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Just wanted to thank everyone that shared their wisdom - back from a fab week in La Plagne, the weather and the snow were both pretty brilliant, not sure we could have asked for more. Didn't manage to make it across the Vanoise express unfortunately, but had some great runs - particularly enjoyed Sources and Rochette - the latter is probably my new favourite run!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@ski six, There won't be any reviews of Carlina chalets yet because they were new this season - my daughter is hosting for Crystal in Belle Plagne, in one of the Balcons chalets, and when they arrived at the start of the season they weren't even finished!
She says they are very nice chalet apartments, but the catering probably doesn't quite live up to the 'Finest' tag Crystal have given them.
From what I've seen of La Plagne (we got back yesterday from staying in the Balcons building), Belle Plagne is 'la plus belle' bit of La Plagne, not counting Montchavin and Montalbert
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Thanks Karin, much appreciated info. Hope your daughter is having a good time. How do Crystal look after the hosts? Anything they generally need or just a good tip?
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Crystal are much better at looking after their hosts than Inghams were when my son did his season two years ago.
Seriously, though, they appreciate tips, and people who don't necessarily want their rooms cleaning every day, so they can get out onto the slopes quicker.
You may find my daughter Lucy serving you breakfast one morning, as the hosts in Balcons cover for the Carlina hosts some mornings!
Hope you have a good holiday,
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'll be in balcons 1 with a mate on Saturday for the week, and we're quite happy to not have our room cleaned at all. In exchange for extra dessert & wine of course!! 😉
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Driving in from GVA on Saturday. In the summer we always go via Annecy Lake but is it recommended to go via Chambery in the winter?
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@Jenniper, I think there are arguments for both, costs more in petrol and tolls to go via Chambery, currently there are roadworks on the 'back' of the lake so there is a bit more congestion on the main road along the lake. 
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@ian66, well you'll have my daughter looking after you all week then, that's her chalet!
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@karin lovely, I'm going to age myself here by saying I hope she makes a nice cup of tea!
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So we're back from a fantastic week in La Plagne last week, some of the best conditions we've ever had and Tuesday's unexpected powder day was incredible.
Attention has now naturally turned to our next trip out which will be the week before Easter.
I've found an apartment through www.laplagne-immobilier.com which looks good value. Has anyone ever booked through them before?
Also, they claim to be able to sell me a 6 day Parsdiski unlimited pass for €221 which is a significant discount against the full price of €291 - can this be true????
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@chopkins13, we've just come back too, and booked our apartment direct with the Balcons apartments in Belle Plagne. They offered us a similar deal if we bought the pass with the accommodation.
There were a couple of very minor catches - the pass was 6 days and we wanted 7, so they could add the extra day but it was actually 2 euros per person cheaper to go to the ticket office on our last day and add it ourselves. In retrospect we would have been better getting their 6 day pass starting Sunday, and buying a Samedi ski pass for our first day, which I believe is 30 euros not the 40 for an extra day added on. If you go for the extra day, make sure they realise it is the extension - the lift office originally tried to charge me for asingle day pass, which was 50 euros.
The other catch is that it is only a La Plagne pass, not Paradiski or Paradiski decouverte, so we paid 30 euros extra at the ticket office for our day in Les Arcs. I still think it all worked out less than buying a 7 day decouverte pass in resort. If you want the Les Arcs day, note that the extension has to be bought in the bit of resort where your pass came from, you can't ski down to the Vanoise and buy it there.
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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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@karin, The website definitely says "Forfait adulte 6 jours Paradiski" and there's a separate line for "Forfait Adulte 6 jours La Plagne" - though interestingly they are both the same (discounted) price of €221 !!
Maybe the www.laplagne-immobilier.com offers are different to those of Les Balcons - anyone any experience with laplagne-immobilier?
Saturday skiing won't be an issue for us.
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@ian66, I don't have any complaints when she makes me tea 
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You know it makes sense.
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@chopkins13, I'd say go for it!
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| Jenniper wrote: |
| Driving in from GVA on Saturday. In the summer we always go via Annecy Lake but is it recommended to go via Chambery in the winter? |
We do the route from GVA regularly to Paradiski, almost invariably take the motorway route via Chambery as it is faster, but admittedly less scenic than going around the lake and then down to Albertville.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| chopkins13 wrote: |
So we're back from a fantastic week in La Plagne last week, some of the best conditions we've ever had and Tuesday's unexpected powder day was incredible.
Attention has now naturally turned to our next trip out which will be the week before Easter.
I've found an apartment through www.laplagne-immobilier.com which looks good value. Has anyone ever booked through them before?
