I just got back from the French Alps , We had a week in Vallandry ( Les Arcs) , awesome amount of snow over our 2011 trip.
Yes it was cold , but you are on a snow based holiday and high up a mountain. We had -20 at 2000+ metres on a few days, had to wrap up worm and not take your gloves off.....
Resort isnt to expensive to eat during the day, Apres ski not bad either beer a little dear 6 Euro for a Leffe or Magners.
Might even slide back for a long weekend in March!!!!
I have a huge amount of Go Pro footage as well , will get on editting it down once I get over my long list of un answered emails.......