Authentic reviews

Generation Freeride was amazing. It’s a shame that there isn’t an ESF equivalent of club de sports with more focus on races. The chamois is great for training but not enough competitions against other clubs.

We were very satisfied with the ski lessons, the children made great progress. Agathe, my daughter’s instructor, and Nino, my son’s instructor, were both very friendly and truly caring. We highly recommend ESF!

It would be helpful if lunch club pick up was more flexible. We wanted to collect at 1.30 some days but were not allowed.

We all had a great experience with the instructors. Bastian was excellent with the twins — patient, encouraging, and made the lessons really enjoyable. Clement and Robert were fantastic with Claudia and me, giving us confidence and helping us improve while keeping everything fun and relaxed. A great team all round.

The level attained by our children was sufficiently improved after the week. So the value for money is definitely there. The only issue we had was the duration of the lesson. It would be better if lessons lasted 20 minutes longer till 11hr45. Otherwise it's a rush for parents...

This customer gave a mark of 4/5 at ESF Val Thorens in 20/04/2026, but did not wish to leave a comment.

My son, 11 years old, first ski holiday. Got frustrated at lack of progress through the week. Was on reds with me but only managed a couple of greens at ski school.

That was a great deal for our family with esf this time, from the price to the teacher!

This is the 4th year using Val Thorens ESF for our three children. Having used Meribel ESF 6 years prior. Absolutely brilliant teaching and always a fun time. You always feel the children will be safe with ESF as there are so many instructors on the mountains and all the staff are so attentive in the resort, including the lift operators.
Each year we consider skiing elsewhere but always return to the 3 valleys because the ESF ski school has been so great with the kids.
This year a special mention to Pat who run the 3 star class for my older two- they had such a great week with him and built strong confidence at the same time. Thank you for another great week!

We had a wonderful experience with our instructors. Florian was superb, keeping us adults learning and having fun for hours and days! Our younger kids were super delighted with Christine and Axel- amazing coaches and lovely people, all of them :)