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Heading to Montchavin/Les Coches for the first two weeks in April and trying to decide on what apartments to book.
The options are : La Marelle et Le Rami / Chalet de Wengen /lLes Trois Glaciers / Chalet de Montchavin
Really looking to hear of anyone who has experience of staying in any of these, and what they are like and their location in respect of nearest lift and town. Then the apartments in general.
We have stayed in 3 Glaciers before so know that, so a comparison would be good if anyone has experience of both.
I know the likes of Marelle et Rami you ski down the red to the lift at Montchavin so that sounds ok. Chalet de Montchavin says 100m to nearest lift, I think it looks further than that? Wengen looks like it is built on a slope so if you are at the top it may be very easy to get to lifts but if down the bottom end not so good, again this is all just what I think as I don't actually know.
We definitely prefer nearer to lifts than town if can't have both as have an 8 year old, so rushing in the morning, usually, to ski school ,is no fun if it involves a bit of a trek.
We are verging towards La Marelle et Le Rami, so if any horror stories, let me hear them now. 
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@Gilly28, Chalet de Montchavin probably is a bit further than 100m to the gondola/Evo2 (I've not stayed there but I've been there). Not more than 200m I would say though, and on the flat. You can leave your skis/boots and Evo2 if you have lessons/hire with them. Compared to Les Trois Glaciers, it's closer to the town - Les Trois Glaciers always felt like it was a bit remote up the hill to me.
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Thanks Gamsbock that's good info. Yeah the 3 Glaciers was a bit of a hike at night and rubbish if you decided to head to the town straight for a some après ski and just missed the navette up and have to wait for next one. Mmm chalet montchavin might be a contender
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@Gilly28, this is just my opinion, so feel free to take it with a pinch of salt...
I think Montchavin is the nicer village, with generally nicer restaurants. Annex up the hill aside, the village centre is more compact, and you also have the aqua centre. Les Coches is a bit spread out. The main advantage of Les Coches is that it is higher, and so the snow is generally better, and by staying there you avoid the run (or gondola) down to Montchavin which can be tricky if the snow is poor. But if you stay in La Marelle et Le Rami with the intention of skiing down to Montchavin to get on the lift, then you lose the main advantage of staying in Les Coches. Of all your options, it's the furthest from villages centres and lifts. I appreciate there may be other factors like price and quality of accommodation that I'm not taking into account, but purely based on the accessibility criteria, La Marelle et Le Rami seems least suitable.
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I once stayed in one of the lower units in Chalets de Wengen and to be fair it was quite a long trudge up the road to the chairlift in the morning, and then a walk back down the road again at the end of the day. Probably at least 200m.
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All great advice and what I was looking for. Mmmm think we'll now go for Chalet de Montchavin. Son will hopefully be having lessons with Evo2 (the only lessons he's ever loved) so if we feel the need to leave skis there and they allow then great.
I did wonder about the access to the Montchavin lift it the snow disappeared there but I was advised in previous years that they do their best to keep the links open to the area with manmade snow if need be. I did like the village of Montchavin
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Thanks for all of your thoughts. We have now booked Chalet De Montchavin. It will be good to check it out. 3 glaciers was more or less ski in/out when we were there before and I know this one has a bit of a walk back and forth but the upside is you have the town nearer. A lot of the time we did head to the town straight after skiing so still had a walk.
It's good to try a different place to stay especially when it's just us and you are not choosing the accommodation for other families as well.
We will try and have a good scoot about Les Coches this time to check out what we think for future trips.
The good news is it's been showing a fair bit right down to Montchavin 
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@Gilly28, when skiing back down, just make sure you don't miss the turn to the left that takes you down the track to the bottom of the gondola. There's a conveniently placed snowblower I used to use as a marker! If you ski all the way down to the bottom of the chair you will double the length of your walk.
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I think I know where you mean, as I think it's the track we used in the mornings from the 3 glaciers to take the wee one to Evo 2 ski school. They met at the top of the gondola so we would ski across, past their shop/office and to the gondola.
I think I remember that cannon, because if I went first I was useless and always skied pass the track and had to side step back up! I started to just follow my husband as he obviously used that cannon as a marker!!
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@Gilly28, yes that's the one. I missed it several times until my boyfriend nonchalantly told me about the snowblower trick 
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@Gilly28, and if you want to stay in Les Coches next time, definitely worth spending some time making a list of which apartment blocks (and their entrances) are close enough the lifts, and then researching those that are a suitable from a location perspective later on. The layout of the resort makes it pretty tricky to figure out accessibility online, as you've already discovered.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Gämsbock, You said you hadn't stayed at Chalet de Montchavin but had been there. Did you have friends who stayed there? Just wondering if there is a freezer!
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@Gilly28, sorry I don't know - I just went there to collect a lost phone on behalf of someone else. It was a just quick hop along from the chalet I was working in, which was next to the Pharmacy. I know it was quick cause I managed to get there and back before my absence was even noticed by said person. But I can't help you on the freezer...
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You know it makes sense.
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aahhh! So you worked in Montchavin! Nice!
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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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I stayed in Chalets de Wengen back in Feb - loved it.
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