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How to tour? (cars not skins)

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I've still got an urge to tour the Maurienne valleyresorts this winter. Many thanks to all those who contributed to a topic about that last winter.

I've got one logistics questions to ask. Is it better to move on to the next resort by...
a) packing in the morning, checking out then and at the end of the skiing day driving to new hotel/apt in time for dinner
b) or, to check out real early, drive to new resort first thing, ski and then check in in the afternoon.
c) Stay, dine, pack, check-out, drive and arrive real late.

I can see pros and cons on all the ways but wondered if anyone had practical experience of this kind of touring. Will it boil down to when apts/hotels want you to check in/out

Cheers
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SussexSnow, Bearing in mind the fickle weather in the Alps, I would check out early morning and get on the road, and treat any ski-ing on the change-over day as a bonus frankly. I personally have twin-centred Val d'Isere with Alpe d'Huez and with Verbier on another occasion. However you don't appear to be planning to go far in any one day, and in this case I would still opt to leave in the morning and hope to get a couple hours on the slopes in the afternoon.

Interested to hear your chosen resorts in the Maurienne Valley.
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Thanks for the thoughts - i've been lucky on the road front on my forays to the Alps. Only got stuck for 5 hours in a sunday night blizzard in Andorra.

Maurienne Resort. I've been looking at the IGN maps, resort sites etc. Les Sybelles is big and offers some potential for exploring. You've got the lift to Val Thorens from Orelle as Insurance (and the Plan Bouchet valley it accesses is my favourite spot.) Val Cenis looks good, up to 2,800m, runs above and below the tree line. Ditto for Valloire. The small stations just look fun. Bonneval, right at the head of the valley has a lift going up to almost 3000m and the terrain looks steep. Same for Aussois.

I think you could spend two days in Les Sybilles, a day in VT for the 3V, single days at Valloire/Valmenier. Val Cenis and add up the rest in half days.

The key to unlocking it is the Maurienne Ski Sans Frontiere pass. Five days for £50. BA to Turin midweek for £68 all in, and a apt for 178 Euros.

Just got to sell it to the friends.
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SussexSnow, Only skied 3 V nearby. There must a lot good little resorts around in the Alps which the big operators don't use. In Switzerland there is pass valid for the whole of Valais - have a look at http://www.valais-skicard.ch/. I would not put you off the Maurienne which sounds great, but just to let you know if you like exploring sometimes unfashionable resorts Valais and other lesser know parts of Switzerland may fit the bill.

If Ise picks up on the thread I am sure he can add a lot of info - I know he likes the Val d'Anniviers region of Valais http://www.sierre-anniviers.ch/index.cfm?&Langue=en.

Switzerland, except for eating out, IMHO is no more expensive than France, but the quality is top-notch.

Have you got any good links for the Maurienne - it would be interesting to have a look?
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