 Poster: A snowHead
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I've been a Courchevel area regular for around the last 10 years, but this year I've managed to book an apartment in 1550 without a parking space. Doh. Having said that the plus side is it's a stones throw from the gondola and supermarket.
I know there are the pay car parks at Grangettes (which seems to be the worlds tightest & smallest spaced car park) and Dou du Midi in 1550, but frankly I object to paying 100 euros to leave the car when I'm already going to be handing the resort probably in excess of a thousand euros on ski passes. Call me tight 
Is there anywhere free to park in 1550 that anyone knows of ? Down near Aquamotion maybe (I don't mind the short walk or bus ride to 1550) ???
We ski Sunday to Saturday and plan to ski on the last day before driving to Lyon to overnight for Sun am flights. I wondered about using the free car park down in Le Praz, dropping the car down there after unloading on arrival and using the resort bus to get back up to 1550. If I rent the the kids ski's down in Le Praz then on the last morning I can ski down, collect the car, drive up to load, drop the car back down, then ski for the day. At the end of the day we all ski to Le Praz, drop kids skis, get in the car and go. A bit of faff but no biggie (and I'm working on the basis that even if I use the pay car park I'll have to exit the car park to load up at the apartment and then go back to drop it for the rest of the day which may involve an extra ticket just for good measure). Or I guess I could leave the car in Le Praz for the week and just use the pay car park for the last day after I've loaded up.
The issue with this plan (other than the faff that will be caused should it snow heavily whilst the car is in the outdoor car park) and the first "How long is a piece of string" question is whether or not I am likely to get a space in one of the free car carks in Le Praz ? We arrive on Sat 31st Dec and expect to get to resort around 3-5pm ? I have no experience of using the main Courchevel (free) car parks, anyone got any advice or experience ??
The second piece of string question is if it does tank it down with snow do they clear the outdoor car parks pretty well ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nowhere that I know of. There is some restricted parking on the road but two years ago when we stayed in 1550 the police were up and down all the time handing out tickets.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Gazzza, nothing I can think of in 1550 off the top of my head. Should be fine getting parked in Jean Blanc or one of the other free ones in Le Praz as there are always plenty of day users who will be leaving in the afternoon...
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You're going to courcheval with a family but worried about spending €100 on parking, that's the price of a burger at le tramplin at 1850 
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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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I can't imagine there's much free of anything to be found at Courcheval
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la tania has free parking too, bit far from 1550 though
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A few years ago there was a free car park at the 1650 end of the village - where the village road rejoins the by-pass road. Not sure if it's still there.
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