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Early season - Le Bettaix versus Les Brevieres
 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello!

Apologies for another 'where to go in early season' question. Hoping for accounts of both Le Bettaix and Les Breveires in mid December time. Both obviously have their respective high links but would like to know which offers the best experience in terms of reaching those heights and also returning to your chalet (preferably skiing!) during mid December. I obviously appreciate it is different from year to year but information on people's past experiences is always helpful and I may identify a trend!

We are looking at the week pre-Christmas - 16th/17th December.

Thanks!

Rob
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Can't speak for Le Bettaix (I had to google it - its a while since I have been to the 3V) but Les Brevieres will be open as a village (it opens later than the EK as a whole) and if the snow isn't good enough to ski back then you can take the bubble back down from the Marais Plateau (2200m ish). Last year there was more than enough snow to ski back, the year before was not which I would class as unusual. It looks like a chair into Bettaix so not sure if you can download. Because of the shape of the terrain in the Espace Killy it is relatively easy for a red run skier to get from one side to the other and back in just over half a day, the 3V is more of a challenge. From Les Brevieres (1550m north facing) to the top of the Grande Motte (3456m) would be about an hour for that red run skier.

Les Brevieres is a classic French mountain village (its been around for years) and has a number of bars and restaurant and a superette. Not sure about Le Bettaix, but it looks like a new annexe to Les Menuires.

PS Welcome to snowHeads (and to put it in context I live in Tignes in winter)
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I stayed at Le Bettaix for the week including christmas last season. Obviously poor start to season last year and we could not ski back but could download on the 4 man chair. There was also a bus from Les Menuires back down to Le Bettaix. There were no bars or restaurants in Le Bettaix when we were there, but we were in a largish group in a self catering chalet and made our own entertainment so no problem for us. The reason we chose Le Bettaix was that the cost of the chalet was a lot less than other parts of Les Menuires which meant we could heavily subsidise our kids and their partners (like 100%. Smile )
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Thanks both!

Still a hard decision! Both locations offer good value accommodation! Think the accommodation choice will drive the decision in the end.

Hoping December is not too mild!
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