# Where care or ski school actually starts

> Source: Snowthere.com
> URL: https://www.snowthere.com/guides/alps-childcare-by-age
> Type: how-to
> Last Updated: 2026-10-20
> Table: Snowthere childcare-by-age index 2026-27

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.

## Snowthere childcare-by-age index 2026-27

| 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. |

## FAQ

**Q: Which resorts take a baby under 1?**
A: 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.

**Q: Is ski school the same product as childcare?**
A: 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.

**Q: How much does a creche day cost?**
A: 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.

**Q: Where is the longer list of French desks?**
A: 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.