Private transport in Courchevel: up the mountain without a thought

No jet lands in Courchevel itself: you arrive at Chambéry, the nearest airport (about 1 hr 20 by road in normal conditions), at Geneva (about 2 hrs 15, longer on February Saturdays) or at Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (around 2 hrs). We choose the airfield according to where you fly from, the aircraft, the slots and the day's weather, and tell you from the outset.

Formalities, luggage, skis and boot bags are handled while the aircraft taxis. The car or helicopter waits as close as the airport's rules allow, so the connection takes only minutes.

Perched at some 2,000 metres above Courchevel 1850, the altiport is one of Europe's most singular runways: about 537 metres long, a gradient close to 18.6%, no possible go-around and visual flight only. Only pilots holding a mountain rating or a site-specific authorisation land there, in light aircraft and turboprops. We work with approved operators and never promise a flight the weather refuses.

The helicopter is the other way in by air: about forty minutes from Geneva, less from Chambéry, depending on the aircraft and the wind. A car waits at the landing site and takes you to the chalet or hotel within minutes.

By road, you leave the valley at Moûtiers for a climb of around thirty minutes to the villages. Our chauffeurs drive vehicles equipped for winter — snow tyres or chains, required on Savoie's mountain roads in season — and know the chalet drives, often narrow and snowbound.

For those arriving by train, Moûtiers station is the natural terminus: we have the car waiting, luggage and skis collected on the platform.

Courchevel rises across several villages — 1850, Moriond, Village, Le Praz, La Tania. We keep a chauffeur on standby to link the chalet, dinner in 1850 and the evening, in a 4×4 unbothered by snow that fell during the meal.

On departure day, we set the timing by the valley's weather and the chosen airport, with a margin built in for changeover Saturdays.