They know the best places to gobble cheese fondue and drink vin chaud.

Even better, get pally with a ski/snowboard instructor who can advise you on where the best powder is and who the single instructors are (aren’t we all salopes* deep down?)

They might also teach you some local slang, so you don’t sound like you’ve been transported out of a GCSE French class, speaking dialect from a 80s textbook. Instead, you will be a hip, edgy, Alpine local.

* “salope” is French for hussy/expert French kisser/racy character – you get the drift.