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I have booked Esprit's Gressoney- La-Trinité place next Easter. I normally book ski hire independently but having searched I haven't found any online places that I can book with.
Does anybody know of any that I have managed to miss?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Check out Ski set, I think they cover Gressony
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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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They only offer Gressoney Stafal and Gresoney Weissmattan (sp?) which I presume are different villages?
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Esprit use David Sport which is opposite the hotel, there is another hire shop about 500m down the road. We used Esprit for hire because they offer free hire for kids when an adult hires, I think their prices factor in the free hire so if you don't need both then probably not so good value.
You could take the 5-10 min bus ride up to Stafal, some of the busses are free - can't remember if you need to be carrying ski gear for the free ones.
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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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@simonbaddeley, we have found it cheaper for other resorts to do it directly as we only hire ski's but need sois and boots for the girls. However if I can't book directly easily then I will call esprit and see if I can add it onto our booking
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We were in a similar situation, my wife just needed skis and I took my snowboard but like to have a couple of days on skis. Like you I couldn't find anywhere to book online so just used Esprit, it worked out well for me as the terrain, conditions and being with the kids was better suited skis so I only used the snowboard a couple of times.
Stafal has easy access to a nice blue at Gabiet and an easy red from Bettaforca. At Christmas when there was no snow at la-trinite both beginner and improver were bussing up to Stafal so picking up ski hire from there would be ok especially if you wanted to ski there in the afternoon on arrival day.
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Thanks @simonbaddeley, that's good to know about the bus etc. will compare prices.
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Wherever you hire from bring cash. These Italians don't/ won't accept credit cards
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As others have said David sport is really the only option as it's the shop right opposite the hotel and they are very good.
And here's a bit of a background of the racer from gressoney whose family own the shop
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_David
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