 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
I have not visited before but I will be travelling there with my family during the February half term. Is anyone able to give any information please on the resort regarding suitable runs for near beginner children, experiences of the local ski school, decent restaurants and anything I should be looking out for, for example dangerous piste junctions, bottleneck lift queues and so on. Regarding apres ski activities and atrocity drinking, these are things that happen to other people so I'm not really concerned about these aspects of the 'village'.
I hope you are all well and thanks for any info and advice you're able to furnish.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 3-01-14 23:04; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Les Esserts is a great place to be based for beginners.
Walking distance to the nursery slopes which are foc irrc, then as they get better there are more greens and blues coming back to your home... There's a lovely green/blue called Marvel.... Lovely and long, flowing and beginners get a real sense of going somewhere in relative safety.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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We used ZigZag ski school for our kids when we were there and have no complaints. We stayed down in Morillon village which was a pain as snow conditions weren't great for skiing back to village. I can recommend L'Igloo for a lovely meal on slopes too
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Thanks very much for this. I've just YouTube'd the Marvel run clip-it looks great for early skiers. We will check out the restaurants as well on the hill. Is it predominantly French in feel, I wonder? This would be preferable.
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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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I can second ZigZag school although we used the Samoen office/branch
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What a lovely film-you must be so proud! Your clapping at the end was great and just shows us why we do this great sport. The run looked amazing and the shots of the resort seemed good too. Great snow.
Thanks for the info.
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+1 for Marvel and +1 for l'Igloo. There's only one restaurant as such at Les Esserts, if memory serves me correctly, can't recall the name but may be something to do with an Etoile. Anyway, it gets rammed so best to reserve. We found the pub to be friendly and welcoming and also does food and has occasional live bands. And I recall others recommended the crêpe place at the end of Marvel, which would presumably be quite French. There's a Sherpa which will cover most of your basic needs. Oh, and I recall sledging (maybe on a Wednesday evening?) after the runs close. Sorry everything's a bit vague, we're packing to head to Austria as I type, but I'm sure that others will add more and also that you'll have a great time.
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