Luxury Ski Resorts

In our opinion, luxury chalets go hand in hand with luxury ski resorts, as there is no point having one without the other. So what constitutes a luxury ski resort. Opinions here ill of course vary, but in my opinion the criteria needs to be something on the lines of:

1. High altitude skiing (piste skiing above 3,000m)
2. Extensive skiing throughout the ski region
3. Great areas for all abilities, and challenging to experts too
4. A great town centre and a good apres-ski too
5. A place to be seen and therefore frequented by the rich and famous for its great restaurants and boutique shopping

So on this basis, which European resorts would get my luxury ski resorts label:

1. Chamonix
2. Courchevel
3. Meribel
4. St Anton
5. Val d'Isere
6. Verbier
7. Zermatt

So there we are, seven luxury ski resorts to choose from!