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As the title says, looking to hear of any favorites / hidden gems and why (blue to black)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I thought this was an old thread resurrected. I'm pretty sure this is well covered (plenty to post on though)
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I thought that too but search didnt return anything (feel free to correct me)
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Grand Pre. The run under Toviere. Oh so many to think of... Head hurts.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Why is he after you?
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I like Santons down into Val, like a natural half pipe - good fun. Germain Mattis is nice too, good to get amongst the trees in what is quite an exposed ski area.
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Dave of the Marmottes, ? not following you, but then I have had a drink 
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So many great runs!
In Val:
Le Face is number one, and I also love Arcelle, Germain Mattis, OK & Orange (first thing), Rhone Alps and Combe du Geant.
In Tignes:
Sache is number one and I also love Double M, Grattalu, Bleuets, Descente and Leisse.
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| I like Santons down into Val |
LOL. I think you're on your own there.
ps: Escape Killy??!!
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ps: Escape Killy??!![/quote]
Stupid computer auto-correcting!!
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Double M on the Tignes side is an absolute belter when its quiet. Sache is lovely, I'm also a big fan of Trolles but I've not been back to Tignes since they slowed down the fast run out of it into le Lac, and the fast schuss was one of the best bits.
On the VdI side I'm very much a fan of OK and have done that top to bottom a few times. Le Face has to be done. Also, not a run, but the up and over chairlift is a definite experience.
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Dav, got to agree. The over the top chairlift is something to experience at least once!
I enjoyed the runs down to Les Brevieres and the Solaise area in Val.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Combe du Geant on the Pissailles glacier is a favourite for fast carving away from the crowds. Face is brilliant first thing in the morning when it's been freshly bashed, skied top to bottom to warm the legs up (ouch!). Sache as others mention for its feeling of isolation and a cheeky little steepish red, Table d'Orientation over beyond Solaise which is usually empty and a fun ski.
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Anything on the Pissailles glacier, Arcelles, Sache and the whole zig-zag journey from Les Brevieres to Val Claret.
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You know it makes sense.
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Piste perdue for fun ..
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Dav wrote: |
Double M on the Tignes side is an absolute belter when its quiet. Sache is lovely, I'm also a big fan of Trolles but I've not been back to Tignes since they slowed down the fast run out of it into le Lac, and the fast schuss was one of the best bits.
On the VdI side I'm very much a fan of OK and have done that top to bottom a few times. Le Face has to be done. Also, not a run, but the up and over chairlift is a definite experience. |
Another Double M fan here
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Poster: A snowHead
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limegreen1, +1
THere's also a lovely descent down to Brevieres, but you have to skin up to get to it.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Another vote for Santons. It's fun if it's quiet. Also Glacier and Leisse on the Grande Motte, and the other Glacier on the VdI side (from the Glacier Express lift to the Datcha restaurant).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Piste Perdue.
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Always liked Epault Chavert and Glacier on the Grande Motte. Never quite get Double M, like the length but always seem to do it in the shade. Also like Grattalu great for a hoon. Must try and get back there this year, it's 8 years since I last went.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Verte
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Yes le piste perdue. Part ski run, part caving trip. 
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Full pelt down OK 
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Another fan of OK / Orange, especially when you're on the first funicular up, and so have the place to yourself and can let rip.
I'm also enjoy Santons, as others have already mentioned, and Descente into Double M top to bottom with no stopping.
To be honest though any quiet piste is a good piste in my book.
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Another vote for OK. The blue from the top of the Glacier Express left in Val is really good fun with some great views. Grattalu is a nice run for carving some turns in the morning. Double M is hard to beat if its quiet, which it frequently was during last year's PSB
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Santons? Are you mad? Piste L is what Santons should be.
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"Cairn", I think its called... goes does the east face of Bellevarde. Not done it from the very top yet, but I might have to try that this year if conditions and travel plans allow. Nice views, and it certainly beats all the traffic scraping down the Face de Bellevarde...
Not a piste, but I see other people have already mentioned unofficial routes 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Without a doubt............. Trolles!
Then for a bit of sport in the afternoon....... Epaule du Charvet, just to watch the numpties! 
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La Face. Scary but fun.
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You know it makes sense.
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| kieranm wrote: |
| To be honest though any quiet piste is a good piste in my book. |
Exactly my view. It's all in the timing
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Sache is long and remote but gets polished quickly.
Leisse sees much less traffic and keeps good snow for longer.
Signal above Le Fornet for similar reasons. Nice off-piste over the back too.
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Poster: A snowHead
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skimastaaah, I'm still too scared to try Epaule. I think I'd end up being one of the aforementioned numpties!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Another vote for 'OK' when it's quiet.
After a lot of snow (and when it is open) 'Foret' down to the Fornet bubble can be an absolute treat- but have a look on the way up because it can be a complete mess too!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Epaule was my first ever black. The convex slope was a bit disconcerting but it was in excellent condition and really not that difficult.
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Epaule was my first ever black. The convex slope was a bit disconcerting but it was in excellent condition and really not that difficult.
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So's any black run in excellent condition (i.e. freshly bashed or soft bumps)
I once decided to do Epaule, first thing, on my own, as a warm-up. I'd left my lift pass in the hotel so the group left me behind whilst I went back to retrieve it. In the ensuing grump, I thought i'd go off and do a bit on my own before catching them up (they're all slow, faffers anyway) They'd gone up Solaise so I thought I'd nip up Bellevarde and give Epaule a go before catching the others. Partly to test myself over the bumps away from critical eyes and ridicule of my chums and partly to confirm my own opinion of myself as a mogul-hero. At the top, it looked beautiful and pristine, glinting in the morning sun so off I went. After about 3 metres, I was confronted with a near-vertical wall of moguls resembling rock-hard boulders of ice each the size of a small hatchback which i proceeded to skid, slip, twist, fall my way down for about 10 minutes. After much cursing and sweating, I sheepishly cruised out of the bottom with nothing damaged except my pride, or so I thought... When I eventually caught up the others they didn't even give me the opportunity to lie about my solo exploits, so gleeful were they in revealing to me immediately that they'd watched the whole sorry episode from the red off Solaise on the other side of the valley!!
Epaule is definitely not one of my favourite runs! That red off Solaise mentioned above is a lovely run, +1 for double m and if you can find it and don't mind the walk at the bottom, Golf in Tignes is great little run too.
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While I like Double M as much as the next man I will also put in a vote for Genepi, its wimpier blue half-sibling. On a sunny day in March 2008 I suddenly realised what this skiing malarky was all about when I descended from the Motte in splendid isolation and without falling over. Never looked back since.
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Bogusman,
The Genepi is a glorious run, I agree - the uphill bit just after the Isolee junction is a killer though (particularly for a boarder like myself) unless you carry enough momentum after the steep pitch preceding it.
My favourite EK run though is Arcelle - varied, long and with good snow at most times of the day.
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