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Frosty the Snowman, ...mmh it was a year ago ..... I only did Wengen and PSB drinks-trolleying in between ... loads of other things as well made Zermatt great ...Helen Beaumont, you still in SC?
I'll do a Gstaad update post tomorrow as I have to go shopping now. Unbelievable, for such a low area ( edit - skiing that is , not shopping which is a pita equally the world over).
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| PJSki wrote: |
| rob@rar, in my opinion, they groom more, the terrain parks are better and the tree skiing nicer. Also, it's been a while since I've been to Les Arcs, but I don't remember any patrolled and protected trails through wooded areas that had had the trees thinned and dangers marked, like you have in Whistler. |
I prefer my trees au naturel - really not sure about glading slopes to make it easier for skiers. In Europe skiing through trees is off-piste, so they are not patrolled. Skiers have to take personal responsibility for their actions. I don't think that makes either option better than the other, just different. Les Arcs has plenty of tree skiing, piste and off-piste. The grooming in Les Arcs seems good enough to me - I'm not sure what more they could do. One of the things I like about the resort is that a fair number of the pistes are left to develop without the assistance of piste-bashers for those people who don't like their skiing brutally groomed.
While there may well be differences between piste skiing in Les Arcs and Whistler (having never been I'm not in a position to say for certain), I'm not convinced that you can say that one resort is significantly better than the other for piste skiing. But all this willy waving is rather unedifying - I was simply responding to the comment that piste skiing here is 'bland'. It isn't.
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But best in the world? Bollox, in my opinion  |
I didn't say it was the best. I said it was second to none. I think there are a large number of world-class resorts for piste skiing, Les Arcs being one of them.
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rob@rar, ok, so Whistler offers safe, gladed skiing, which Les Arcs doesn't. That makes for more varied on-piste skiing, in my opinion.
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| I'm not convinced that you can say that one resort is significantly better than the other for piste skiing. |
Having been to both, it is my opinion that Whistler is better.
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PJSki, "Second to one" then 
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| PJSki wrote: |
rob@rar, ok, so Whistler offers safe, gladed skiing, which Les Arcs doesn't. That makes for more varied on-piste skiing, in my opinion.
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| I'm not convinced that you can say that one resort is significantly better than the other for piste skiing. |
Having been to both, it is my opinion that Whistler is better. |
I'm glad you like it there.
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rob@rar, thanks. Trouble is, too many other people like it there too.
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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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| PJSki wrote: |
| rob@rar, thanks. Trouble is, too many other people like it there too. |
That might be due to the quality of the resort. It gets busy here at some times during the season.
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You know it makes sense.
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Frosty the Snowman, a most wonderful item of technology, to be sure. I have a jailbreaked iTouch plus a very small and cheap phone in my pocket at all times. This dual solution is way cheaper than having a single iPhone.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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It's all becoming a bit self absorbed and important here!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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kevin mcclean, I think the consensus of those posting (so far), was that the Tarentaise resorts have faults, but dull piste skiing is not one of them.
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I don't know how they compare now but for a long time the mega-resorts in the Tarantaise were better than the Swiss and Austrian resorts for lift queues, because (being built from nothing) the ballance of beds to lift capacity was better.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| PJSki wrote: |
| Frosty the Snowman, a most wonderful item of technology, to be sure. I have a jailbreaked iTouch plus a very small and cheap phone in my pocket at all times. This dual solution is way cheaper than having a single iPhone. |
I picked up my iPhone for cheaper than an iTouch.
And I'm completely under the impression that if you don't like skiing in the Tarentaise then don't do it! It's not like anyone is forcing you to spend money on a holiday here..
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| kevin mcclean wrote: |
| It's all becoming a bit self absorbed and important here!! |
One of the delights of snowHeads is that we have many and varied interests, so if someone comes along with a big spoon it's bound to churn up some personal interests 
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Frosty the Snowman, ...mmh it was a year ago ..... I only did Wengen and PSB drinks-trolleying in between ... loads of other things as well made Zermatt great ...Helen Beaumont, you still in SC?
