Poster: A snowHead
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Hello all!
I'm planning a late season weekend trip, and am really keen on going to Val Thorens.
I've found a deal for a late April weekend, but in Les Menuires. It touts itself as being very close to Val Thorens, and from reading the description it seems as though it is : "You can party at the famous La Folie Douce in Val Thorens and just get the last lift up then ski down the ridge to your chalet."
I did some googling to see if anyone else has done similar, can't really find anything quantifiable (like, it'll take this long to get down .. or.. you have to ski this many runs to get back... etc).
I checked a piste maps and it looks like there are LOADS of lifts and pistes in between the two??
And apparently there is a free bus but it's only 4 times a day.
SO (*deep breath*) - does anybody have experience in these two places, and know whether it's a good idea to stay in Les Menuires if we want to be experiencing the apres ski and so on in VT ?
Appreciate any advice!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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shazchip, if you want to experience the apres in VT I suggest you stay there. In late April it is possible the Les Menuires pistes will be closing (they closed completely around the 26th April last year I think). Closing party for Folie Douce is 26th ish too.
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Yep, it is possible, I did it on my trip this year, you don't even need a lift it's just one piste, down down down to doron/bus at the bottom of les menuires. I think it took us a little under 10mins (we were rushing, shuss style) BUT it's very flat and I'm not sure what time the pisteurs 'close' it. We seemed to be cutting it fine (we dodged a pisteur making a fence at one point) left Folie @ around 4:45pm. You can also go UP one lift (closes at 16:40) and then down more normal red pistes. Opening times might be later by April come to think of it, but only by 30mins or so.
If you want a quick folie experience @ 4pm, then yes very possible. If you want to party till the wee hours then head to VT itself, LM is very quiet (trip report from me on here somewhere).
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Thanks Hells Bells and a.j., good info !
Last year when I was in Meribel, we skiied over to VT side one day and passed the Folie on a chair lift.. as far as I remember, it's at the top of a few pistes, so even if we stayed in VT itself, we'd have to ski back down too, right?
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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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shazchip, Yes, it is at the top of the Plein Sud lift. It's a blue run back in to VT, doesn't take too long.
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and too wide for them to close too Although I think pisteurs do come and shuffle the folie folks along at some point.
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Re the buses, they offer a great (free) service between St Martin, LM and VT...however you really have to be sure you've got the time table printed out, and certainly don't miss the last bus! If you time it right, it's possible...we went to a friends in St Martin and headed up on the last bus...or would have done if we hadn't misread the time table by ten minutes!!
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