Bernex

The praise is for a family village operation: reviewers agree it is a good place to learn, with gentle green and blue runs and a ski school whose instructors get named specifically. The view of Mont Blanc and Lake Geneva from the Pelluaz summit is a recurring highlight. People value the low prices and the snowmaking, and call the resort a quiet, affordable alternative to the big Chablais stations.

Size and reliability draw criticism: the area is small next to its neighbours, part of the terrain is regularly closed, and against that the price is judged too high. Most of the lifts are drag lifts, and reviews include accounts of a jammed chairlift bar, falls at loading and staff shouting. The staff themselves come in for complaints over a rigid approach to issuing passes. On busy days the waits are described as endless, and the village is strung out along the valley with no real centre.