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Quick couple of questions - hoping one of the local experts can help!
Is the Derochoir pisted? - it is on a paper piste map from last year but not on the "official" online paradiski map
Can you do one run from the traversee all the way to Montchavin? Is it worth it? If not, what is the longest single run on the La Plagne side?
(Sorry if the questions are a bit numb, the piste maps aren't the clearest - would the odd direction arrow hurt?)
Only two more weeks till we hit the slopes - can't wait!
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mnp, This years piste map is here
http://www.perso-laplagne.fr/PlanPistes.htm
Derochoir is marked as Natur which means not pisted but is only open when conditions are god and avalanche risk is low
The longest run is Mont Blanc afaik
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Anybody in la Plagne this week? if so any explanation as to why many of the lifts are not open yet?? It would appear only about 20% appear to be open. We are arriving on the weekend 22/12 it would be nice to know it will all be open by then.
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| Cptsideways wrote: |
| Anybody in la Plagne this week? if so any explanation as to why many of the lifts are not open yet?? It would appear only about 20% appear to be open. We are arriving on the weekend 22/12 it would be nice to know it will all be open by then. |
My guess is that because it hasn't really stopped snowing in the last 2 weeks (except the odd day here and there), the pisteurs haven't been able to blast and make safe much of the higher stuff to allow it to be opened.
EDIT: HOLD ON! Didn't La Plagne open a matter of days ago?! Give them a chance dude. The whole Paradiski area doesn't even open till the week after La Plagne usually. I would imagine if you're arriving on the 22nd, most of it will be up and running in the first few days. Xmas week is a biggen 
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OK that has me relieved, I guess too much snow was going to be the hopeful answer
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Sorry about the picture quality - only have an iPod to use at the mo
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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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Hi Chaletgirl - Your more than welcome to tag along with myself & Dupes next week, were staying at Les Alpages & the two of us will no doubt taking it easy for the first few days at least (Well I think I will be lol)
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thank loads. I'll pm contact info when at the puter! I'm taking things pretty easy still - although it seems I have a visitor next week!! my non skiing sister is coming out. so might be spending some time teaching her
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You know it makes sense.
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thank loads. I'll pm contact info when at the puter! I'm taking things pretty easy still - although it seems I have a visitor next week!! my non skiing sister is coming out. so might be spending some time teaching her
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I heard that Montchavin was closed because the Commune/Mairee are unable/unwilling to pay for the costs associated with piste security!
This came from SAP!
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| roche1800 wrote: |
I heard that Montchavin was closed because the Commune/Mairee are unable/unwilling to pay for the costs associated with piste security!
This came from SAP! |
Thanx for that - having some issues and thats a good piece of info to pass onto the UK office!!
Thank goodness everything opens on Saturday!!
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La Plagne altitude resorts always open one week BEFORE the villages (Ie those NOT on the ski bus network) Paradiski links open when the lower villages open, this has been the case fir the last 5 seasons with the exception of 3 years ago when it all opened at once!
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Again, good to know. Not something I've looked into before as I think the limited opening has been when we were in training so not allowed to ski - and this year they have opened La Plagne a week later than last year. I'm very confused!! But looking forward to Saturday when everything is open LOL 
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chaletgirl, How are things over there? I'm coming over on the 6th January, if you want a fellow snowhead to ski with for a day? 
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| PHoSawyer wrote: |
wooohoooooo leaving early tomorrow morning so should be there by lunch/early afternoon. are there any free drags from plan centre just to have blow the cobwebs off for an hour? resorts normally have some
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Take the "Pots" or bus from Plagne Centre up to Plagne Villages, cross over the road and up the slope next to the bars/Spar. The right-hand drag has been free for previous seasons (and when you've had enough, you can ski back down to PC)
That drag is where I'll be for a couple of hours on the afternoon of Sun 30th if we get there early enough.
Looks like another spectacular day for Chaletgirl and the others out there already
http://laplagne.livecam360.net/bergerie?t=2012-12-21%2B11%3A30%3A00
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Thanks a lot ukredsox ! Going to be in TerraNova which is a big hotel at the bottom end of PC. I just found a website which states the yog pots are the 'Telebus' lift which as you said is free, right next to the hotel so ill be jumping on that to villages for a quick warm before sunday.
