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Think we'll have to wait for the exact detail from Castex in the next few days.
@L0ve2ski, and yes was not cut and dried but at the same time did not sound too good putting it mildly!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mid Jan was my take on the address as well
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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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Why the delay in announcing the date for ski resorts?
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Unconvinced worth opening lifts if from Jan 20. Much grumpiness here that a. He didn’t give decision yea or nay, b. What’s the good being able to open your ski shop when the station’s closed ...
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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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Worse than expected from a skiing perspective but better from an everyday one. At least I'll be able to get out out more, hiking too while it's fine. Shopping further afield. If the snow comes raquettes and perhaps rando skis. Looks as if I'll be able to get over to Lyon on 15th. She's reasonably happy, can open the shop and should get at least some Christmas shoppers.
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Feel a bit silly trying to interpret all these posts when I didn't follow the actual announcement. But can I assume from what I've read:
- more shops opening 2 Dec, but little relevance to those in UK
- travel possible from 15 Dec, but no skiing or restaurants
- restaurants open from some undefined dated in January (variously proposed as 9th/15th/20th)
- possibility of skiing from similar date or a few days later
Hopefully someone can clarify. Just to give us a little optimism!
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Essentially he doesn't see them opening before the end of the year, but will update in 10 days time once he's spoken to his European partners.
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| davidof wrote: |
| Will be good if it is 20km as rumoured That is a lot of touring in range... If it snows. |
. Probably to early to ask until more details come out....if we arrive in France beginning of Jan, drive to accommodation ( booked for the month of Jan), do think we would be allowed to ski tour at the ski station ?? until the lifts open later in the month ??
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+1 for @thunderer,'s question. Much as I'd love the lifts to be going, just being able to access snow and do some touring would be great. The big difference between the UK confinement and the French one is that here in London at least I have been able to ride my bike and run. The French 1km rule I think has been pretty brutal with respect to people's health and well-being.
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@thunderer, Recommend you contact the resort Tourist Information Office & ask them.
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| Kenzie wrote: |
| @thunderer, Recommend you contact the resort Tourist Information Office & ask them. |
Good idea I will nearer the time.
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Interesting comment from Steve Angus on Macron's announcement - see Snow Reports, The View From Val D'Isere.
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You know it makes sense.
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Is it maybe a good thing if no skiing till after Christmas? I think we would have been highly likely to see big spike in January, occurring on top of high numbers from inadequate November restrictions, with almost certain closure by end Jan/Feb. This way there is some chance of numbers being under some control in time for quiet season opening, and some possibility of getting some kind of season?
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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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@chocksaway, reading between the lines c/o Google seems like Macron and Castex might have different views.
*Clutching at straws I know outside chance of a change in policy in ten days ???????
I think some more Brit Tour Ops might throw in the towell now as, is it worth getting staff out in advance of Brexit cut off Dec 31 now?
*Copied from Connexion
Mr Macron said it was "very hard to see how they could open for the holiday period". However, he said talks are to take place between the government, local officials and industry professionals and a decision will be made soon.
It is thought that one consideration is to avoid overloading hospitals in popular ski regions with accidents relating to skiing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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The Haute Savoie has 413 positive cases per 100,000 and ICU is at 136% of capacity. R number is positive at 0.64
They thinking is surely that they aren't in a position to cope with the hundreds of ski related injuries per day that they will get if the hordes descend over Christmas and New Year. And of course they also already well aware that ski resorts are prime for virus spreading.
At the moment looks like they are trying to wait for the vaccine and then save half term and the rest of the season. I suppose if it works out like that it won't be a complete disaster. Some clarity in ten days will at least allow some forward bookings.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Alpinebear wrote: |
| Why the delay in announcing the date for ski resorts? |
5th December is the last date, more or less, for the big resorts to get things organized for a Dec 19th opening. The idea is to see if numbers in the local hospitals are better to allow A&E to open for ski injuries (the local hospitals are rammed with skiers in the winter).
With bars and restaurants closed there is little chance of picking up Covid in resort if they only allow drags and chairs to open.
