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Where to stay in monte rosa area???
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Looking at monte rosa area for 3 days as part of a road trip in late March, and would like some advice on the villages. Basically not sure where to stay, Champollion seems to have the closest resemblance to a proper "resort village", with a few pubs etc BUT it seems a bit stuck out on the end of the ski area (particularly the mouth watering off piste around the gressoney/alagna watershed. Anyone care to share experiences of this-is Champoluc the best bet if you want a pub open after 9 for a quiet pint AND quick access to the best of the area, or is the time lost in commuting significant?
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We have stayed in Gressoney la Trinite in the summer and cycled the area, and liked it so much we ended up spending Christmas and New year in Champoluc last year. We loved it. A great village with enough bars and lovely places to eat and a really friendly atmosphere. Gressoney itself is much quieter but the place to stay for easy access to the lifts in that particular valley - Stafal -lacks the village atmosphere. Alagna is very attractive, is very quiet but does feel out on a limb, and I think it's less directly accessible by road.
Underanewname-a regular snowhead is more of an expert on the area than I, but I think Champoluc is by far the nicest place to stay in terms of village facilities and atmosphere. To get up to Passo Salati above Alagna from Champoluc takes about an hour-a bit quicker if you start by going up the road to Frachey. Then head up to Punta Indren -the highest point and explore the offpiste. I recall last season we got up there, skied the itinerary down to the refuge and still had an early lunch around noon.
We Went back for long weekend in March. Lovely quiet pistes, great pasta lunches, very reasonable prices.
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Where is Champollion?
I will confess to a vested interest in that the family owns property in Champoluc. The ski area is great. Champoluc is definitely the best place to stay. Little or no time list in "commuting" especially if you ascend first via Frachey funicular. You are then:
funicular - chair - chair
to above Staffal, and thusly into Gressoney/Alagna.
Just be careful that if it's windy and they close the Col, you have a very expensive taxi ride. They are sensitive to this and tend to warn and control closely.
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Cheers for the info, i was leaning towards champoluc anyway. Guess its not much different from staying in st anton and wanting to get over to the stuben area
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