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Avoriaz/Chatel/Les Gets/Morzine 2013/2014

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Another winter is coming along!

Taken from Avorinet:

•Portes du Soleil ski area will be open daily from 21st December 2013 to 27th April 2014
•Morzine & Les Gets ski lifts are partially open (Pleney and Chavannes) from the 13th December 2013 and then fully open from the 20th December 2013 - 21st April 2014
•Avoriaz ski lifts are open from the 13th December 2013 - 27th April 2014 (partial openings first and last week)

and from the Chatel website:

> Weekends of 30th November /1st December and 7th & 8th December 2013 for Pre-la-Joux area.

> From 14th to 20th December 2013: Linga and Pre-la-Joux areas with link to Avoriaz every day.

> From 21st December 2013 until 27th April 2014: the whole area.
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I'm heading out for the first week (Dec 14-21) to Morzine... anyone know if you need to buy a full PDS pass to ski Linga and Pre-la-Joux for that week? Seems a bit cheeky if so! Smile
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Heh. That's where I'll be doing my first ever season, as a ski bum between jobs. Excited.

Anyone klnow any early season deals/what you need to get residents' rates (will renting a place for the season do, or not?)

Any other PDS tiops greatly appreciated. Taking a car, so will have access to the whole area!
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So the season starts here!

driz, if you are staying in Morzine and skiing over to Linga/Pre La Joux you will need the full PDS pass. IF you can bear the faff you might save a few Euro by buying day by day rather than the full week PDS if you won't be far afield every day. That said if you get in Quick I think there are discounts to be had on prebought passes. See this post:

http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=102517
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DJL, thanks for that, I was just about to post it here myself Laughing We will be out in Chatel again New Year week and Half Term week Very Happy

Pamski, thanks for starting the new thread Smile

Harry Flashman, there are big discounts on Chatel only season passes if you book early, but none for PDS as far as I can see.
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I'll be there feb/march. Overlapping with English halfterm a little, and then almost all of the French holidays! :S
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I'm also doing my first season out in Morzine this year. I'm really excited and i'm just getting impatient now, waiting for the winter to come around! It would be cool to meet up with some snowheads for a ski and a beer Very Happy
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ciaran - I think we might be living in the same apartment over the season, if your username is your actual name...

As you'll know from e-mail: have a bit going on at work at the moment, but would definitely be up for a beer soon to chat about season plans!
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Harry Flashman, I think you might be right wink
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Looks like the 1st snow in resort later this week Laughing

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snowandtrek, dammit the one season I have no PDS trips planned and you have all this early snow Laughing
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marmotte16, you can always slide over for a quick break with us. We shall not have the smallest member of the family in residence for five weeks this year!
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Harry Flashman wrote:
Heh. That's where I'll be doing my first ever season, as a ski bum between jobs. Excited.

Anyone klnow any early season deals/what you need to get residents' rates (will renting a place for the season do, or not?)

Any other PDS tiops greatly appreciated. Taking a car, so will have access to the whole area!


Harry, I may be wrong, but think you need to be a homeowner for resident rates? as per the wording on their website, but past seasonaires may be able to tell differently.

Currently 20% off pre booked passes if done by the end of Oct.

Already have 10-14 days planned late March, but hoping I may be able to skip out Jan for a week as well Cool Thought I had the wife hooked on a 90 day vacation the other night, but commitments here pin us until next winter Mad
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dennisp, what is this 20% discount? For which passes and where have you seen it please? Thanks.
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out in chatel for 6 months, 01/12/2013 - 30/05/2013... cant wait. we are staying in abondance though, so a 15 min drive, any experiences of abondance - and where is best to park for the day for PdS.

