 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi there, looking at getting back on the slopes after a couple years off & thinking about somewhere in Le Grand Massif.
Not looking for anywhere fancy, just some good slopes to ski/board, all a reasonable standard so not after lessons, and somewhere for a few beers in the evening. There's normally only 4 of us and it's only for a short break of 4 nights.
Any suggestions most welcome, ta.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I liked les carroz. My friend worked for go massif transfers and she lived there. It wasn't great late season we had to drive to flaine as links weren't open but if you go before April it should be ok. Nice size town with few good bars and eateries. But as I say if you want to go later in season you will need to go higher. I can recommend go massif too. Daily transfers and good prices too. They service the whole area.
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I agree with @speachmaus, about Les carroz, it's a nice village with easy access and enough stuff to do.
I'd like to add Morillion 1100 to stay right on the snow as all the accommodation is really right next to the lift and for a short stay is ideal. Just one lift and straight out the top to get to Les carroz if you want quick access to that area. Quite a small village with a couple of bars and fairly low key but very convenient and sometimes some of the best costs to stay in GM area.
Two or three decent cafe / restaurants in the village and well regarded l'igloo restaurant at the top of Morillion sector. Also small Sherpa supermarket that's fine for supplies if you self cater without feeling ripped off.
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For a Lads/Lasses weekender I'd say Flaine; good volume of cheap apartments, almost all ski in/out (if you're reasonable skiers) relatively good bars, relatively good restaurants.
Les Carroz has better restaurants & bars but harder to get on the Piste in the morning as the resort is quite speread out.
Morillon (1100 not VIllage) would be almost as good an option as Flaine but not as many apartments available so probably more expensive and fewer restaurants and bars.
Samoens best Village/town of them all but hardest to get skiing.
(I've lived in LC & Morillon)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Les C has the best village feel of the resorts which have skiable slopes in and out. Rented a place there for a couple of seasons and really liked it. For a short break-take a look at the Milk Hotel which is ski in ski out, just at the top of the village. Friendly, good food, comfy rooms with a nice lounge bar area.
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@marcellus, easy to find weekend apartments? I'd have thought that the tricky bit?
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Thanks everyone, we were leaning towards Flaine, accommodation looks limited for a long weekend.
We are also now looking at Paridiski as another option.
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Just to hijack this recent thread....
I'm off to Morillon 1100 in a couple of weeks for a sneaky weekend (2 full days, 2 half-days). Typical ski-miles on these weekends is 100miles (ie: 30 per full-day). Given where we are going to be based, should we get the "Massif" or "Grand Massif" pass? Are we likely to go to Flaine that much?
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@jamescollings, if it's sunny I'd have thought you'd be in Flaine a lot.
Not so much if the weather's poor.
Also, depends on what lower snow does between now and then...it's been a funny season below 1,500m
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jamescollings - This season it has been raining below 1400m quite a few times so best quality snow has been above 1800m in Flaine, although have still had many good snow days in Carroz and Morillon areas over the last 6 weeks (Xmas, NY and early Jan was v poor across Massif Area). So would recommend GM pass.
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I"m now getting nervous about the number of times that the Flaine link gets closed. I don't want to buy a GM pass and then never actually get over there, even worse would be to get there and be unable to get back. Since we'll be in Morillion and have a car, would it be more sensible/practical to just drive around to Flaine and ski 'local' and the drive back to Morillion at the end of the day.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@marcellus, how is Samoens difficult to get skiing? You jump in the gondola go up get out and ski! You can then easily go wherever you want in GM. Simples
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@jamescollings, if the tourmaline run linking to flaine is closed they put buses on from the car park opposite Vernant chair lift. We used this at Christmas and it was ok. Not ideal but ok. The grands vans chair will be open to bring you back out of flaine.
That all said I can't imagine why the link would be closed now. Must be plenty of snow.
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You know it makes sense.
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@jamescollings, Flaine link gets closed because all the chairs to tete des saix are very exposed, and high wind etc closes the links. It seems to have happened alot this season.
You are perhaps in the best place in that stituation in morillon as les carroz and morillon are linked, and that is not affected by wind etc. So you have a reasonably large tree lined area to play in, even if the lower bits can be a bit hard/ thin etc. i would not drive to flaine from morillon, its quite a long way and if the links are closed, then it is pretty likely flaine will be a windy white out and higher lifts will be closed there as well.
If they shut the link during the day, then buses will take you back from flaine to les molliets chair etc.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Paradiski would be a long transfer for a weekend break - could eat into your time on the slopes considerably (especially when you factor in the additional travel contingency).
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Poster: A snowHead
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| jirac18 wrote: |
| @marcellus, how is Samoens difficult to get skiing? You jump in the gondola go up get out and ski! You can then easily go wherever you want in GM. Simples |
Comparative to the other parts of the GM this is the entry point to avoid imvho.... if you have to go in through Samoens then best off heading toward the Les Saix gondolas!
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