 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all after spending a weekend in Morzine last week and having such a good time me and my partner are keen to get another weekend under our belt as we enjoyed it so much! I have looked on all the main sites ie morznet chalets direct ect and can't find anything for the weekend we require (7 March to 10 March)
However booking.come have a cheap hotel in Abondance close to the "gondola"
Has anybody been? What's it like? Is it easy to get to from Geneva?
If anyone has any info that would be great
Thanks all in advance
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kabby, Never skied there but know people who live there and have driven through loads, it's a nice looking town with enough bars and restaurants and general amenities. Very easy drive from Geneva, under an hour. My understanding is that it is fairly small, very quiet and a bit of a gem. I will get down there at some point. Just to be aware though to avoid confusion that Abondance is one place with its own stand alone ski area not connected to any other. La Chapelle d'Abondance is another place further up the valley again with its own ski area one part of which is stand alone and one part which links into the PDS circuit via Switz. There has been confusion over this before on here. So if you were wanting to ski the PDS circuit then Abondance is not the place to be. You would need to drive or get the bus further up the valley for the links. That said I think it might be a nice spot for a weekend 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've stayed in Abondance for a long weekend. We mostly drove to Chapelle d'abondance for our evening meal, as Abondance was so quiet but there are a couple of eateries. The Abondance ski area wasn't operational at all when we went (4 years ago) so don't count on being able to do any skiing that doesn't involve a short drive somewhere. We drove to La Chapelle d'Abondance (no more than 5 mins) one day and skied to and around around Chatel. There was a large car park that was free for the whole day. Just be careful not to get stuck on the Swiss side at the end of the day otherwise it will be a very costly taxi back.We were running late so didn't take the chance and skied down to chatel and got the free bus back to the car park. That worked well. The second day we drove past Chatel to the end of the valley and skied Linga, Ardent and Avoriaz - Loads of skiing to be done here. This was about 30mins in the car and again there was a free car park for the whole day.
I would recommend it for a weekend. Our accommodation made it really cheap, but obviously less convenient than staying in other resorts.
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Abondance is definitely open for skiing this season.
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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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Thank you all so much,I was getting this place mixed up with the other!!
The reason for going was access to the PDS so it won't be suitable
..thanks again all for the advice
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Abondance gives its name to an AOC cheese, a breed of cow, and a style of architecture. Not bad for a place with 1500 inhabitants! 
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I can recommend the cheese, you can almost taste the wild flowers.
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And a valley named Abondance. I plan to have a day (or half a day) there next month.
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| kabby wrote: |
Thank you all so much,I was getting this place mixed up with the other!!
The reason for going was access to the PDS so it won't be suitable
..thanks again all for the advice |
Lots of people think they are one and the same place, it's happened on here twice before recently. Good luck with wherever you choose
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