Poster: A snowHead
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Staying at Les Balcons - near the Red Fox. Can you ski in and out from there ?
Are there any free lifts for the first afternoon when we get there , 2pm ish , lift pass is valid until the next day, but have my own skis / boots so want to get warmed up.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes. You ski in from the run underneath Plein Sud, and ski from the door down into town. Probably not ski in/out in early December or late April due to lack of snow, but the rest of the year should be fine. There is also a bus that runs past there and takes you into town, so you can hop on the free lifts - not sure if the run down into town will necessarily bring you out high enough to get on the free magic carpets in the centre of town, but if you are there at 2pm it is almost worth buying a half day pass and going out for the afternoon.
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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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Thanks. I've just read there is a beginner pass for Caron, Cairn and 2 Lacs that's 1/2 the normal price, so will probably do that for the extra 1/2 day. Does any of those 3 lifts get me back high enough for Balcons or is it the bus to get back ?
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Think you will have to get the bus back - you could walk up from top of Cairn, but it is a fairly long way. The only way to get back to Balcons is to get higher than it on the same side, somehow getting onto Plein Sud piste. Easier to ski into town and get the bus I think.
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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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Thanks again. Any good tips for decent bars, nightlife in VT ( we are 50 year old saddo blokes ) ?
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When we stayed there if the door had been 3 feet further to the right I could have skied into the room, but that is floor dependant.
Oh and don't be so cheap, buy a half day pass instead of messing around on the beginners lifts. 14:00 is more than enough time to get to the top of the Cime de Caron and get a couple of proper runs in.
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Adie - you've talked me into it
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eblunt wrote: |
Thanks. I've just read there is a beginner pass for Caron, Cairn and 2 Lacs that's 1/2 the normal price, so will probably do that for the extra 1/2 day. Does any of those 3 lifts get me back high enough for Balcons or is it the bus to get back ? |
those lifts will not get you back.
also non of the beginner lifts are much cop, also quite slow and short, buy a half day pass, this will get you onto the plein sud so you can ski back to blacons ( not what I would call and easy run especially if icy) might be better to ski down from centre of VT, head for the deux lacs lift and do a few runs there then get back to centre Vt and bus it back up to balcons...
balcons is quite high up from VT, there are a few bars there, its a slog to and fro the centre of VT
try the frog and rosbif, its fairly near the top of VT, its loud and full VT is not reknowned for quiet, reflective stylish bars....being a student mecca...
great skiing tho'
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