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Hi Everyone - has anyone stayed in this area? I've been offered a trip to a chalet and it sounds as though its quite close to the Laisinant lift so wondered if this is an OK location? Is it a fair schlep to town for bars, etc (I don't really want to use buses) and is that lift any good for accessing the EK area each morning? Does look like you can ski back almost to the chalet from what I have seen. Thanks for any advice!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Is it a fair schlep to town for bars, etc |
I think so - though it is hard to say as I have only passed that way in the bus/car. It is away from the main town though.
The main run back to Le Laisinant from the top of Solaise is down an avalanche-prone gorge so is prone to closure. The alternative route follows the (closed in winter) Col de L'Iseran road to start with - a bit of a tedious stand up and go descent. It then joins a normal piste (steepish red IIRC) to get you to the bottom.
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| is that lift any good for accessing the EK area each morning? |
Yes. Once at the top you can go left to get straight to the Le Fornet area (highest bit of Val D - great snow) - or straight on to get lifts that connect you to the run down Solaise/over to Tignes.
For a change of access, it's really easy to get one of the free/frequent buses (why the problem using them?) to catch lifts from either the foot of Solaise in the town centre; La Daille; or Le Fornet. You can get to all of those points in a few minutes.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Great access point, if you head straight up to Fornet in the morning you'll find it wonderfully quiet as you'll be able to beat the crowds (to be fair it's never that busy anyway).
You can still party at the Folie Douce way over in La Daille in the afternoon (should you wish to) then just get the bus all way back. I know you don't want to, but they are very frequent and easy to catch and you don't have to be on them for long.
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Buses are dead easy in Val d'Isere, even at night. I wouldn't worry about it.
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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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It's a long and cold walk to town...you'd see plenty of warm looking people scooting past on the regular, reliable buses 
It's a pretty good place to stay if you're keen to get skiing, and it should be a bit cheaper (or at least better quality for the same price) because it's out of town. I'd guess there's probably something in the evenings, but it's not the place to go if you're after apres. It's often much nicer to ski back to in the afternoon than the centre of town - the pistes aren't quite as busy or icy (I've chosen to ski back to Laisinant and then get the bus elsewhere quite a few times). There is technically a ski route from near the bottom of the Laisinant lifts that runs back into Val D'Isere, but don't think you could ski down this in the morning without a lot of effort...it's entirely flat and would be a long skate: the bus is a much better option.
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Buses are frequent until mid-evening after which you want to time your departure to catch them (they run on time). I've stayed many time about half way to Le Laisinant and not found access to the main town a problem. The exception being catching the first two Saturday morning buses to Geneva, which leave before the bus service starts. Maybe the chalet would shuttle you for that.
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Its a great place to stay if its a busy week. The only real bottleneck in the E-K is the Solaise on a morning - you will never have to wait for more than 3 chairs to get on the Laisinant lift. Its just a shame they don't encourage more people on the bus to laisinant to avoid the pushing and shoving in the centre of Val (and the beery breath in the queue!)
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Thanks all for great advice
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