Inside Val Thorens, the highest ski resort in Europe (with a six-month season) and voted the best on the planet. Does it live up to the hype?

Forget a ski-in, ski-out hotel, what about a ski-in, ski-out resort? Welcome to France‘s Val Thorens, which has been declared the world’s best ski resort nine times, including for 2024 Here, no matter where you stay, the snow is never…