 Poster: A snowHead
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Hey guys  .
My friends and I are skiing in Val Thorens next week and are considering taking some lessons for a few days while we are there. 3 of us are advanced/intermediate skiers, and 1 is more of a beginner/intermediate (never seen her ski, so I am not sure...). I researched a bit and it seems like there are several different ski schools operating in Val Thorens. Does anybody have a recommendation as to which one we should choose? While some of us do speak a bit of french, we would need the instructors to be able to communicate in English... This wasn't a problem in Austria last year, but I am not sure how these things work in France.
Thank you!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ESF.....always been good up to offpiste tours....speak as good english as any esl would if not better depends of course if you want an all english group to ski with or dont mind mixing with whoever turns up
prosneige and skicool are much smaller, IIRC skicool are boarder orientated...
VT is a dam good choice of resort tho....thats a good start!
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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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alenchic, if you just want "a few days" it would need to be private lessons - so you can specify you want someone who speaks good English.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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alenchic, many schools will allow you to drop in and out of the week of lessons so you do less than 5 days, if you talk to them on the phone/email instead of just using their online booking forms. Or do private lessons - especially for the 3 advanced that would work out reasonable priced.
We used prosneige and while not groundbreakingingly amazing, they were def better than average, and both instructors were great fun and good enough english (not native but perfectly comfortable teaching in english, despite the odd bizarre phrase) so I'd happily recommend them.
aj xx
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Thank you so much for the suggestions! I justed emailed Prosneige and asked about the possibility of a) joining a group lessons for 3 days only b) hiking a private instructor.
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I've posted before but Xavier at ESF in Orelle is excellent and speaks perfect English. He does on piste but also knows the off piste area like the back if his hand.
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a.j., did you have private lessons with prosneige or group lessons? And do you remember your instructor's names? We're off to VT in a few weeks and it would be useful to have an instructor for private lessons recommended.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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privates. les menuires though. Don't know if he does both villages but we had the Italian "Teo" who I would recommend, he was very quick to pickup my flaws  Can't remember other instructors names (not mine, others in my group used them), they were not quite as good anyway....
aj.
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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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Thanks a.j., I'll take a look on their website for Teo.
Cheers
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Sorry.. another question! How far in advance do you think I need to book private lessons? Could I get away with just a few days beforehand? We'd anticipated one of our group was a bit behind us and may need separate lessons but he's having lots of dry slope lessons at the moment so we're hopeful that he might be able to join the same lesson as us.
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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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If you are flexible on days, and don't mind afternoons, then ime booking privates at short notice is usually pretty possible. If you are booked by the friday before you arrive then I would be suprised if you couldn't get something outside of half term weeks. I don't risk it with beginners, but those who would just _like_ instructions rather than _need_ instruction it will usually pay off fine.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Handy Turnip, Hi, I am Claude Decagny, private ski instructor in the Three Valleys area. Many people from SnowHeads have been skiing with me the last 5 years. When are you going skiing to VT?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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snowarea, is also very smiley and an epic mogul skier!
Highly recommended!
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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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Thanks guys for the recommendation - snowarea, I've just sent you a pm
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, I didn't realize that one must sign up for a whole week in France 