The President makes the decision. The PM in France is really just an administrative role, he doesn't have any power if the President is from the same political party. So what pres. Macron said today is the way things stand at present.
Anyways hope you were all pleased to hear about the 20km rule over an hour before Macron announced it and the mid Jan figure for ski resorts a full week days before Macron announced it  . Stay tuned.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Nelbert75 wrote: |
The Haute Savoie has 413 positive cases per 100,000 and ICU is at 136% of capacity. R number is positive at 0.64
At the moment looks like they are trying to wait for the vaccine and then save half term and the rest of the season. I suppose if it works out like that it won't be a complete disaster. Some clarity in ten days will at least allow some forward bookings. |
Vaccine will make no difference to half term, it will barely be available to the general population by then.
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Vincent Rolland - Député de la Savoie
Stations de ski : STUPEFACTION ! !
L’annonce du président Macron de ne très probablement pas ouvrir nos stations de ski pour les vacances de Noël alors que nous travaillons avec les services de l’Etat à l’élaboration d’un protocole sanitaire depuis des semaines nous laisse un gout amer.
Encore hier le Premier Ministre nous indiquait qu’une décision serait prise dans une dizaine de jours en concertation avec les socioprofessionnels et les élus de la montagne .
Très déçu d’avoir été concerté pour que cette décision incompréhensible et précitée soit arrêtée par le President.
Elle va plonger des dizaines de milliers de professionnels dans d’immenses difficultés . C’est bien évidemment à eux que je pense. Je soutiendrai notre Savoie et ses acteurs économiques afin qu’ils soient soutenus par l’Etat au regard des situations de chacun.
Plus que jamais nous devons rester mobilisés et combatifs car l’ouverture des stations de ski doit se faire au regard de la situation sanitaire du moment et non en fonction de pays voisins comme l’Italie qui a ses propres raisons de ne pas ouvrir ses domaines skiables. Les discussions doivent reprendre.
Nous ne pouvons pas en rester là...
Ski resorts: STUPEFACTION! !
President Macron’s announcement that we will most likely not open our ski resorts for the Christmas holidays when we have been working with state services to develop a health protocol for weeks has left us with a bitter taste.
Yesterday the Prime Minister told us that a decision would be taken in ten days in consultation with socio-professionals and elected officials from the mountains.
Very disappointed to have been concerted so that this incomprehensible and above-mentioned decision is stopped by the President.
It will plunge tens of thousands of professionals into immense difficulty. Of course I am thinking of them. I will support our Savoy and its economic players so that they are supported by the State with regard to individual situations.
More than ever, we must remain mobilized and combative because the opening of ski resorts must be done in view of the current health situation and not according to neighboring countries like Italy which has its own reasons for not opening its areas. skiable. Discussions must resume.
We cannot stop there ...
Mixed messages this week have caused frustration and anger. Local Facebook groups are hot. Another cause of anger is than trains and airlines will run at capacity over Christmas and New Year. But not ski resorts ....
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Killing off the industry and looking more and more likely I'll be flogging a kidney to keep hold of our apartment.
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| Nelbert75 wrote: |
R number is positive at 0.64
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Is there a different calculation for R number , its always positive surely and 0.64 implies falling numbers fairly rapidly.
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@Claude B, yeah, looks like a shocking bit of poor comms/management.
Bro in law is partner in ski shop. Catches them between rock and hard place. Allowed to open so minimal/no support (including no support for staff), resort closed so no business.
And that’s just one example.
Xmas/NY represents 20-30% of business ... (in some stations 100%) ... As proposed, this will ruin many businesses/families/resorts.
Little point opening Jan 20.
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Is that not a bit dramatic? We are always being advised " don't book in February if you can avoid it" as its full the whole month.
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There is help though not sure if its the same for everyone.
I have to work a minimum of 122 days in winter which means I have to sign my contract by 17 December. Chances are I'll go on to 80% of salary untill around the 20 January when I would start working.
