Happy new year 2026

By 2025, we have made French puns untranslatable into English (See here :-)) .
We also welcomed a new chalet in the icioulabas style.

une table à manger, une charpente en mélèze, des poutres apparentes en bois, un salon, un escalier, une photographie de montagne

For 2026, we wish you the opportunity to come with family, friends, or on your own, to recharge in our family homes, guest rooms, apartments, and characterful chalets. Happy New Year!
Come (again) visit us

  • Pré Catin story We wrote – who said “romanticized?” – the history of the Pré-Catin chalet. A story...
  • Newspaper about “La Tarentelle” Local Newspaper speaks about “La Tarentelle” : https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/03/04/2296975-chambre-d-hotes-au-coeur-du-village.html “Her house has become too big, after...
  • Chalet Le Pré Catin, a whole symbol Le chalet le Pré Catin is a symbol of Haute Maurienne Vannoise architecture, we are...
  • The Bonneval-sur-Arc resort is preparing for the season

    mountains, snow, a helicopter transporting gas cylinders
    Do you see the small helicopter in the center of the picture ? Preparations are underway for the season in Bonneval-sur-Arc. Civil defense is supplying the Gazex gases that ensure the safety of the valley and the resort. We’re all set for the winter. We’ll be waiting for you here: Bonneval-sur-Arc
  • Pré Catin story We wrote – who said “romanticized?” – the history of the Pré-Catin chalet. A story...
  • Winter season started in Bonneval-sur-Arc The big winter season started in Bonneval-sur-Arc. And boing, a little caricature from TF1 TV...
  • Bessans resort opens on November 2, 2025 As every year since 2018, the cross-country ski resort of Bessans is the first in...
  • Bessans resort opens on November 2, 2025

    cross-country skiers, mountains
    On the slopes of Bessans on November 16, 2024

    As every year since 2018, the cross-country ski resort of Bessans is the first in France to open its slopes. The first tracks are available by means of snow-farming. The resort stored 16,000m3 of snow at the end of last winter under a thick layer of sawdust and spread it over the biathlon ring this week.

    A pile of snow under sawdust

    The slopes are open from November 2, 2025 at 8 a.m. for the pros and from 1 p.m. also for the general public. We see high level, beautiful technique and it’s nice to slide on the same slopes as the future world champions.

    cross-country skiers, biathletes, mountains
    Bessans November 16, 2024

    Wax your cross-country skis, we are waiting for you here: Bonneval-sur-Arc

  • Snow farming at Bessans As there’s still snow, we’re storing it for next year. This is the snow farming...
  • Snow is there Snow is falling in Bonneval-sur-Arc. The chairlift stamps impatience. Us too. Actually, we are already...
  • The snow fell in Bonneval-sur-Arc The Bonneval alpine ski resort opens on December 17, 2016; the cross-country ski resort in...