 Poster: A snowHead
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simonmj66, cheers mate - any chance of tracking down a giant human-sized one? I would find that most useful for avoiding the end-of-day green.
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Any better?
"Y" is the one two thirds to the right. The dodgy green is on the left - leave the green and Valentin (both have a similar starting position) well alone at the end of the day and take the Belle Etoile lift down - as other  have said much safer and more fun at 4pm than doing Valentin or the green track/road - great views of world class wipeouts!!
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Yeah I remember many a time roaring down that green, it's a lot hairyer than green for beginners at the end of the day. You usually got stuck behind some snowploughing horrors for half an hour 
I presume apart from the green, la Valentin and Le Diable all the other runs are off-piste? I heard rumour of reds down to town, or is that a fable?
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I think there is a red that takes you to the Venosc side of town - could be the one on the far right - Charlotte will know a little better than me! 
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really the pics and the video that we called the Y are pics and vid from the couloir between the Y and the diable; that the first part it's pretty much steep than the others and at the second half way is really thin.....
Les posettes is really nice, easy acces not much steep and every time that you cross the demoiselles path you have a nice jump.
Valentin is pisted, we didn't do it really, but just next to the piste it's also nice, specially a little gully between the next piste valentine and the belle etoile that you can do straight or with tight turns
Belle Etoile and Grande Pente, maybe the steepests, specially nice grande pente to do GS turns in powder and finish in the trees just before jandri.
L'Y is nice as you starts practically at the top of cretes and the pitch is gradually so at the start you don't see the final, and you can ski really fast as it's wide enough......
The area reached from the top of cretes it's really amazing.........
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metalhead132, Great descriptions - very clear for all who haven't been here.  Today I was working on the Cretes and afterwards I skied down the Grande Pente. It was great! Tracked powder, but I managed to find some untracked for the odd turn (did have to go very slowly and make some line adjustments!). It's funny to think that this brilliant snow would be called crud in the states!  First pic is looking down the Grande Pente from the top of the steep bit, and the second is looking over to the Pied Moutet side - all ready to be opened I think. some have obviously been up there, but I suspect it was either pisteurs or hardy types on skins (couple of tracks I could see). Lovely sunshine, cold though.
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Hi all,
I am an aussie currently living in Norway and me, my girlfriend, a mate (both ozzies living in norway) and her sister (ozzie from oz) are coming to L2A on 29th Jan for a week. We are really excited and it is great to hear the resort has been getting a good cover of snow (cheers for the great updates easiski).
It'll be our first time to L2A and being there over New Years I was wondering if there are any special events/parties/gatherings planned - whether they be restaurant dinners and drinks type things or more of a bigger carry on. We are in our mid to late 20s (although i may possibly have just nudged the early 30s although denial is in existence) so am interested in what might be happening.
I can't wait to get out there and amongst the snow. I just waxed my skis up tonight and hopefully going skiing locally in Norway this weekend.
Thanks in advance for any help that may come our way and if anyone feels like a beer with a bunch of aussies let us know!
Cheers
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are any of the ski home options viable goals (for the end of the week) for someone out on their first week snowboarding? always good to have goals!
Also, are there still a couple of FREE lifts in L2A on the bunny slopes? Thinking I might have a couple of hours of daylight on my arrival day and if I can get my hire kit in time might have a pootle around near the town to try and get myself back onto the board! Which lifts are they? Are they open? And are any near the chalet carlines!
Pete (excitement is at fever pitch! roll on Sunday!)
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peter.holland, all the free tows are on the nursery slopes. You can access the slopes by 5 min walk from Carlines to red eggs - go straight past and you soon reach the extreme edge of the slopes - nice cafe bar at the bottom and an improvised wee jump 3/4 way down the run. All the nursery slopes are next to each other and I recall at least 3 are free
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You know it makes sense.
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good advice easkiski... I wouldnt have thought of that - but it makes a lot of sense!
I hope not to be side-sliding about by the end of the week... I'm out to board as much as my little unfit legs will let me - the obvious joys of eating and drinking in nice surrounds shall have to take a back seat!
Is it worth doing an away day to Alp D'huez? Thinking of booking the chopper trip when I get there.
Nice also to see more slopes getting ready to open for this weekend!!! Shall try to whip together a bit of a trip report together after this to answer some of the questions a beginner like me would be asking.... thanks to all you guys for your patience and help!