Also anyone know of anything happening for christmas eve and day? When we were in meribel for christmas 2 years ago there was vin chaude and carols in one bar that was brilliant and all the intstructors have a drink at the top of the hill and ski down with candles ( we missed this as we were still at Apres =p ). Wandered what the sketch was
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Also anyone know of anything happening for christmas eve and day?
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normally in france there's vin chaud outside the office de tourisme or ESF, a torchlight descent by the instructors, the arrival of pere noel (by various means, parapente, sledge, ski...!) and usually some fireworks. (only ever known the french miss a chance for some feux d'artifices once, that was in serre chevalier where they did *nothing*, miserable sods).
All the above on christmas eve, business as usual on christmas day.
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How about for New Years? We're staying in Plagne Soliel which I know is quiet but wondered if we'd at least be able to see the fireworks from one of the bigger areas?
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You know it makes sense.
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What the red bubble all about at new years in plagne? something i noted on the plagn eapp but not a lot of information out there!
looking forward to getting back out to ski though!
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Boredsurfing, last year Montchavin opened the same day as La Plagne, this year it is a week late as the Mairee/Commune were unwilling/unable to pay for piste security! I was there... now back... then return on Sunday...
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Sat 22-12-12 10:28; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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| chaletgirl wrote: |
| roche1800 wrote: |
I heard that Montchavin was closed because the Commune/Mairee are unable/unwilling to pay for the costs associated with piste security!
This came from SAP! |
Thanx for that - having some issues and thats a good piece of info to pass onto the UK office!!
Thank goodness everything opens on Saturday!! |
Just getting to grips, see above post! Sorry for repetition...???
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Well, snow report: amazing. Weather: variable. Had a few days with some good visibility, but most days have fairly flat light at the mo. can't complain, as I've rarely seen snow this good, and never this early in the season!
I'm boarding solo most days as friends are working a lot so if anyone coming out wants to be shown a few runs, or grab some après, give me a shout via pm... And chaletgirl, I'll catch you soon when we get a mutually convenient time... GL with transfer day today... I've never been riding on transfer day today, been riding virtually empty pistes since 9am - and laid down a lot of freshies above Les Coches!
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Well arrived today, cheers for the heads up, yog pots upto village then up the short button and back down. Great to be back on the white stuff! Snow is fantastic, slightly flat light but such good snow under ski.
Thanks for the heads up andy, we'll investigate further for crimbo eve
RussD, your welcome to come for a blast with us, especially if you get a seasonaires discount for apres lol. Were a big group atm but theres 4 good skiiers and a good boarder so im sure we'll split for some faster more fun stuff if you fancy a blast a if you know some good runs
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We are staying our first night in the Hilton at gatwick! Monarch flight canceled
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Great day, fantastic snow in the sun. Spent most of the day in chambery then went down to la roche and then couple of runs in bellecote so we could ski back. Still need to find scotties bar for apres tho!
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PHoSawyer, why did you go down to Chambery? Seems a bit dafft when you could be skiing!!!!!
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The snow in Champagny was good today as well, not quite as good as yesterday but pretty good considering the rain we had last night.
Does anybody know why the Inversens chairlift has been closed?
The snow looked pretty unstable close to the Mercedes black run yesterday, looking at it from the chairlift on the Plagne Centre side, it looked as though the merest touch could trigger an avalanche. The piste had been closed off but we still saw a couple of boarders venturing down there.
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skichampcouk, Inversens and Crozats (alongwith glacier lifts) were (are? - i left yesterday evening) closed to prevent idiots dashing off into dangerous off-piste. The snow is hardly stuck to the mountain in places - I bet you've seen full thickness slab avalanches all over the place exposing the bare mountain - and the slopes below Crozats and around Inversens are a magnet to off-piste addicts.
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Roger C, I do believe I meant champagny 
Not a bad couple of days, although we seem to be hampered by hangovers, went in a minibus with some crazy french seasonaires to a reggae bar in bellecote until 4 on sunday night/monday morn then in the mouth from 9 until 1:30. Went to play toss the boss and one a pitcher and 2 rounds of shots for 7 ppl which aint bad!
Ohh yeh the skiing....hehe really good above bellecote and oover towarfs the lift to les arc, going over there tomorrow cos rest of the week snow is coming in woop woop. Also swapped my twin tips for my mates for a few runs down a green, what epic fun that was although a bit crap at first when I was falling over
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FAQ
) but 1800 to La Roche for Vin chaud, back up to the top down to 1800 via a restaurant for 'lunch' then back up the 1800 lift through centre and back to 1800 
