A creche and a snow garden are different doors.
Snowthere childcare-by-age index 2026-27. Under 1, 1 to 2, 3 to 4, and 5 plus, from desks we already hold. Day rates stay UNVERIFIED.
Last checked 2026-10-20.
Here's the thing. "Kindergarten" on a brochure is usually the snow garden from 3. A baby needs the creche line, and that line has a name.
This index is every named start we already hold in the Snowthere files. It is not a 40-resort day-rate dump. If the hour, the euro, or the booking lead was not in those files, the cell says UNVERIFIED.
A resort can sit in more than one band. Montgenèvre's Mini Club starts under 1. Bébé Skieur starts at 2. Piou-Piou starts at 3. Book the door that prints your child's birthday.
The nine French villages, youngest desk first, are the childcare collection.
Named products already in the Snowthere files. Care and ski school can both appear. A cell we do not hold says UNVERIFIED. The nine-village ranking is the childcare collection.
| Resort | Age band | What starts | Hours | Day or week price | Booking lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneval-sur-Arc | Under 1 | Care. Les P'tits Chabottes from 3 months to 5 years. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French homepage, re-read 13 Oct 2026. No English age page. Capacity left blank. |
| Pralognan-la-Vanoise | Under 1 | Care. Club Enfants from 6 months to under 6. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French fiche, re-read 13 Oct 2026. The English homepage did not carry this age. |
| Montgenèvre | Under 1 | Care. ESF Mini Club from 6 months to 3 years. French ceiling, not the English "to 4". | Sunday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00. Half-days only. Minimum 6 half-days. | UNVERIFIED | February fills in October or November. 14 places. | Age re-read 13 Oct 2026. Hours from the ESF Montgenèvre reply held on the resort page. |
| Les Orres | Under 1 | Care. Club Marmottes, 6 months to 5, at Les Orres 1800. Not a desk at 1650. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French and English ticket pages agree. Re-read 13 Oct 2026. |
| Oz-en-Oisans | Under 1 | Care. Le Nid Alpin from 6 months. The English page said 3 months. French wins. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French winter URL, re-read 13 Oct 2026. That page still described summer 2026, so no winter window. |
| Les Arcs | Under 1 | Care. Evolution 2 creche at Arc 1950, 9 to 35 months. Not the Arc 1800 school desk. | Half-days first under 15 months. A full day is UNVERIFIED. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French and English agree. Re-read 13 Oct 2026. |
| Avoriaz | Under 1 | Care. Avrizou from 6 months. The ESF heading stops at 2 years completed. The same page and the OT also print to 3. | 6 to 15 months: half-day only. A full day is UNVERIFIED. | UNVERIFIED | About 20 places. Book the ESF before the beds. A sell-out date is UNVERIFIED. | French Alps families file. ESF and OT, held from the 19 Sep 2026 read. |
| Val Thorens | Under 1 | Care. ESF nursery from 3 months (12 places). | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French operator pages in the 14 Oct 2026 Val Thorens file. Not a title change. |
| Pra Loup | 1 to 2 | Care. Les Petits Loups, 1 year completed to the eve of 6. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Re-read 13 Oct 2026. The opening block still said 13 Dec 2025 to 6 Apr 2026. That is not a 2026/27 calendar. |
| Praz de Lys-Sommand | 1 to 2 | Care. Halte-garderie at Sommand, walking children from 1 to 6. No garderie in Praz de Lys village. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French and English fiches, re-read 13 Oct 2026. |
| Peyragudes | 1 to 2 | Care. Official winter garderie from 2 to 5. Pyrenees, not an Alps village. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Under-3 file. The 18-month line is old press, not this garderie. |
| Montgenèvre | 1 to 2 | Ski school. Bébé Skieur from 2 to 3. The creche row above is the under-1 door. | Same ESF week shape as the Mini Club: Sunday to Friday, half-days. A separate Bébé clock is UNVERIFIED. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | ESF Montgenèvre reply held on the resort page. Age also on the 13 Oct 2026 read. |
| Oz-en-Oisans | 1 to 2 | Ski school. Baby Ski from 2, a short midday. Not the jardin. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French Alps families file, held from the 19 Sep 2026 read. |
| Mayrhofen | 1 to 2 | Ski kindergarten, 2 to 4. Not a creche. Habeler private lessons from 3 sit in the next band. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | German pages win. Mayrhofen file, 5 Oct 2026. This row does not change the resort title. |
