It doesn't really have the blacks you require, but for long green runs meandering through forests nowhere I've been in Europe beats Serre Chevalier. It's also a pretty big area, would take longer to explore thoroughly than some of the more well-known French resorts.
It has a different feel to other French resorts. Far more trees. Accomodation in real towns.
Just make sure when you go there's enough snow to ski all the way down. (I think the snow there is generally pretty good, if I remember correctly the mountains are north facing and whatever falls tends to last.) On my second visit the only open run back to the particular village was a black. (There were still greens higher up the mountain that could be used, wife had to take a bubble back.) Don't get me wrong, I think it's good for having snow when other resorts don't, it's just that you may not get the full benefit of those long greens if you go in April.
Villeneuve is probably the best base, with Le Monetier and Chantemerle also OK. The city of Briancon at one end is to be avoided - that portion of the ski area relatively isolated from the rest, and I think you'd need transport to get to and from the single lift at the bottom.
It has a different feel to other French resorts. Far more trees. Accomodation in real towns.
Just make sure when you go there's enough snow to ski all the way down. (I think the snow there is generally pretty good, if I remember correctly the mountains are north facing and whatever falls tends to last.) On my second visit the only open run back to the particular village was a black. (There were still greens higher up the mountain that could be used, wife had to take a bubble back.) Don't get me wrong, I think it's good for having snow when other resorts don't, it's just that you may not get the full benefit of those long greens if you go in April.
Villeneuve is probably the best base, with Le Monetier and Chantemerle also OK. The city of Briancon at one end is to be avoided - that portion of the ski area relatively isolated from the rest, and I think you'd need transport to get to and from the single lift at the bottom.
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