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Hi
New to this site !
Can anyone tell me what snow / weather conditions are like in Les deux alpes over Christmas week?
Thanks.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Christian humphreys, As above no one can predict this. Although there was a lot of fresh snow on the glacier a couple of weeks ago. I'll be out there in a couple of weeks and skiing from opening day on 5th, I'll post some updates then.
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Thanks,
I get that, just curious on snow conditions historically. How about the resort it's self is it busy over Christmas week ??
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@Christian humphreys, welcome to snowHeads. There's a glacier at L2A, so at least there'll be some snow up top. Otherwise keep watching the weather forecasts and snow condition reports. Ski Club GB website has a feature that allows you to see snow depths for recent seasons, searchable by resort. WARNING - past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results!
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| Christian humphreys wrote: |
Thanks,
I get that, just curious on snow conditions historically. How about the resort it's self is it busy over Christmas week ?? |
I've not been there over Xmas week, but I think you'll find in most Alpine resorts Xmas week is not as busy as New Year week (coz people like to be at home at Xmas), so I think you should be OK.
Are you going with a tour operator or DIY? If the latter I can highly recommend staying at the good value Les Lutins B&B which is right next to the main Jandri lifts. Les Lutins is also featured in the Neilsons brochure. 
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We were there last year, just before Christmas. It was a bad start to the season and neighbouring resorts had single digit runs open. LDA was fine though, you couldn't ski all the way down to town but above the top of the first level of lifts you could get about nicely enough (though some sectors did remain closed).
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| cjdrum wrote: |
| We were there last year, just before Christmas. It was a bad start to the season and neighbouring resorts had single digit runs open. LDA was fine though, you couldn't ski all the way down to town but above the top of the first level of lifts you could get about nicely enough (though some sectors did remain closed). |
We were just up the road in Chamrousse the week before Christmas last year too. There was probably a third to half the runs open, snow was a bit thin and icy in patches, however the sun shone and we had a great week. LDA his higher pistes, so even with a bad start to the year (as last year was) I'm sure you will be fine.
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FAQ
But the answer is "No". 
you can't forecast with certainty what the snow/weather conditions are going to be in any resort 6 weeks or more ahead of now! However, you can be assured that you will be able to ski/board at least somewhat in LDA as it has a glacier at the top that is even used for summer skiing. 
