 Poster: A snowHead
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We've got a couple of baby-sitting relatives who won't be skiing coming with us to La Plagne later in Feb.
I've found the La Plagne website just about the hardest to get my head around for simple, comprehensive information (perhaps its just my lack of familiarity with the various villages etc) but just wanted to get some clarity on pedestrians using gondolas etc as a trip up a mountain for a hot chocolate is an obligatory trip for any non-skier in a resort, surely!
According their website, there are pedestrian rates. There's a 38 euro pass for 7 days, which excludes the Vanoise Express (I understand all of that!!). But apart from that, all of the lifts priced on their tariffs are "aller simple". Whilst on a nice day a ride up and a walk down might work, am I being thick in translating "aller simple" as being "one way" when it really means "up and down once" (assuming the top stations don't check lift passes), or does it really mean that to get up and down you'd have to buy two "aller simple"?
The full list is:-
7 Jours Piéton (hors Vanoise Express) 38,00 €
Aller simple Glacier de Bellecôte 13,00 €
Aller simple télécabine : Roche de Mio, Funiplagne 8,00 €
Aller simple télésiège : La Roche, 1800, Montchavin, Pierres Blanches 6,50€
Aller simple télécabine de Champagny 6,50€
Aller simple télécabine Lac Noir, Montalbert 8,00€
Aller simple télécabine des Coches 3,00€
Aller simple télécabine du Vanoise Express 7,00€
Aller-retour télécabine Vanoise Express 13,00€
Also, are "in resort" lifts (particularly interested in Telemetro as we're staying in Aime) free for all to use? Are there any other lifts in / around town which are accessible to all with or without ski passes?
When new non-skiers come with us I like to be at least moderately authoratitative about the area so I don't send them off on a wild goose chase with a hypothermia risk (!) so just trying to bring myself up to speed in the meanwhile!!
Thanks for any help!
(I'll link this post to the La Plagne season thread so it can be cross referred).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Put simply: Going up is chargeable coming back down is free.
Telemetro is free, the frequent buses which link the altitude villages are also free, (technically I think you have to have a lift pass but I have never seen anyone asked for one) If you are staying in Aime 2000 I doubt they would get over to the Vanoise Express on foot or indeed down to Montalbert. There is however a nice winding footpath all the way down to 1800. (get the bus back up).
The purist office does a map for pedestrians.
One must do is the trip up to the Glacier, they can get the bus around to Belle Cote and then walk through to the bubbles, there is a separate lane for pedestrians.
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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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Cheers, that's what I hoped (and expected). I wonder if there is some colloquialism which means my GCSE-translation of "aller simple" falls short!
I do like the sound of a "purist office" 
Seriously though, very helpful. Many thanks! Knew I was over-thinking it!
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@larkim, stupid phone ....or user 
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