill, which was good. The bar we used (under Muffat’s ski shop) serves a cracking Mojito and the staff really friendly. Re ski hire - whilst I haven’t checked this out, I think it would be worth pre-booking online your ski/boot hire with Muffat, as I suspect it would be a good bit cheaper than just turning up.

Whilst LGT is a fairly small resort, it is perfect for families with young children who are in their first few seasons skiing. It’s not crowded and there is plenty for the beginner to get their teeth into. For intermediates there is a fantastic red run ‘loop’ which goes on forever through beautiful tree lined scenery and there are a couple of stops to recharge the batteries along the way. At the end of the day it’s also good to be able to ski right into the apartment block’s car park and out again to get to the gondola, which we could, after they had had good snow falls just prior to our week.

I believe it’s fair to say that if you are an intermediate skier, LGT is a bit limited; however it’s really easy to get to the various lift systems by car, which will get you into Morzine/Avoriaz/Les Gets (Portes du Soleil) – which is vast and caters for every ability. There is a limited bus service; but it’s a bit of a hassle unless you catch the right connections.

The lift passes for the Portes du Soleil (not the cheaper LGT passes), whilst not cheap, appear to be better value than Tignes/Val d’Isere. Some of the views up there are spectacular and make the additional cost, over the cost of the LGT pass, worthwhile. Lastly, if you want an additional thrill, try the snowmobiling above Super Morzine - fantastic!! 80kph uphill on a freshly groomed piste, before running out of space, takes some beating! Kids need to be 10+.

Joe, the owner, is a lovely guy (I have met him) and is really helpful. One tip - having just returned myself after New Year, and also having spoken to Joe, try and leave the Alps early in the morning. The hike up north on the autoroutes and through the tolls is, at times, laborious with heavy traffic. It’s worth getting up early! All in all a great place to ski.

4 adults just had a fantastic week's skiing. Apartment is clean, warm, well equipped and is in an excellent location for the slopes....it's possible to ski down to the gondola after just a few yards of walking with your equipment. The keys were available immediatley on arrival. I think 6 adults would find the apartment a little cramped, but with a couple of kiddies it would be fine.
Le Grand Terche is a lovely little resort with it's own small but perfectly adequate ski resort...and the ski passes are very cheap! It is no more than a 20 minute drive to the Ardent lift up to Avoriaz, where the skiing is fantastic, and not much further to Les Gets and Morzine.
The small supermarket is perfectly adequate for most shopping, but the much larger Carrefour in St Jean d'Aulpes has everything one could possibly want if you have a car to get there.
Restaurants in the resort are limited but both we have eaten in were lovely.
Would like to recommend the restaurant at the top of the gondola (the one furthest from the gondola on the left) where the food at lunchtimes was always good and the owner ( I presume, who is English) was very nice after I had a bit of a tumble!!
Would love to see the place in the summer...am sure it would be beautiful then too!

Myself and my wife and 3 young children just go back from this apartment.
Lovely place, great views all the facilities we needed.

Had much contact with the owner (Joe) before the holiday and gave us loads of info and was really helpful.

It is possible to ski back to the apartment from the piste and it is a beautiful location.