 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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mama burger 
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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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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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the tunnel does the best pizza!
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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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JMA - thanks for the link but most does not seem applicable to 3 hairy blokes although we will be there on valentines day so you never know 
Eddie - du tunnel looks good will check it out next week
thanks guys
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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We skied Courmayeur for a half-day last year when visibility was really bad in La Thuile and we loved it.
There was a blue run low down the mountain off the Burgerfahrt chairlift, which had a mountain hut up and to the left of the piste near the end of the run.
Best pizza and strudel we've ever had, and they even had really cool baskets to winch your helmets, gloves, etc over the tables to get them out of the way while we we're eating. Genius!
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Debbie et al - many thanks will check some of these out next week 
Changing tack slightly - I see a lot of the ski hire shops are at the top of the first cable car - can I pay for a one way trip up here to go up on arrival day instead of waiting till the following morning?
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Johnor, Maison Vielle............... Up the Checruit cable car, take the chair (not the bubble), straight in front of you. Lovely rustic on-mountain restaurant with half decent pasta/meats/cheese dishes.
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cheers for this - I may even do a bit of skiing while I'm there
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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http://www.chiecco.com/ a friend of mine shared a table with Heston Blumental here, they served me the best lamb I ever tasted. Not much change out of 100 euro for two.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Hope you guys got there safe and are enjoying the skiing. One question -- did you book ski passes in advance or just buy at the lifts? Our hotel said it makes no difference and to just buy them at the lift, but it would be good to get confirmation
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hi Johnor, I went to Courmayeur two years ago and tried Le Tunnel. I think I had snails as a starter there - love them! And the pizzas were massive!! Thin based but almost as wide as the table, when you're sitting at a table that's big enough for two people, if you know what I mean? Beware with the headroom upstairs - very low ceiling but if your are tall and stoop, is fine. Funky (strange ish) bunk bed type ladder for getting upstairs I think. But I think it was reasonably priced in comparison to other places to eat.
Ski hire - you just jogged my memory, yes there is a cable car up to the ski area (this was prob the only way to skiing though I might be corrected on that) and I hired my skis from one of the shops at the top of that too. As I went up using my ski pass on the first morning after buying it from a local shop place, I'm not sure that you can purchase a one way cable car ticket for the night before. (But hang on, won't you want a return ticket to come down on the cable car too (leave skis storing in the shop)?
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FAQ
is around next week let me know and we can hook up for a ski/beer 