I'll do a Gstaad update post tomorrow as I have to go shopping now. Unbelievable, for such a low area ( edit - skiing that is , not shopping which is a pita equally the world over). |
Yes, we are in SC until next Friday.
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I haven't been to Whistler, but I have skied Fernie BC, where most of the pistes seemed to be marked at the top only, your route down from there was pretty much up to you. I don't know if Whistler is set up the same way. They always talk in terms of Acreage for a resort rather than Km of pistes like in Europe.
I have skied extensively in Les Arcs both on and off-piste and IMO it is up there with the very best, especially it's piste skiing. The tree skiing and off-piste is as easy or extreme as you want, with some fabulous off-piste routes available.
I'd certainly say the lift systems in the French mega resorts are the best in the World, N. America doesn't even come close.
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| PJSki wrote: |
| Frosty the Snowman, a most wonderful item of technology, to be sure. I have a jailbreaked iTouch plus a very small and cheap phone in my pocket at all times. This dual solution is way cheaper than having a single iPhone. |
I picked up my iPhone for cheaper than an iTouch.
And I'm completely under the impression that if you don't like skiing in the Tarentaise then don't do it! It's not like anyone is forcing you to spend money on a holiday here.. |
Sorry, are you addressing me, or just the world in general? I'm more than happy to still ski in the Tarentaise.
As for your iPhone, unless it's cracked, you'll be paying way more than me for the 'i' part of you phone over the life of your contract.
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I've been a couple of times to Espace Killy and we found it ace! On tip of this if I went again i would love to try some off piste around Sainte Foy. Yes I agree that Tignes is ugly as sin but to be honest I feel the actual mountain at Tignes before you get up high is pretty ugly.
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I feel the actual mountain at Tignes before you get up high is pretty ugly.
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I have the same feeling (and about Val D'Isere, too). No mountain is exactly ugly, but I don't think anyone would go to the Espace Killy for the scenery. It can be very bleak.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| PJSki wrote: |
| I'm more than happy to still ski in the Tarentaise. |
Very Victor Meldrew 
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gwaelod, jesus, it's a simple statement. This site is about as friendly as a Nazi concentration camp. 
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Just to prove there's nowt so queer as folk, this is TripAdvisors list of "the worlds top 10 ski resorts" Les Deux Alpes - I ask you.... It reminds me of that old joke... 1st prize a week for two in Les Deux Alpes! 2nd prize a fortnight for two in Les Deux Alpes...
1. La Plagne, France
2. Obertauern, Austria
3. Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
4. Ortisei, Italy
5. Kiruna, Sweden
6. Canazei, Italy
7. St. Wolfgang, Austria
8. Champery, Switzerland
9. Zermatt, Switzerland
10. Les Deux-Alpes France
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You know it makes sense.
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That looks like a top list but Les Deux Alpes......
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kevin mcclean, er.... you like La Plagne then after all 
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Poster: A snowHead
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PJSki, maybe it might have been a tad more friendly if you hadn't insulted everyone in sight, especially poor wee Donna, the PRH.  And suggested that rob@rar was pimping his chalet in praising the Les Arcs skiing.
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Er, no....er, it's a fair cop, guv! Actually, I think the list is a bit of a mickey take but there is nothing ironic about LDA-it's rancid!
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'Champery' at 8 ...give us all a break ...... It's the Ski-resort hotel-lovers top-ten list.... ( at best !!)
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rob@rar, actually you're right. The level of your response was pitched just right as to be believable - good work.
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| PJSki wrote: |
| rob@rar, actually you're right. The level of your response was pitched just right as to be believable - good work. |
Thank you. My reasonableness is all part of a master plan to have everyone in the world want to ski in Les arcs and stay in my little apartment
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rob@rar, all helped by the fact you have some of the best piste skiing in France, although some of it is rather bland, in my opinion.
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Is this the 30 minute argument, or the full half century?
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