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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Evening Tignes fans, has the new A41 motorway extension from just north of Annecy direct to the Swiss Border reduced the transfer times from GVA to Tignes at all? If so what kind of time are we looking at now with a hire car from GVA?
Cheers,
Greg
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I have just booked a week in Feb in Tignes. Just need to know the answer to two things
1. Where can I get the best vin chaud on the mountain
2. Where's the best hot chocolate
VERY EXCITED !!!!!!!!!
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| njm wrote: |
I have just booked a week in Feb in Tignes. Just need to know the answer to two things
1. Where can I get the best vin chaud on the mountain
2. Where's the best hot chocolate
VERY EXCITED !!!!!!!!! |
Hope you got plenty of cash, veeerrrryyyyyy expensive.
7 euro a beer
48 euros for 4 bacardi and cokes last week. 
Just aswell the skiing is vast, hope you get a bit of snow to top it up.
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I have booked into the Chalet Neve, (all I could get last min for Feb. half term with a flight) does anyone know how far it is from lift pass office as have pre ordered lift passes and have to pick them up.
Secondly I was thinking of hiring a GPS one day does anyone know where if possible I could hire one in resort.
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| kitenski wrote: |
Evening Tignes fans, has the new A41 motorway extension from just north of Annecy direct to the Swiss Border reduced the transfer times from GVA to Tignes at all? If so what kind of time are we looking at now with a hire car from GVA?
Cheers,
Greg |
We did it in under 2 hours last Thursday evening. Mind you our driver was a former resident of Tignes who treated the road like his own private racetrack all the way up to Le Lac. I was happy to be sitting in the back.
So, in answer to your question, yes. It should knock 20-30 minutes off your transfer time depending on time of day.
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i'm on a plane tomorrow  anyone got a quick update? did any of wednesdays sprinkle land in tignes?
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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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jtobin, I stayed in Chalet Neve 5 years ago. It was run by Ski World back then. It is in Lavachet and looks out to the bottom station of the paquis chair. There was a small ticket office only 5mins away near Harrys bar. The main Tourist office is a 10 min walk up in Le Lac at the bottom of the Aeroski.
If you look on the piste map the quickest route is 2 min walk sraight up the road to the Lavachet lift (used to be a free lift), then ski down Rosset, and the Tourst office is sat on the piste at the bottom of Rosset/Trolles. That way you don't require a pass before you don your boots.
Also your nearest bus is at the bottom of Lavachet where the red bus on the piste map.
The walk is only 2 mins, but is up hill so when icy, isn't brill.
You can't walk across to the Paquis chair due to a stream. But when you have a pass, you can walk up-to Lavachet piste and ski down.
Brings back a few memorys of another trip when we stayed in Le Lac and on the way back from Harrys bar we sled down Lavachet on some bin liners we had found outsde a local Hotel and came across a Ski-Doo that had been parked for the night, where the piste goes under a bridge (if only they had left the keys  ).
Have a good time.
Nick
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Thanks for the help extremenik
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You know it makes sense.
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| jtobin03 wrote: |
I have booked into the Chalet Neve, (all I could get last min for Feb. half term with a flight) does anyone know how far it is from lift pass office as have pre ordered lift passes and have to pick them up.
Secondly I was thinking of hiring a GPS one day does anyone know where if possible I could hire one in resort. |
From where do you have to pick it up?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Started snowing heavily about 11am. Forecast to last 'til Tuesday at least. And it is dry, fluffy powder coming down. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Kenzie,
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Started snowing heavily about 11am. Forecast to last 'til Tuesday at least. And it is dry, fluffy powder coming down.
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'kin brill 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| halfhand wrote: |
Kenzie,
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Started snowing heavily about 11am. Forecast to last 'til Tuesday at least. And it is dry, fluffy powder coming down.
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'kin brill |
2nded!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Monday morning - still tipping down 
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jonno, Welcome to Snowheads, how much fresh overnight?
Good news, I'm out this Friday evening and raring to go
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about 15cm or so at resort level. Maybe a bit more higher up. Fresh tracks above the slalom stadium and batween there and merles today. Thighs burning. Jug of beer and someone elsew turn to cook. Stopped snowing now, more forecast overnight and tomorrow.
Happy, happy boy.
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Another 10cm on the balcony rail at Tignes-le-Lac this morning.
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30-40cm fresh light pow off the col de frese ridge.
Nice off the back of aiguile percé too.
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We've had a few blue sky powder days this week, but are set to pay for it Friday & Saturday - some weather coming in.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Yeah Looks good if thay can keep lifts open and winds die a little as Sunday will be my first day there too.....Some amazing snow conditions though to be had hopefully!!!!
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You know it makes sense.
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Still snowing and due to fall all day. Visibility poor.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Snow has now stopped, but flat light & sliding snow. Not piste bashing but (Jam) bar bashing at the moment!
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Poster: A snowHead
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bluebird day today, with the blessing of some more powder overnight. and it's not meant to sound smug/rub it in, it's really beautiful. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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back from a week of the good stuff. good snow, good lines, good company.
swung by the Alpaka for a quick beer on friday afternoon when the visibility shut us down, and got well and truly Mutzigged. highly recommended watering hole, but do be wary of the potential consequences. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sun back today - great skiing after yet more snow!
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Have just booked a trip to Tignes 18-25 April. Please put some snow aside for me. Can't wait to return (was there in Dec.)
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stewart woodward, good to hear there's more snow on the way. just got back from an amazing week, with more powder at the beginning of the week and more bluebird days than i could have imagined. but it's getting a bit tracked out now. "if carlsberg did snowboarding holidays, they would host them in tignes..."
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stewart woodward,
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Secondly we took the new Tufs lift and skied the top colouir just to the right of the Aeroski and then traversed to the top of the Lavachet wall, access being gained through the avalanche barriers. This descent into Lavachet is one of the best runs in the resort but is very dangerous after new snowfalls. The snow here was light powder and fresh tracks were easy to achive
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Is that the same as the Pentes du Lavachet or is that somewhere different?
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Must thank Ski Republic for the loan of a pair of big planks for the morning. I will not mention the make as i was not impressed
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Ok, but just tell us how wide they were underfoot, what didn't you like about them?
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FAQ
But worse than that we've had an outbreak of 'WOMAN FLU'. 
Spring snow in January 
