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Hi all,
First trip to La Plagne in a couple of weeks with SkiBeat in La Plagne 1800 on a good deal. Have skied all over the place after working last season all over the alps and N America, and being most familar with Tignes/Val, i'm after some guidance.
Can anyone tell me some of the "must-ski" runs? Im thinking along the lines of the Face in Val, the Fornet trees, the Double M in Tignes, the Palafour area etc, the real signature runs and then any hidden gems? We will alll be getting a Paradiski pass to make the most of the area.
Whilst i'm here i may as well ask about the bars and nightlife -Reckon we might be getting on a bus to Plagne Centre…
Cheers all.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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La Plagne is a cruisers paradise with few "taxing" runs, from what I can remember. Not been for a few years, though one that does stick out is called Kamikaze its "over" the top, away from Plagne Center if you have the buildings behind you.
There are some blacks above Plagne Aime, and the run down from Roche De Mio is good (but take the left piste where it splits near the top)
http://www.la-plagne.com/images/pdf/planpistesparadiski2014.pdf
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1800 has La Mine and a few eateries. I always thought La Mine was f expensive so its bus (free) time.
Not sure LaPlagne has a signature run as such but 'bosses' off the back of Les Verdons is OK. The big ticket items are really the various off piste routes off the Bellecote. Hidden gems are the blacks off to the right of Becoin and Cretes lifts leading down to the bottom of La Roche via the cornegidouille blue.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| mcspreader wrote: |
| The big ticket items are really the various off piste routes off the Bellecote |
+1 La Plagne isn't really about the pisted stuff. Face Nord du Bellecote.
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Thanks all.
Heading out tomorrow and now thinking about the practical things - where is good for a cheap ( but good!) lunch? Thinking along the lines of Tignes Cuisine, at Tignes le lac. Full of seasonaires which is obviously a testament to its quality and price....
Cheers
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Rochu and Bellecote above Belle Plagne on the glacier
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Borselliers in Champagny - beautiful sunny terrase and plenty of cheap-eats like soup or chips as well as proper meals.
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dorsetboy, Some challenging blacks towards Aime la Plagne, take the Becoin lift from Plagne Centre and they are over the other side. Morbleu , Etroits and Les Coqs are all unpisted as are Bellecote and Rochu off the glacier, chiaupe is usually very bumpy but has been shut the last times we were up there.
If you are going off-piste please go with a guide, somebody was killed in an avalanche on the North Face last week and somebody else fell down a frozen waterfall to their death on the same day towards Champagny le Haut.
Other good places to eat are the Inverssen restaurant near to Roche du Mio and Chalet Les Closses in Plagne Bellecote.
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Well, you will probably have left by now, but if not: you would certainly be better of at Les Arcs for pistes or sharing a guide and doing the extensive (and sometimes very challenging) off piste
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FAQ
can't really think of any real "must do"'runs but it's a great ski area & les arcs is good too. Have a great time 
