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Vast, stunningly stylish modern ski chalet in hidden-gem resort
Low season: from £14,600 whole chalet/£20,000 inc Ranch; Mid: £25,600/£30,000; Peak:

Sainte Foy
Sleeps: 12+/16+  inc Ranch

Yellowstone Ski Lodge spa relaxation area
Yellowstone Ski Lodge living area with fireplace
Yellowstone Ski Lodge double bedroom with ensuite
Yellowstone Ski Lodge red bathroom
Yellowstone Ski Lodge dining table with lime green benches
Yellowstone Ski Lodge children's bunk room
Yellowstone Ski Lodge master bedroom with faux fur throw and cushions
Yellowstone Ski Lodge bar area with bookcase wallpaper
Yellowstone Ski Lodge living area with lime green chair
Yellowstone Ski Lodge spa area
Yellowstone Ski Lodge spa relaxation areaYellowstone Ski Lodge living area with fireplaceYellowstone Ski Lodge double bedroom with ensuiteYellowstone Ski Lodge red bathroomYellowstone Ski Lodge dining table with lime green benchesYellowstone Ski Lodge children's bunk roomYellowstone Ski Lodge master bedroom with faux fur throw and cushionsYellowstone Ski Lodge bar area with bookcase wallpaperYellowstone Ski Lodge living area with lime green chairYellowstone Ski Lodge spa area

Yellowstone is one of my favourite ski chalets. It is big and stunningly beautiful, a genuine wow-factor chalet just yards from the home run in the charming resort of Ste Foy in the Tarentaise.

It’s got gorgeous designer interiors with lots of lime green and contemporary furniture, plus everything else you would expect of a proper luxury ski chalet, from fine food and wine to five star service and proper spa. Seriously well priced too.

There is a real sense of space and freedom in this chalet. It is clean, sharp and chic, with unfussy, modern touches that ooze good taste and style. Lime green is the theme in the main living space (there is a fabulous lime green giant winged armchair beside the fire and lime green leather bench seats around the dining table), while there are charcoal grey wool curtains, huge table lamps and Andrew Martin sofas. But it is not remotely austere or showroomy – there is not a chair you feel you can’t collapse in or a table you can’t put a mug down on.

All the rooms are spacious– some of the biggest I have stayed in, in fact. Each is quite different too, with safari-themed pictures (drawing on the idea of ski safaris which Ste Foy is perfect for) that cleverly double up as speakers for the iPod docking stations. The bathrooms feature Abhana toiletries, which are a gorgeous English brand and are all organic, made from very pure natural oils. There are some thoughtful touches too, such as an English plug socket in each room.
There are six double rooms, two of which have a bunk room or dressing room attached that can accommodate children — so 12 adults and four children in the main lodge, plus there is a separate self-catered apartment on the ground floor called The Ranch which can accommodate four adults and four children in two double rooms (1 with a mezzanine, 1 with an alcove behind a partition to accommodate the children).
This luxury ski chalet is sold with the main lodge and The Ranch combined in peak weeks but they can be separated for off-peak weeks.

Yellowstone is a fantastic party-style fully catered ski chalet, and when it is booked exclusively by one group the food is laid out in a refreshingly relaxed and social way – great mounds of delicious, hearty fare are put in big bowls in the centre of the table for people to help themselves to. The idea is you can just pile in. When it is booked by the room, however, meals are plated up in the traditional way, individually, so you are not fighting over helpings with relative strangers. The standard is absolutely restaurant-level. Sample dishes include steamy bowls of leak and potato soup, followed by fish pie or a fun cheese fondue, then some thoroughly naughty chocolate brownies or ginger sponge and custard as puds. Pol Roger is the complimentary house champagne, and there is an excellent selection of house wines including good quality clarets and the owners’ own pub wine, Roger’s & Rufus’ Rose. 

Yellowstone has an outdoor Jacuzzi with totally uninterrupted views up the valley towards Val, plus a sauna and a lovely gym with views too. Daily massages are available but are not included.

All the bedrooms are big enough to take a cot, and baby sitting can be arranged, while there are very good ski school facilities at Ste Foy for children. The chalet is perhaps set up more for skiing children than for nannies and babies, however.

The lime green chair, and the uninterrupted views across to Mont Pourri.

Um. Perhaps the fact that this luxury ski chalet, despite being genuinely luxurious, is not in one of the ‘Mayfair’ resorts, but then if it was it would be twice the price.

LOCATION

This Sainte Foy ski chalet is located just off the home run of the pretty Tarentaise resort which is really a collection of several hamlets that combine to make up a village. As such the resort has immense charm, it feels properly local and French, and it is small enough to make you feel at home and thoroughly welcome, however short your stay.

The chalet is also fantastically located for skiing not just in Ste Foy itself but also in the major resorts of Val d’Isère, Tignes, Les Arcs and La Rosière and La Thuile over in Italy – all of which are between a 10- and 20-minute drive away. There is transportation laid on from 8am to 6pm, and after 6pm by arrangement – although you are likely to be charged for a pick-up after feverish late-night clubbing in Val d’Isère.

GETTING THERE

The nearest train station is Bourg St Maurice which is just 20 minutes away. Otherwise fly into Grenoble, Chambéry, Geneva or Lyon (all roughly the same at 2hr 30mins away). The chalet doesn’t do transfers, apart from to and from the train station. There is a helipad just below this luxury ski chalet, however, and you can catch a flight from Geneva. The pad is also where the drops over into Italy go from.

AT A GLANCE
  • Bedrooms: 6 + 2 (main chalet sleeps 12 + 3; chalet plus the Ranch sleeps 16 + 8)
  • Bathrooms: every room is en suite
  • Available Summer and Winter
  • Location: 1 minute from main lift; 3 minutes from the local shops; chauffeur service to all surrounding resorts
  • Outdoor Jacuzzi hot-tub, overlooking La Rosière
  • Flat screen TV
  • Wifi
  • Bootwarmers
  • Open fires in all living spaces
  • Wellness area including hammam, massage room, and kenisis techno gym
  • Parking
EXTRAS

There is free wifi throughout and a small business centre with scanner, fax and computer for those who cannot totally let go of work. A fun extra too: guests are given Flip pocket movie cameras to record their skiing. They can play them back in the evenings and even make a disc to take back with them at the end of their stay. The chalet also has Wii, iPod docking stations and Sky TV.

MY TOP TIP

Don’t miss Chez Merie for chef’s night off, in the local hamlet of Le Miroir – a thoroughly French, gorgeously stylish local restaurant, run by two sisters.

GUESTBOOK

“It is difficult to put into words what an extraordinarily wonderful week that was – a huge thanks. It was truly ‘formidable’, as the locals say!”

“What an amazing Yellowstone experience. We had a ball, loads of rosé moments and the fluffy robe thing – all very spoiling and great fun. Thankyou.”

“A hilarious week at Yellowstone. Helicopters, powder, sun, and magnificent food. Thankyou.”

ENQUIRIES

If you would like to make an enquiry or a booking of this luxury ski chalet, please telephone –  +44 (0)7772 853996 or click here to send me a message.

Remember, I have visited all the chalets we feature so can give you totally unbiased, independent advice on all of them. The prices I quote are also the list prices quoted by the chalets themselves, so there is no advantage in going to the chalets direct.

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