Resort recommendations
Hi,
starting to think about next season, would welcome some resort suggestions that meet the following: - ideally in france, but definitely drivable from uk - village location, not concrete resort - reasonably snowsure and open at least one week before christmas - good for advanced beginners / intermediates - inexpensive! We'll book independently, so package not required. all ideas welcome! cheers mark |
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wrote in message oups.com... - ideally in france, but definitely drivable from uk - village location, not concrete resort - reasonably snowsure and open at least one week before christmas - good for advanced beginners / intermediates - inexpensive! You just described La Rosiere. Walter |
"Walter Wright" wrote in message ... You just described La Rosiere. Sorry, I could have been a little more helpful there.... take a look at www.larosiere.net Walter |
Walter Wright writes:
wrote in message oups.com... - ideally in france, but definitely drivable from uk - village location, not concrete resort - reasonably snowsure and open at least one week before christmas - good for advanced beginners / intermediates - inexpensive! You just described La Rosiere. Do you think it satisfies the "reasonably snowsure" for before Christmas criterion? Where to Ski and Snowboard "average snowfalls wouldn't do the trick" but is a bit ambiguous - it isn't clear whether it's saying LR is good because in practice it gets more than average snowfalls, or just that it's a great place after lots of snow, but to be avoided otherwise. We went to La Thuile once and loved it, it would be interesting to stay the other side. We're trying to solve almost the same equation this year, except that we don't insist it be France and won't be driving (train would be ideal to salve our environmental consciences, would consider flying). I'm thinking maybe Val Thorens, though that might be too "concrete resort" for some. Incidentally, if anyone's reading who helped me with recommendations for this season, thank you again! Most people recommended Flaine, and that's where we went, and it was a great choice. Convenient in all ways, and both the skiing parent and the parent-and-toddler had fun. Not pretty, but that was OK given its other virtues. (For anyone who remembers the discussions about swapping lift passes: we just bought day tickets, and alternated days between us. Since we were getting up in leisurely fashion and having the first part of each day as a family, we also got the cheaper 11.30-onwards day passes most days!) Our toddler was 2 years 3 months old at the time, and although he loved the snow he was very definite that he didn't want to ski this year - I think he was probably a few months too young anyway, even by French standards. Here's hoping for next year! Sidheag DS Colin Oct 27 2003 |
On 21 Feb 2006 03:36:13 -0800, "
wrote: Hi, starting to think about next season, would welcome some resort suggestions that meet the following: - ideally in france, but definitely drivable from uk Learn about the trains. - village location, not concrete resort I can not think of a snow sure village, but some low resorts are on pasture land so less snow is needed. - reasonably snowsure and open at least one week before christmas The only resorts that are snow sure before Christmas are the resorts that offer glacier skiing eg. Tignes. (Concrete) Fortunately in most resorts they are not fully booked before Christmas so you can inspect the conditions before you decide to go. Some of the high resorts Tignes, Val Thorens aim to open several weeks before Christmas but they will not be fully open. Several years ago I went to Les Arc 2000 the week before Christmas. As I arrived I needed new ski poles (Accidentally left mine at home). The first shop I entered told me to go away they were not open yet. Fortunately the second shop could help. That year there was no shortage of snow. The first week was used to set up the resort. Day 1 (Saturday) only 2 Arc 2000 lifts were open. Sunday 3 lifts. Monday back to 2 lifts. Tuesday 3 lifts. Wednesday 4 lifts. Thursday all lifts except the drags and two chairs. Friday no change. Up until this point not all the pistes were marked. Saturday all lifts were open more pistes appeared and the pistes were properly marked. The best ski holiday I ever had. Empty pistes, no lift queues, quiet cheap restaurants (temporary menus) - good for advanced beginners / intermediates - inexpensive! Not that snow sure but when they designed the last purpose built resort they finally realised that the cheaply erected buildings such as those in Les Menuires or Tignes look awful. So Valmorel is entirely built in the inauthentic wood clad style that is popular today. Nice place. Inexpensive Arc 1950 is only a few years old and is very nice too. It is snow sure, but expensive. |
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:23:32 +0000, Ian Blake NoNotMe@NotAnywhere
wrote: On 21 Feb 2006 03:36:13 -0800, " wrote: - reasonably snowsure and open at least one week before christmas The only resorts that are snow sure before Christmas are the resorts that offer glacier skiing eg. Tignes. (Concrete) Tignes le Lac is far from being a concrete resort. Val Claret is, I'll admit, but le Lac is quite pleasant with something of a village feel. Ish. As is le Lavachet, just a bit further down. -- Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
"Sidheag McCormack" wrote in message ... Do you think it satisfies the "reasonably snowsure" for before Christmas criterion? Where to Ski and Snowboard "average snowfalls wouldn't do the trick" but is a bit ambiguous - it isn't clear whether it's saying LR is good because in practice it gets more than average snowfalls, or just that it's a great place after lots of snow, but to be avoided otherwise. I've been to LaRos 5 or 6 times in the last seven years, although admittedly never before Christmas. I know one of the senior ESF instructors there, and he's always telling me that the resort has never failed to open on time due to lack of snow. We went to La Thuile once and loved it, it would be interesting to stay the other side. Definitely one of the major attractions of the resort is being able to ski over into Italy for the day, or even just for coffee or a decent pizza. Anyone with more than about 3 or 4 weeks of skiing under their belt would probably find LaRos a bit too limiting on its own. Walter |
Walter Wright wrote:
: I've been to LaRos 5 or 6 times in the last seven years, although admittedly : never before Christmas. I know one of the senior ESF instructors there, and : he's always telling me that the resort has never failed to open on time due : to lack of snow. He has a short memory! It failed to open on time (whatever that means - resorts tend to have a target "if possible" date) in December 2004 (as did Les Arcs just opposite - and other Tarentaise resorts) - all were delayed by at least a week due to no pre-Christmas snow (at all!) until mid-December. |
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All French resorts are drivable, but I would only rule out Isola and those in the Pyrenees as being impractical. If you mean "in one day", I'd agree. That said, the new motorway link to Toulouse (via that new Millau bridge) means that the French Pyrenees are *just* accessible in one driving day, given the right car[1]. [1] Something farking fast, and with a cavalier disregard for speed limits. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F CD250 x2 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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