Hire is where we started, but most of our floor space is given over to retail: jackets and trousers, base layers, gloves, goggles, helmets, skis, boots, accessories. Whatever you find missing on day two of your holiday is on our shelves, and so is the kit that lasts ten years.
We do not try to stock everything on the market. The brands we keep on our shelves are the ones that last the season here, at 2,300 metres, on a ski area where people ski from morning till evening. Our teams wear and use them, which is still the most reliable way to know whether a jacket really breathes and whether a glove stands up to the cold.
Two brand stores complete our shops: the Fusalp store in the Peclet arcade and the Quiksilver Roxy store in the Caron arcade.
The question comes up every winter, and the answer depends on you. For one week a year, hiring is simpler: recent equipment, servicing included, nothing to carry. Once you ski several weeks a year and know which ski you want underfoot, buying starts to make sense. Boots are a different matter: they are the most personal piece of equipment, and often the first purchase worth making.
Every season, we select the best mountain equipment and clothing for our ski shops in Val Thorens.
Ski and snowboard equipment. For skis, boots and ski touring: Stöckli, Black Crows, Van Deer, Rossignol, Salomon, Atomic, Dynastar, Völkl, Blizzard, Nordica, Tecnica, Scarpa, Fischer, Armada, DPS, Dénériaz, ZAG, Againer and XO. Burton and Salomon snowboards; Marker, Look, ATK and Fritschi bindings; Leki, Komperdell, Italbastoni, Corto and Les Bâtons d'Alain poles; Colltex skins; Sidas and Boot Doc insoles; Vola wax. For off-piste safety: Arva, Ortovox and Petzl.
Clothing and accessories. Moncler, Bogner, Fire+Ice, Arc'teryx, Goldbergh, Fusalp, The Mountain Studio, Manufacture Alpine, Rossignol, CMP, Newland, K-Way, Kappa, French Disorder, Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy and DC. Odlo, Icebreaker and Falke technical base layers; POC, Kask, Cairn, Julbo and Oakley helmets and goggles; Izipizi sunglasses; Reusch, Hestra and Snowlife gloves; Falke and Lenz socks; Barts, Buff and Chaud Devant hats and neck warmers; Dakine, Ortovox and Hydrapak bags; Yaktrax ice grips; Gear Aid care products; Moon Boot, Bogner Shoes, Palladium, Timberland and Polyver of Sweden après-ski boots.