| Kiroro | 1 to 2 | Care. Club Med childcare desk from 2. Ages 0 to 2 are a welcome kit on request, not a nursery place. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Japanese Club Med Kiroro Grand page, read 1 Oct 2026. This row does not change the resort title. |
| Val Thorens | 1 to 2 | Ski school. Audacius baby ski from 2 with a parent. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French pages in the 14 Oct 2026 Val Thorens file. |
| La Rosière | 3 to 4 | Care and ski school from 3. Club des Galopins, 3 to 12. They will refuse under 3. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French ESF page, re-read 13 Oct 2026. English kindergarten is Piou Piou from 3, a lesson. |
| Warth-Schröcken | 3 to 4 | Ski kindergarten. Salober from 3, toilet-trained. Kids courses from 4. No visitor creche age in the file. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Under-3 file. Official pages fetched 19 Sep 2026. |
| Reiteralm | 3 to 4 | Ski school. Bambini from 3. Infant creche age was not on the pages we hold. | Two hours, 10:00 to 12:00. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Under-3 file. Official pages fetched 19 Sep 2026. |
| Avoriaz | 3 to 4 | Ski school. Village des Enfants from 3. ESF group ski from 4. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French Alps families file, 19 Sep 2026. |
| Les Arcs | 3 to 4 | Ski school. Club Piou Piou at Arc 1800 from 3. Yéti Camp in 1950 from 3 is a kids club, not ski school. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French Alps families file, 19 Sep 2026. Creche is the under-1 row. |
| Kiroro | 3 to 4 | Ski school. Kids Academy ski from 3 to 12. Included kids club from 4. Japanese instructors. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | kiroro.co.jp kids lessons and the Club Med page, read 1 Oct 2026. |
| Mayrhofen | 3 to 4 | Ski school. Habeler private from 3. SMT groups from 4. Snowsports from 5 is the next band. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Mayrhofen file, 5 Oct 2026. German Superskipass page wins on the free-lift rule. No new euros here. |
| Champagny-en-Vanoise | 3 to 4 | Ski school. Club Piou-Piou from 3. The French ESF page also prints other floors, so this is not a single desk age. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Champagny file, 15 Oct 2026. Cards 3 to 5, hero 18 months to 6, FAQ 2 to 8, title 18 months to 5. Every line stays. English cards say 3 to 6. |
| Val Thorens | 3 to 4 | Ski school. Club Piou-Piou from 3, and out of nappies. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French pages in the 14 Oct 2026 Val Thorens file. |
| Bonneval, Pralognan, Les Orres, Oz, Pra Loup, Sommand | 3 to 4 | Ski school. Piou-Piou or ESF from 3 at villages whose creche is already in an earlier band. Sommand Piou-Piou is 3 to 4. The Praz village club is 4 to 5. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | French Alps families file, 19 Sep 2026. Open the resort row above for the younger door. This line is not a second link. |
| Mayrhofen | 5 plus | Ski school. Snowsports groups from 5. Younger products are the 1-2 and 3-4 rows. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Mayrhofen file, 5 Oct 2026. |
| Kiroro | 5 plus | Snowboard. Kids Academy snowboard from 7 to 12. Ski groups start at 3, in the band above. | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | kiroro.co.jp/ski_kids_lessons/, read 1 Oct 2026. |
In this index: Bonneval and Val Thorens from 3 months, Pralognan, Montgenèvre, Les Orres, Oz, and Avoriaz from 6 months, Les Arcs at Arc 1950 from 9 months. Pra Loup starts at 1 year completed, so it is not in this band.
No. Childcare is the desk that keeps the child while you ski. Ski school is a lesson. Piou-Piou from 3 is a lesson. La Rosière will refuse a child under 3. If your child is 2, read the 1-2 band, not the snow-garden sentence.
UNVERIFIED on this page. The files we used do not hold a 2026/27 day rate we are willing to reprint. Open the operator's booking page for the week you are holding. The nine-village ranking, without prices, is the childcare collection.
The childcare collection is the nine French villages, youngest first, re-read on 13 October 2026. This index adds the other named starts we already hold, including Austria and Kiroro, and it splits ski school from care.
Transparency note: This content was created with AI assistance and reviewed by Tom Meredith, our editor. Prices, dates, and availability may change. We recommend confirming details directly with the resort before booking.