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Hi,
My boyfriend and I live in Grenoble at the moment. And with the local buses, on the weekends we can go skiing to 2 alpes, alpe d'huez and 7 laux. We'd like to take the opportunity while we live here and go away for the weekend to some other resorts with some fun nightlife. For the ski part, we're comfortable on-piste skiers, we like tackling some interesting black slopes. Which places would you recommend? Chamonix? Val Thorens? Meribel?
Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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The best apres I've had in France was this year in Meribel. The addition of the Folie Douce makes the apres circuit much longer so for us we tended to stop in the Folie for a few before a quick (survival) ski down to Ronnies, then another ski down to Meribel Centre - usually to Doron or Meribar. It's a great Apres circuit much better than VT which basically consists of Folie Douce, then home to change and head out again. I suppose it depends on your definition of Apres however. I've always considered Apres to be the last part of the day before you change out of your ski kit.
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monkey, interesting point. Whilst I agree with this
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I've always considered Apres to be the last part of the day before you change out of your ski kit.
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I prefer to have stopped skiing, so I'd rather be at the bottom of the mountain (except for maybe a swift half, or equivalent, in a hut on the way down). I don't like skiing when I'm drunk, or people around me are. Places up the mountain where crowds of people get hammered at the end of the day really scare me. 
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themothandthestar, Chamonix is a proper town, so there's loads of choice there for a fun evening out.
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My favourite Apres Ski ever is Chambre Neuf in Chamonix. Beer and rock music, can't be beat. Haven't been for a good few years but mate was there last week and it was still rocking.
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| themothandthestar wrote: |
Which places would you recommend? Chamonix? Val Thorens? Meribel?
Thanks a lot!
Cheers, |
Grenoble?
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It would have to be Meribel. Folie Douce and the Ronnie up the mountain, then ski down to Centre and you have a lot of bars that start live music around 5.30pm for a couple of hours. Quite a few lively bars in the evenings with plenty going on, and Dick's Tea Bar opens until the early hours for some properly late night revelry.
Val d'Isere also has a very good apres scene, but is obviously very expensive even by French standards.
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France doesn't really do apres in an Austrian fashion...
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| France doesn't really do apres in an Austrian fashion... |
Thank God. I and my ski buddies are not keen on disco oompah (we put up with it though  )
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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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Thank you all!
I see that Chamonix and Meribel are really the places to visit before leaving the French Alps. 
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+100 for Chambre Neuf in Chamonix. Bear plus rock band then onto the cocktails, we were in there for over 5 hrs, epic.
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