 Poster: A snowHead
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| Mjit wrote: |
| Deals tend to be for buying early, before the season starts, usually 10%-15%. |
Ok thanks. So €1k will likely to be the best price? I may as well just get them when in resort.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Roscoe, worth checking that it's the same price at the ticket window as it is online. Sometimes a bit more to buy in person than online.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Roscoe, Flash sales available if you buy passes day by day. E.g. https://en.chatel.com/flash-sales.html Same in some of the other villages I think. We often do this if it is outside peak season.
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@DJL, Ok so would this be online only or at the ticket offices?? We're there for the week so ideally we'd just get the PDS for the full week and go where ever we wanted when we fancied it. But this method would mean buying a lift pass on a daily basis??
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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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Has anyone been down Le Corbeau into Morgins recently? Enough snow to ski or is it download on the chair?
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@Roscoe, yes, buy daily. Fairly straightforward once you set up an account. Not available at the ticket window I don’t think. Where are you staying? You might not need the PDS every day. If you don’t ski first-last lift the 5 Hour pass might make sense as well (Heresy!)
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@snowfraise, I was in Morgins on Saturday - take wellies or the chair.
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| DJL wrote: |
| @Roscoe, yes, buy daily. Fairly straightforward once you set up an account. Not available at the ticket window I don’t think. Where are you staying? You might not need the PDS every day. If you don’t ski first-last lift the 5 Hour pass might make sense as well (Heresy!) |
Staying in Morzine, very close to the Super Morzine lift. Hence wanting the full PDS pass as will be heading up both sides of the Valley on different days.
We are first-last lifters, as we try to make the most of the day, so the 5 hour option might not work.
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@Roscoe, If Morzine are offering a PDS flash sale you might be able to buy those for Tues/Thurs. If you plan to be up the Super Morzine side mostly you probably won't save much (if any) compared to 6 day PDS. If you do a few days Morzine/Les Gets side and a day in St Jean d'Aulps you might save a bit.
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@DJL, Thanks! I think the PDS pass for the full week would be our best bet.
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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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Junior did Pointe d’ Angolon this morning, down into the Vallee de la Manche. Reports only a couple of tracks and deep snow.
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I get an additional discount with a group booking. So for 4 passes, its €250 each for a 6 day PDS pass.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Roscoe wrote: |
I get an additional discount with a group booking. So for 4 passes, its €250 each for a 6 day PDS pass. |
That looks like the best online price available. Expect to have to pay an extra 3 euros each for the rechargeable card.
Set up the online account and you will be able to recharge the passes online for further trips to the PDS.
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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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After some beautiful sunny days in the PDS, it’s snowing here this morning. There are a couple of patches that could do with it, mostly due to the amazing sunshine, but it has been the most beautiful week.
Plain Dranse has been perfect and Mont Chery the best I can recall.
There are quite a few big groups here this week, so next will be quite the contrast for half term.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| snowfraise wrote: |
After some beautiful sunny days in the PDS, it’s snowing here this morning. There are a couple of patches that could do with it, mostly due to the amazing sunshine, but it has been the most beautiful week.
Plain Dranse has been perfect and Mont Chery the best I can recall.
There are quite a few big groups here this week, so next will be quite the contrast for half term. |
Had our first day today, tool my daughter up the Pleney and was teaching her on the blues there . Headed over
to Perrieres and the Rainfolly bowl area , great conditions when the visibility cleared but doesn’t seem they’ve been pisted
for a few days which was a shame , more so later in day when everything softened . Wanted to head over to MC but was a bit
pushed for time. Much busier now like you say.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've ordered our lift passes online to be posted to me in the UK.
Anyone know when they usually send them? We're heading there in 2 weeks.
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Does anyone know of any pre-bookable ski lockers in Morzine. Really struggling to find any.
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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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| winterstickboarder wrote: |
| Does anyone know of any pre-bookable ski lockers in Morzine. Really struggling to find any. |
Que?
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It's good out there today.
Fresh overnight snow, and now the clouds have parted and the sun is out.
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Looks like the forecast for the next few week looks very promising for the PDS area.
Though rain in town but heavy snow on the mountains. Assume this will affect the runs home?
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| Roscoe wrote: |
| Assume this will affect the runs home? |
Many Home runs are sketchy at the best of times: Nyon, Pleney, Crot, Mt Chery, Chatel Town, Ardent, Linga, Le Corbeau, Gd Paradis.
Although others seem to hold up better despite being similar atlitude : PLJ, LA Foillleuse, St Jean Station, Les Crosets etc...
