We chose Serre Chevalier for New Year 2007/08 for a few practical reasons: it was a couple of hours’ drive from both Turin and Grenoble, hotels were willing to take guests for a few days rather than a full week, and the World Snowboard Guide gave it a 10/10 rating.

At the time I wrote:

Serre Chevalier as a resort is pretty large, with access along the valley floor by bus to different starting off points, and along the slopes via a series of interconnecting lifts and pistes. There are a lot of drag lifts around Serre Chevalier, but we managed 3.5 days on the slopes without having to go near one without compromising on our coverage of the mountain