Skiing in Paris

The two regions for skiing

France has two important regions where skiing is practiced: the Pyrenees and the Alps zones, however, Paris, the capital of entertainment here, becomes the center of Skiing in France all summer because every year the government of France assembles a big skiing slope near the Seine river.

The best ski resorts in Europe

But the traditional skiing mountain winter resort in the Stade de France is considered one of the best ski resorts in Europe. This way, in summer, the Stade de France becomes a complete skiing resort in the middle of Paris with a skiing slope of 30 meters, a snowpark, snow garden, Luge routes, icefall, via ferrata and a big snow slope with 900 meters in the center of the Stadium. To make all these snow attractions, 500 tons of snow.

The entrance tickets to this attraction in Stade de France are according to age,  so the entrance for children under 4 years is free, for people over 12 years the entrance costs 10 Euros. They can enter the installation between 11 and 18 hours. An additional note, The Stade de France has connections with different forms of transportation like Subway, bus, Rails.   

The ski resort of Paris

The assembly of this ski resort is to promote the practice of winter sport in the capital and province in France. The sports in Paris are not very practical and this is a perfect way to promote them. In Addition, the different disciplines that you can practice in Paris and its skiing resort are many like snowboarding, skiing, ice skating, inter alia.

Guide of Paris

However, you have to hire a guide of Paris if you know all its sport attractions and where the best place to practice winter sport in the light city is, of course if you want to visit the two most popular zones like the Pyrenees or the Alps, you have to take the metro or the Eurostar from Paris because this trains are very fast and you can arrive to these sites in less than 1 hour.    

Consequently, in our Europe trip, making a stopover in Paris of 4 or 5 days is an obligation to enjoy all its charms and attractions, one of them the snow sports in the light city. So, prepare your helmet, ski poles and your boots to live a unique experience, skiing in Paris while looking at the impressive Eiffel Tower.