This is actually a benefit of La Chapelle or Super Morzine, where you take the bubble down at the end of the day anyhow, so you're not tempted to battle down through goodness knows what.
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[quote="polo"]Tomorrow will be grim everywhere, snowline might get close to 2000m, but following week looks better....sat 19th and mon 21st currently forecasting a 1000m snowline
Went up to Avoriaz this afternoon for a change, no queues anywhere around Arare, Fornet, Grands Combes, except for the usual le Tour exit
Is that first lift in the pic? That queue looks huge!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Yep that's the Tour lift that takes you out of the the bottom end of Avoriaz village to up to the top. Always been a bottle neck as from the top you can transit back towards Super Morzine or drop into Lindarets. I've seen it with a bigger queue......
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| charliesimpson wrote: |
| Yep that's the Tour lift that takes you out of the the bottom end of Avoriaz village to up to the top. Always been a bottle neck as from the top you can transit back towards Super Morzine or drop into Lindarets. I've seen it with a bigger queue...... |
After a quick study of the piste map, lucky I'll be coming from the Super Morzine direction so should avoid this lift most of the time.
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You know it makes sense.
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think they are having some mechanical issues too....it wasn't that bad the other 2 times I passed it, and as mentioned the rest of the area had no queues whatsoever
anyway, was discussed a few pages back.... it's easy enough to avoid
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Mjit wrote: |
| Deals tend to be for buying early, before the season starts, usually 10%-15%. |
Do you have an idea round about when next seasons passes become available? We are going out for New Year so about as early as you can get, might as well make use of that discount while I pray for snow 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Roscoe wrote: |
After a quick study of the piste map, lucky I'll be coming from the Super Morzine direction so should avoid this lift most of the time. |
It's often pretty bad as this, maybe a bit better during non holiday times, but even mid Jan it's busy. If you're heading back to Morzine, you can miss it, but if you come down from the Fornet area, chances are you'll need it, unless you take Arare or lac-intrets, which mean you could then head down to Morzine via the run down to Prodains, or ski back down to the Plateau lift, then down to Super Morzine. By the time you take Arare/Lac-intrets, and skied to Plateau, you may as well have queued for Tour.
It's a bit of a bottle neck unfortunately, but probably the worst one in the area.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| swskier wrote: |
| Roscoe wrote: |
After a quick study of the piste map, lucky I'll be coming from the Super Morzine direction so should avoid this lift most of the time. |
It's often pretty bad as this, maybe a bit better during non holiday times, but even mid Jan it's busy. If you're heading back to Morzine, you can miss it, but if you come down from the Fornet area, chances are you'll need it, unless you take Arare or lac-intrets, which mean you could then head down to Morzine via the run down to Prodains, or ski back down to the Plateau lift, then down to Super Morzine. By the time you take Arare/Lac-intrets, and skied to Plateau, you may as well have queued for Tour.
It's a bit of a bottle neck unfortunately, but probably the worst one in the area. |
Thanks for the advice! Will be good to know.
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| Roscoe wrote: |
| swskier wrote: |
| Roscoe wrote: |
After a quick study of the piste map, lucky I'll be coming from the Super Morzine direction so should avoid this lift most of the time. |
It's often pretty bad as this, maybe a bit better during non holiday times, but even mid Jan it's busy. If you're heading back to Morzine, you can miss it, but if you come down from the Fornet area, chances are you'll need it, unless you take Arare or lac-intrets, which mean you could then head down to Morzine via the run down to Prodains, or ski back down to the Plateau lift, then down to Super Morzine. By the time you take Arare/Lac-intrets, and skied to Plateau, you may as well have queued for Tour.
It's a bit of a bottle neck unfortunately, but probably the worst one in the area. |
Thanks for the advice! Will be good to know. |
If you are in the Fornet bowl take the chair to the top of the Wall (or the drag lift next to it), come down to Cubore lift, over the ridge to Lindarets, ski down to the lifts going to the ridge to above Avoriaz (from Brochaux or near the Ardent gondola) and head down to Super Morzine. Avoids Tour chair queue!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@DJL, Thanks to the route tip
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@Roscoe, Cubore can be mogully but is not super steep and its better than queueing!
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@charliesimpson,
Yes, it is.
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Very wet in Morzine yesterday so left it till noon before we went up. V low cloud, but the slopes were empty around Plain Dranse.
I can hear them blasting this morning.
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Up in Col Du Graydon this afternoon.
Snow heavy but fine for boarding.
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Skiing in Morzine on Mar 17th for 3 1/2 days. In general is it worth getting the PdS pass or only really worth it if snow conditions in Morz/LG is bad?
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