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We are always being advised " don't book in February if you can avoid it"
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Yeah, it's busy ... with mostly French families who arrive in resort, stay self catering, don't pay as much as xmas NY for accom anyway (by maybe 50-70% less?), bring all their own food, don't eat or drink out, don't take ski lessons except for young kids, ski on grandad's old Rossi Rocs as they only ski those 2 weeks so not worth buying or hiring, I mean, they were good enough for Papi, right?
So yes, it is busy, so, yes, avoid it if you don't need to be following school holidays, but it's really not the big money earning week.
This of course being on top of a poor, truncated winter season last year (late March April being when the big international resorts earn their bonuses with foreign visitors) and a more or less poor truncated summer ...
@Alpinebear, For a whole bundle of reasons I hope you get your job. As I understand it* though (and this from a somewhat terse and brief chat last night) your employer is still liable for their contributions on your social, insurances, etc. (which aiui haven't yet been waived) and so if someone isn't going to be essential later in the season, there's a big risk signing that Dec 17 contract.
* please correct me if I'm wrong, as I say, a brief and terse conversation with a grumpy proprietor.
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@under a new name, true about the skis and the self catering, I’ve seen some really ancient skis around and they probably wax them at home before they go too so the ski shop doesn’t even get any ski service money
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@under a new name, True. As the owner of a small French bar in Tignes said to me "They (the French) even lug crates of bottled water up here to save a couple of cents" 
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Here New Year and the 4 weeks of the french holidays are the busiest. Christmas less so. Yes french visitors tend not to spend as much during the holidays, or at other times come to that. Accommodation rental costs are similar for all 5 weeks. Other weeks can be particularly fruitful for bars, etc though. The Rise festival, already cancelled for mid December, attracts thousands of UK students trying to drink the place dry.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Claude B, 5 weeks of French holidays, non? [/pedant]
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| Claude B wrote: |
| Yes french visitors tend not to spend as much during the holidays, or at other times come to that. |
because the salaries are lower than the UK with more tax, and less easy credit available, so there is less money to spend.
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| T Bar wrote: |
| Nelbert75 wrote: |
R number is positive at 0.64
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Is there a different calculation for R number , its always positive surely and 0.64 implies falling numbers fairly rapidly. |
Correct...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @Claude B, 5 weeks of French holidays, non? [/pedant] |
Only 4, Saturday 6th Feb to Sunday 7th March in 2021
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| davidof wrote: |
| Claude B wrote: |
| Yes french visitors tend not to spend as much during the holidays, or at other times come to that. |
because the salaries are lower than the UK with more tax, and less easy credit available, so there is less money to spend. |
But it's an habitude also. If I suggested a beer after skiing to my ex she looked at me as if I was mad.
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@Claude B, argh. Of course. You are quite right. 3 overlaps of 2, not of 3.
My apologies.
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@under a new name, no worries
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@Claude B, it was funny, I’d fixated on each zone getting 3 weeks and couldn’t in haste square that with a 4 week period, so must be 5 weeks despite not being able to square that up either.
Decision making, eh?
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| davidof wrote: |
Anyways hope you were all pleased to hear about the 20km rule over an hour before Macron announced it and the mid Jan figure for ski resorts a full week days before Macron announced it . Stay tuned. |
Yes, much appreciated. Great to get the lie of the land / piste. Have pencilled in the 20th...fingers crossed.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Wed 25-11-20 16:19; edited 1 time in total
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| T Bar wrote: |
| Nelbert75 wrote: |
R number is positive at 0.64
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Is there a different calculation for R number , its always positive surely and 0.64 implies falling numbers fairly rapidly. |
I meant the news on that is more positive than the current situ with the hospitals
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Crystal have just cancelled our holiday to Les Arcs on the 19th December. Was expecting it, but now it is official.
They are offering up to 20% additional credit if we want to amend to another booking (maybe Easter...?)
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Without any snow, Christmas or no Christmas, it is bald men fighting over a comb at the moment. Even Val Thorens would probably have put back its 19 November opening if there were no covid restrictions.
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