Orelle

A cluster of houses and an egg lift just before the motorway tunnel between Modane and Frejus. Orelle exists because someone came up with the idea that it was possible to create a back door into Val Thorens if you set up a gondola lift. From here, it is primarily fed locals, and Italian day trippers who are tired of always going in Via Lattea. Once up in the system, you are close to large parts of the Belleville Valley's best off-piste skiing, but keep an eye out so you don't miss the last cabin down if you are staying in Orelle, or the last up if you found the famous off-piste run from the top of Cime Caron.