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I am thinking of having a month skiing in Europe 2017. I want to have 1 resort base for the month that is a good ski area itself and also easy to access other resorts from it. I'm thinking of the two above areas as bases (maybe Morzine and Les Carroz) and am aware that from Morzine there is more skiable terrain but want to know about other drive able areas from the base resorts. Which do you think is best and/or are any other resorts better for the base resort?
Cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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What sort of skiing do you want?
Personally, I prefer the PdS but both systems are good. Morzine has, I think, more going on in evenings, etc.
Chamonix also a good bet as that allows easy access also to 4 Vallees and Courmayeur...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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It has to be Morzine(plenty going on in town at night),or perhaps stay in Montriond(more peaceful). Morzine/Les Gets area itself is very good. Avoriaz gives great snow(most seasons). The Swiss side gives a real sense of travel. If you have a car then the world is your oyster. You will find the PDS with good snow/fully open is magnificent, there is real variety. I like the Grand Massif, there is great skiing to be done there, but it will not sustain your interest as the PDS could, not the same sense of travel. PDS is a MASSIVE area. Outlying villages of PDS such as La Chapelle d Abondance are tremendous day/half day excursions, plus you can pop over to Thollon, Bernex etc for variety. With a car you can have your excursions to Grand Massif, Praz de lys, even possible to try Chamonix or St Gervais/Megeve on day trips.
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@barbossine, good point re "sense of travel". IME the Grand Massif is a little one dimensional in that aspect.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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verbier also very reachable from PDS for a change of scene. we spent 2 separate days there over new year as PDS snow was a bit poor. 1hour 20 from Abondance
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@BARREL12, Nice to see a new face. Given you want to explore a wider region and are talking about going off for presumably day trips, then either Les Gets or Les Carroz being near to the A40 would give you lots of options such as La Clusaz, Megeve, Chamonix for example.
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Sorry duplicate
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Thu 24-03-16 19:30; edited 1 time in total
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Triplicate. No idea how that happened!
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@BARREL12, welcome to Snowheads.
You may want to check the prices and conditions of season passes and factor that in, too. The Grand Massif one is VERY good value - was less than €500 for the current season if purchased by early Dec, which included 'awayday' passes to about three other local resorts and a couple of more distant ones, which would give you some variety. I know that when we looked at a season in PdS it was significantly higher than Grand Massif at that time.
Les Carroz is a great base - only about 15 minutes off the motorway and easy to reach lots of other resorts.
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