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Hi all,
Please can anyone advise me; We are staying in Saint Gervais for a week in about 5 weeks time. We have a 2 year old with us and although I don't anticipate getting him on ski's, he will be more than likely going up to Le Bettex to use his 'toy' skis and sledges etc.
This poses my question if we have a non-ski day doing this we obviously need at least a pedestrian pass to get up to Le Bettex from Saint Gervais. We will have to drive from our accomodation to the ski lift anyway so is it just as easy to drive up to Le Bettex? Does it take very long? Plenty of parking?
Obviously I know that we can just use our own lift passes but some people in the group will not be skiing everyday etc so I'm just looking at all options. Ie is it worth getting a pedestrian pass or just as easy to drive up being that we will be driving to the lift anyway (assuming non-snowy roads) ...?
Thanks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi, it's an easy drive and there is a large car park up at Bettex. However if you're going February half term week (13th - 20th Feb) finding a parking place might be tricky and you'd be better off taking the gondola from Saint Gervais which has a bigger car park.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Hi, it's an easy drive and there is a large car park up at Bettex. However if you're going February half term week (13th - 20th Feb) finding a parking place might be tricky and you'd be better off taking the gondola from Saint Gervais which has a bigger car park. |
Thanks for the reply. We are indeed going during half term which is a bit of a pain so your advice is very useful!
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I have been to St Gervais at half term the last two years and stayed in Bettex. The car park was almost always full, especially if you do not Arrive early. The best option would be the gondola which is a short 5-10 minute ride up to Bettex. There is a good sledging area just below the gondola station, which was fenced off. The nursery slope in Bettex gets very busy around lunch and afternoon lesson swap over at around 3pm.
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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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get the gondola - I'd do that in any but the quietest weeks. Parking can be a bit of a menace at Bettex
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Thanks for the additional replies. I guess my thinking behind driving up was due to the fact that my Mrs wont be skiing every day but our lad will want to be in snow each day so being that the mrs will be arranging a ski pass day to day, I figured it might save some Euro on the pedestrian pass.
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