 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi guys,
I'm planning a trip in the third week of March with a bunch of friends - we're looking at staying in Les Menuires.
One option is a place in Le Hameau des Marmottes. It's at square B5 in the map here: http://media.lesmenuires.com/2015/12/plan-station-les-menuires-hiver.jpg
The piste map is here: http://media.lesmenuires.com/2015/11/plandes3valleeshiver2015_2016.pdf
I'm trying to get a sense for how easy it is to get up into the main Val Thorens ski area from here. It looks like we would ski down to the bottom of Tortollet lift, then from the top of Tortollet maybe we can get across to the bottom of Roc 1 (or is that a hassle?), and then from the top of Roc 1 we have a lot of choices of where to ski down to. So it will take 3 lifts or so to get started?
Staying up in the Reberty area looks more convenient? (but harder to find a place that suits us....)
Any advice about how it all joins up would be very gratefully received!
cheers,
James
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi James
You will indeed need to start your day on the Tortollet lift. From the top of that you need to ski down to the bottom of the Menuires chair (about a min on skis). Up that one and ski over to the Les Bruyeres gondola. Take that lift (staying on through the mid station) to arrive at the Mont De La Chambre. From there you can access VT directly. Alternative is once off the Menuires chair take the Mont De La Chambre chair which starts literally at the top of the Menuires chair to ultimately arrive at the same place for direct access to VT.
Griggs
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@parigi, Why go to Val Thorens? La Masse and the combe du Vallon have much better skiing
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See above
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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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Thanks @Griggs!
@johnE, @Norrin Radd: indeed, good point, I was being a bit loose and didn't mean to restrict to VT - basically looking for a feel of how long it will take us to get into good areas when we get started in the morning. Although we'd be there for a week, so I'm sure we will explore in all directions.
So reasonable summary?: this is somewhat less well placed than Reberty? (but just needs a couple more lifts in the morning)
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I would look a bit harder at Reberty.
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Hi
Reberty or Les Bruyeres areas of Les Menuires would be better places to stay. I have hired apartments in the Carlines apartment building in Les Bruyeres on three occasions. Little on the small side but for ski convenience hard to beat. Les Bruyeres gondola a 2 min walk and an easy ski down to the Doron Chair that brings you up to just above La Croisette where you can ski down to the Menuires chair mentioned above. La Masse gondola also accessed the same way - ski down underneath the Toblerone bridge in Les Bruyeres and you will come to the La Masse gondola first with the Doron chair just behind it.
As others say jumping on the first lift up La Masse at 9.00 is great. Not such a skied area for those outside Les Menuires so first thing in the morning you can be cruising wonderful groomed pistes on your own pretty much.
Griggs
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We've stayed at the hameau before. Good apts and no problems accessing the whole 3V
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Stayed there 3 years ago, not bad. Think it was, at that time, a 2 minute walk to the nearest piste.
Down that and up in the chair to Croisette and then, as they say, the mountain is yours.
A couple of ways to VT, either up from Croisette and then Mont de la Chambre all the way. This would be my preferred route from your starting point or down from Croisette, Reberty lift and then Bruyeres cabins.
I try and go with chairs so there isn't so much faffage with skis. 
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