Also, they claim to be able to sell me a 6 day Parsdiski unlimited pass for €221 which is a significant discount against the full price of €291 - can this be true???? |
Like you I couldn't believe the deals offered on the lift passes. A couple of years ago we worked out if we deducted the "standard" cost of 2 6J LP passes from the total charged for the apartment plus passes, the remainder equated to about €100 for the week's hire of the apartment, and that's in total, not per person!
The only minor irritation I found has been arriving in resort around lunchtime on a Saturday, the busiest "changeover day", and the agency office (in our case Immoplagne) shut for lunch... 
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@Mick_Br, thanks that's useful to know you've had a relatively good experience with them and the lift pass deal is genuine! Think we'll probably go for it! Our flight lands into GVA about 13:30 so will be near 17:00 by the time we arrive after picking up food shopping - hopefully they'll have finished their lunch by then!!!
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Arrived in les Coches last night. Delighted to see it snowing all evening. Can't wait to get out there today! Always keen to hear hints & tips on where to go. Enjoy!
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Still snowing here in 1800. Trees all white. Bangs going off all around. Could be a good day when the lifts open. 
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Played in the trees today to get a bit of definition. Unfortunately it was raining up to about 1500 so the snow down low was quite heavy. Took a run over to Peisey in the afternoon, snow better there and had a lot of fun off the Derby lift. Soaked through, but it was a great day despite that. Roll on tomorrow!
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We had exactly the same day as you!
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Can I still use my Paradiski 6 day pass for a day in Tignes? Presumably I just rock up at the Tignes lift pass office and grab my free lift pass? Will it get me over to Val?
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@Jenniper, You need a voucher from a La Plagne lift pass office, ours was just a ticket printed out at the Champagny lift pass office.
You'll probably need your lift pass and proof of purchase before they will issue you a 'ticket' from the La Plagne ticket office.
It only applies to the Paradiski unlimited pass as opposed to the Paradiski discovery pass and should give you a pass for the full Espace Killy ski area..
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About 18inches fell in LP during the 24 hours before we arrived.
Conditions should be good tomorrow
Here's the view from out chalet in PS this afternoon
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Apparently they've done away with the free drags. The Chevrette in PV now needs a lift pass
EDIT Duff info from chalet staff. Chevrette is still free
Last edited by snowHeads are a friendly bunch. on Mon 1-02-16 12:10; edited 1 time in total
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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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@skichampcouk, merci!
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Clear skies this morning with cloud trapped in the bottom of the valley. I'd post a picture if I could work out how.....
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You know it makes sense.
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Whereabouts are you @ian66?
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I'm looking for a shared transfer or lift back to GVA next Sat from les Coches or Aime. If anyone in resort is able to point me in the right direction I'd be most grateful.
Many thanks,
CW 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hi @cardweg,
Probably worth taking a look at bensbus and altibus - both of whom do bus transfers from Aime to Geneva on a Sat.
Any help?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, a lovely day today, as long as you went high or kept to pistes in the sun - Champagny side particularly nice.
Low down was all ice-rinks and sideways-slidey rather than skiing.
Off piste also a no-no, unless you were particulary good or on a board: heavy snow with a thin crust on top. Lots of skiers floundering.
And lots of skiers unable to read sings or look around. Inversen run closed coz the lift back up wasn't running - we had lots of amusement sitting in the Inversen cafe watching people head down and then too late notice the lift not running. Heading back onto the Tunnel run was not easy.
Then again before Le France (Plagne Centre) there are big signs saying: "Stop! Do not descend: Bergerie lift closed", but still there were lots of skiers/boarders going right up to the lift and then looking bewildered.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Jonpim, Do you know why Bergerie was closed?
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Becoin was off and on today too. Busy in places today. In the sun was the place to be today.
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Mr Bish, your tag says Staffordshire, but your posts suggest otherwise - are you on site?
boredsurfin, no idea what was wrong with Bergerie. Rossa kept stopping this afternoon for periods of 5-10 minutes - fortunately we were having a picnic then by the huts above Roc de Blanchet, being entertained by skiers coming through in the deep soft porridge between the pistes.
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Can anyone point me in the direction of restaurant Chez Laurette?
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First thing was like skiing on corrugated iron.
We're staying in Soleil and dropped down the back way to the Bergerie. It was not pleasant.
However, once the sun got on the pistes, it was some of the best conditions that I've skied on.
An added bonus was the Rochette bubble closing for about twenty minutes just after I'd reached the top.
I let everyone else ski off and then had the Mira all to my self
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Count me amongst those who didn't notice the 'Bergerie Closed' sign at La France.
I came back up on the slow chair, skied back down to the pots, walked over the road to Chevrette in PV, dropped back down to the Aollets drag, took that to the top and skied under the Bergerie chair back to Monica's
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