 Poster: A snowHead
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| jujujuju wrote: |
| T Bar wrote: |
| Briancon covers quite a few of those attributes. Maybe more town like than villagey but very much small town friendly vibe. Stayed there for a season about 20 odd years ago and got friendly with a franco-american couple though their children were younger than yours. |
Thanks I will look into Briancon- you would do Briancon over the smaller villages nearby? |
I like Briancon but I think @Weathercam has a better handle on the current situation. It is a matter of choice and he knows the area better than most.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@davidof, just my opinion that Bozel doesn't feel like it's squeezed into the cleft at the bottom of the valley. Bozel has a good vibe, though the lack of lift is, of course, the downside.
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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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| davidof wrote: |
@Perty, in that case why not also look at Brides les Bains with a lift into the three valleys but a pleasant village (at least in the summer) ?
@Origen, Beaufort may be a better bet than les Saisies given what you say. Good cycling, excellent ski touring - through to early June on the Col de la Roselend, some cross country (well lots if you take the Saisies pass) and a small ski area plus the Espace Diamant is on your doorstep at Bisanne. Plus there is a college as well as a Primary school. Just remote enough - about 20 minutes into Albertville and beyond to civilisation. In fact I think we've cracked it, Beaufort it is. |
Shamefully I've never made it to Beaufort and it sounds great. I've mused about ski touring over from Les C (via Rochers des Enclaves), staying the night and coming back by some combination of taxi/lift/skinning.
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I know Beaufort wellish. I have to say it can be a bit bleak in mid-winter, and often very cold when there's an inversion. It's lovely in summer - full of flowers. It's quite a wealthy little place - I believe they get lots of dosh in return for having their pastures drowned to create Roselend dam. And the Areches-Beaufort ski area is well worth visiting (and now we have a splendid trip report from Denfinella setting out all the details).
Anyone thinking of living in Beaufort, or nearby, would need to be sure to be on the sunny side of the valley - the Bisanne side. The adret, rather than the ubac.
There is a distressing amount of Japanese knotweed down there.....
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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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My guess would be that kids living in Beaufort would mostly ski at Arêches-Beaufort, this might make it more complicated to decide which lift passes to buy for a family.
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