Has anyone skied abondance...... is it worth a thinking about?
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sarah, If you are a resident (i.e. owner, but maybe if a seasonal tenant?) in Morzine et environs, and join the Morzine Residents Association, then you can get discounts on passes. http://www.associationresidentsmorzine.org/
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noggy, ah for residents, thanks Smile
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julietp, I think the 'best' park for you from there would be Les Crosets, but Im sure Chatel has one, and maybe Chapelle Abondance. Avoriaz obviously has a few, including the Stash.

sarah, nope, not talking about residents, thats a separate pass altogether. Im talking of the online discount available until end of October. Go to http://www.morznet.com/lifts/ski/prices.html for more details. Its an 'early bird' discount.
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julietp, are you looking for a car park rather than a ski park?

There are a few options - Linga or Pre La Joux both give pretty quick access to the main area with Pre La Joux quicker if you are heading to Avoriaz. The parking area at La Chapelle near the gondola gets you up and over to Torgon quickly (and then over to Super Chatel).

I would give Chatel village centre a miss. No free parking and can get clogged.

There is aslso the Colombus up the valley which links to the ski buses.

Never skied Abondance in 24 seasons - must give it a go one day.
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dennisp, how do you drive to Les Crosets from Abondance and why wouldn't you just park at, say, Linga? + Getting an ordinary car into the Stash would be frowned upon.
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dennisp, thanks, that's only for Morzine/LG passes, thought it might have been for PDS Sad

I think julietp might be asking about car parks, not snow parks Laughing

julietp, from Abondance you could drive to La Chapelle and park on the big car park at the bottom of the Panthiaz gondola, that would get you into one end of the PDS most quickly, access to the smaller Swiss resorts and will generally be quieter. But for the most central access, I would drive straight up to the big car park at Pre la Joux and then you are straight up into the heart of the PDS.
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julietp, these are the opening times for Chatel, other resorts will open later and close earlier

Weekends of 30th November /1st December and 7 th & 8th December 2013 for Pre-la-Joux area.

> From 14th to 20th December 2013: Linga and Pre-la-Joux areas with link to Avoriaz every day.

> From 21st December 2013 until 27th April 2014: the whole area.

You are going to be twiddling your thumbs for a couple of months
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Shows how long it takes me to type Embarassed
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Snowing Very Happy

http://m.webcam-hd.com/chatel/rochassons
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This is a nice one too: http://livecam.avoriaz.com/

Snowwwww
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First bits of snow visible on the mountains around the Lake Geneva area too....forecast for rain at lake level for the next few days, so I'm sure there will be a fair bit more in the mountains.....before it all melts next week Very Happy
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Really looking forward to those cams turning white after all that green.
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This is a nice one too: http://livecam.avoriaz.com/

Snowwwww


wow! it looks like its properly snowed and settled a bit!! I'll get my board!! Very Happy
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I like this one, now the clouds are clearing
http://m.webcam-hd.com/thollon-les-memises/front-de-neige
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The chavannes shot on the Les Gets website looks great!!

http://www.lesgets.com/outils/webcams.html
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It is properly, if damply, snowing in LG...
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Rooftops are all white in La Chapelle (reporting from the webcams not live on the spot). Looks like snow down to at least 1000m last night. Better get those trips booked!
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I will be amazed if any of the lower level snow lasts till the end of the week..
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Wish I was in les gets right now, I'd be hiking up Smile
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under a new name, We can dream............

An auspicious post - your count has reached the altitude of Mont Blanc!
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DJL, be likin' that!
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As one of my friends here says 'loads of sner!" - looking really wintery this morning with lovely blue skies! Weather due to get a bit warmer mid October then cold again....Only hasn't snowed in this area during 1 month this year - July!
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Good depth of snow now building in Avoriaz. More coming at the weekend too.
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Snow on the webcams this morning. Probably won't last the week but at least the process has started!
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Beautiful start to the day here in Chatel with thin snow cover in the resort at 1200m, but decent cover further up. Valley fog is just starting to creep up to village level. Walked up the Rochassons piste at Pre-La-Joux yesterday and there was evidence of snow cannon use and a reasonable cover on the piste right down to the bottom - still needs more snow, but getting there. New webcam etc for Chatel at http://www.chatelweb.com/
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