Top 2.820 mt. (9.250 ft) bottom 1.760 mt (5.773 ft)

Claviere is a small village on the Franco-Italian border. Only two kilometres distance from Montgenèvre, the first inhabited town in France. From a tourist point of view, Claviere is reknowned for it´s skiing from the beginning of the century, and has an excellent record for snow throughout the season.

Reporters say Claviere has  a pleasant, relaxed atmosphere: it is tightly enclosed by wooded slopes and everybody can find slops for every level and taste, whith guaranteed snow, even in the scarce periods thanks to the atificial snow making machines.

The resort forms part of the group of the "Via Lattea" (The Milky Way), which boasts 400 kilometres of the slops with: Montgenèvre, Cesana, San Sicario, Sauze d´Oulx and Sestriere, which held the 1997 World Alpine Skiing Championship and Torino 2006. It is a quiet and peaceful place. For a break in the day´s skiing, people can choose among 5 mountain restaurants.

People in the village and ski instructors at the ski-school do speak english.

There is also a cross-country trail passing through a beautiful landscape for about 16 km to Montgenèvre and back, and an open air skating rink in a very pleasant setting, open during the day or with floodlit skating in the evening.  Moreover, there are 10 hotels, 9 restaurants, 1 pub, 2 pizzerias, 3 snack-bars, 15 bars and shops where people  can find wathever they need.