Depends what you're after. Val Thorens is the biggest mountain and biggest night out — World's Best Resort, world's largest ski area, best nightlife in the Alps. Rise Festival is a ski trip and a music festival in one, with the earliest dates of the season. Les Deux Alpes is the original, quieter, sunnier and the lowest price. Scroll up to the "Still not sure?" section for a quick steer, or just WhatsApp Gravy.

Absolutely — plenty of our crew do. Rise kicks off the season in December, Val Thorens runs through January, and Les Deux Alpes' Spring Session wraps things up in April. Different mountains, different energy, same crew vibe.

The mountain, the accommodation style and the season. Val Thorens is ski-in/ski-out apartments with a wellness spa, on the world's largest ski area. Les Deux Alpes is a private chalet with a jacuzzi and sauna, on Europe's highest skiable glacier. Rise is the same Les Deux Alpes base, but built around a live music festival in early December. All three run on the same model: chef-cooked French food, wine pairings every night, and a hosted crew from slopes to dance floor.

Yes — same crew, same chef-cooked food and wine pairings, same hosted approach from slopes to nightlife, every trip. The only things that change are the mountain, the accommodation and the season.

Val Thorens and Les Deux Alpes both run on code EARLYRISER for €100 off. Rise Festival runs its own release-based pricing — it's already on its final release before prices go up, so that one's about timing rather than a code.

Not really — all three trips work for non-skiers. You can get passenger lift passes up the mountain, there's plenty going on in resort, and the food, wine and nightlife are the same whether you skied that day or not. If anything, Les Deux Alpes' quieter pace might suit non-skiers best — but it's genuinely not a dealbreaker on any of the three.