 Poster: A snowHead
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It looks like in this season coming, I will be in Les Arcs for the week before the S12BB. Which means I need to find a decent way to get from one to the other on the Saturday. I appreciate there are bigger problems in the world, but if anyone has any good suggestions then I'd welcome them. My best option so far looks like a bus transfer to Geneva, then hop on the optimistically named Darwin Airline to Venice and join the late afternoon Dolomitistars coach to Arabba. All doable, but I thought I'd ask the collective wisdom of sH's for any other suggestions. I won't be driving down to Les Arcs so taking the car on from one to the other is not an option. Thanks in advance for any input.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@SteveM, Might be worth dropping pamw a PM. She might be able to help.
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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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| @SteveM, Might be worth dropping pamw a PM. She might be able to help. |
Just checked the BB thread and she's not booked on yet. But it's still early.
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@SteveM, You could try the train from BsM to Chambery, then the express from Chambery to Milan and the next express from Milan to Bozen. From there you will need to take a bus to Arrabs. I drove from Les Arcs to Misurina once. It took almost all day and was a really tiring drive.
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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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Sorry, not going to the BB this season. Have driven the last two years and yes. It's a long way!
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Thanks all. @johnE, the online SNCF probably will not show the train option up for booking until mid-Oct so I suspect the current timetables cannot be relied on, but if I try for 12 Dec then it looks like arrival in Milan just before 14:00 and then the train from there to Bolzano seems to arrive by about 19:30, I am not sure I want to be searching for a bus at that time on a Sat night.
Currently looks like the Darwin airline option ....
I worry about them a bit as the recent articles are all about discontinuing flights with no notice 
I suppose in fact I have time in theory to fly back from GVA to LGW, turn around in LGW to VCE, but that does seem like a waste - there may be an alternative "low cost" and faster turnaround point if I had to do it. Will see what skyscanner says.
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Train BStM - Geneva (change Chambery), plane Geneva - Milan or Venice, night train Milan or Venice - Bolzano/Bozen, bus from Bolzano/Bozen - Arabba. Simples.
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@RattytheSnowRat, Why get the train to Geneva, then fly to Milan? Simply get off the train at Chambery and catch the Paris - Milan express. Except it isn't exactly an express over that section.
John
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I drove from the BB last year to Courchevel and it *is* a long way...not that that helps the OP in any way. Soz... 
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It's a long way but a perfectly manageable drive in a (not too long) day. The drive into Arabba from the west (which was not feasible the first year I did it because all the passes were closed) is spectacularly beautiful, too.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hitch hike? I did it once when the hire car broke down. Had a wonderful day traversing the Alps. Only got scared once when a 'lady of a certain age' picked me up and clearly wanted more than a chat......
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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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Only got scared once when a 'lady of a certain age' picked me up and clearly wanted more than a chat......
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delusions of grandeur?? 
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You know it makes sense.
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Only got scared once when a 'lady of a certain age' picked me up and clearly wanted more than a chat......
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Was it a contribution towards the fuel?
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