The
village of La Grande Terche is at 940 metres and the telecabine rises
to 1650 metres with further skiing up to 1850 metres. There is good
beginner and intermediate skiing on green, blue and red pistes both in
Grande Terche and the adjoining Roc d'Enfer. The resort is friendly and
welcoming and in the evenings it is not unusual to share a drink with
the ski instructors and people from the village or skiers you have met
on the piste. The village has one or two restaurant and a bar that
serve traditional Savoyarde food; one small grocery shop; a tobacconist
and a launderette. Nightlife is as lively as you want it to be in the
restaurants or bar and at the end of the evening your apartment is only
100 metres away. There are also four ski hire shops that provide
friendly and helpful service (we usually get a 10% discount on ski hire
from La Schuss- M. Lavanchy). The nearby working village of St Jean
D'Aulps is five minutes away by car and has a further selection of
restaurants, bars, shops, a Huit-a-Huit supermarket and a doctor's
surgery. You can also get to St Jean d'Aulps by navette bus during the
day and if you go in the direction of Morzine for 2 km there is a
larger 'Champion' supermarket, which is guaranteed to satisfy all your
requirements. There is a good web site with web cam of Grande Terche
this is ‘www.saintjeandaulps.com. This will show some of the skiing in
Grande Terche with lots of pictures in the albums.