Pete
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Whats the best/cheapest way to get to Les2Alpes from Geneva would you say?
Lisa - New to snowheads - and to snowboardin!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Seems quite a few snowheads will be in LDA from this weekend - I'll be out on Sunday with Junior Noggy for a week.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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noggy, fancy a pint then? The bird and I are out on Monday til Sunday. Anyone else?
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lisa_jay, No - deffo not GVA! (welcome the SHs). Grenoble or Lyon have the best public transport onwards to resort (cheapest). you can get flights to both these airports from a number of UK airports. From Sheffield probably W Midlands or Leeds. But Leeds only does GVA I think .... Stanstead shouldn't be too bad for you I would think??
Pix today looking down and up from near the bottom of the first part of Les Posettes. I found more untracked turns than on Grande Pente yesterday, and at one point found two together!! The snow is still very powdery and light, even right down in the trees you can see by the town
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paulmck, Quite a few I think.
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easiski, some of us up north have no option but to fly to Geneva . Our alternative is to drive in really heavy traffic in the UK to southern airports. Nicer to drive from Geneva. Better than driving from Sheffield to Stansted anyway.
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All packed and ready to go !!! Nice to see the british weather has let me aclimatise nicely with frost and freezing temps at the moment. Not ideal when all of your hats and gloves are in the bottom of a suitcase.
Arrive sat pm late, me and 2 sprogs for a week on 2 planks
See you all there, I'll give you a bell once I'm there Easiski
Big Rich
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paulmck, I've sent you a PM.
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Thanks for all your advise guys!
We've decided to hire a car from Geneva to Les2Alpes as the flights already booked (and leaving in 13 hours and counting!.....)
Sod it, we'll enjoy the drive and arrive less stressed hopefully.
I'm loving the pictures! Although as a learner boarder, I'm worried about those 2 inch undulations! Its doesn't take a lot for me to hit the deck! Glad my mate is lending me her bum padding. Bless her.
See you in the beginners class or if not, at the bar!
Lisa j - excited as hell!
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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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lisa_jay, I don't know what arrangements Noggy & Paul McK are making, but if you ring me (number on fliers in tourist office) you are more than welcome to come to any drink they arrange.
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lisa_jay, its an easy drive from geneva, should take you about 2 hours maybe 2 and a half. Only took me 3 from serre che.
easiski, looks like i may be up your way on tuesday, I sign for the studio on monday fingers crossed money has got there to so i can get my seasonair moved in! Will give you a call if i'm there and maybe have a week drink to celebrate
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You know it makes sense.
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noggy, oh yes, so you have. I'll give you a bell at some stage and we'll organise something. Say Tuesday night in the Windsor? lisa_jay, easiski, you are most welcome to join us - Looking forward to seeing your new house, Charlotte!
R32, We'll be back out again between 1-10 Jan, so may well see you then.
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Poster: A snowHead
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paulmck, remember to do the training we discussed ! We need a second win at the MSB this year. I'll bring the same wax as last year !
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paulmck, blizt, 
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It was another pleasant day today, but absolutely brassic! Really chil wind. Anyway the snow is still good, and here's a photo of the Cretes early this afternoon, and one of the top of the Valentin looking up from the gully just before the bit where you join half way. I skied the top part of Posettes and then cut onto the bottom part of the Valentin. that was OK, but I was surprised by a bit of a slick patch near the bottom. You couldn't call it ice, but certainly firm that slidy as opposed to all the other nice snow around.
Lots of tracks all over the walls of the Fee although the lifts are not open there, clearly a large number of people are hiking up to get the last of the untracked powder. Impressive.
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easiski, please let it stay like that until we get there  .
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paulmck, Tuesday sounds good.
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Smokin Joe, regretfully, unless I find a stash of Nazi gold in the mountains or I become the first lottery winner in history who didn't buy a ticket, the MSB is off limits for me this year, so I won't be there to defend my cowbell. Did I say cowbell? I meant to say large silver trophy.
I promise to try harder to get there in 09. Hope you're keeping well, btw.
noggy, good man - shall we say 9pm in the Windsor? blizt, lisa_jay, you are most welcome too, and you Charlotte, obviously!
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easiski,
looks great, good pics. The snow is enough to open all the domain I think
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