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Hello all,
I have booked a flight to geneva for a ski week at NYE (31 st dec. Untill 6th January) with my gf. I know it's a busy week out there on the slopes but that's the only week we could arrange.
It's her second time skiing and my fourth ski week.
We have booked a hotel at la plagne 1800 but I've read it's super busy at NYE and that the queues are horrible. I've also read that LP is quite flat and not a very challenging resort (I'm used to Austrian red slopes and i see that most of LP are blues).
We are wondering if it's better to switch to les arcs or if there is another resort with better lift system and better selection of runs?
Thanks! (BTW first post on this forum )
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Welcome @Sort26.
Yes, you have chosen probably the busiest week of the season, but a very good resort for your experience of skiing. There are a lot of blue runs in La Plagne, but that is because there are a lot of pistes in general. The resort has plenty of challenging pistes as well as lots of gentle ones. You say you have done 3 weeks previously and your GF only one week so I assume you will be taking lessons. The instructor will know their way around the resort to avoid the crowds and of course take you to the front of the lift queues so that should not really be a problem. I think the lift system is pretty good.
IMHO you are correct that Les Arcs has more challenging skiing than La Plagne. From memory there are 12 big unpisted black runs which is about as big a concentration of tough runs as you will find anywhere. Some of the red pistes in Les Arcs: Claire Blanc, Tuffes and Malgovert spring to mind, would be black in almost any other resort. For your experience I honestly think that La Plagne would be better.
Enjoy the holiday
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A. Nowhere easily reached from GVA will be quiet
B. For your 4th week you want blues not reds.
So it’s a good plan
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks a lot guys! You had some nice points we didn't come up with.
We chose to keep on with la plagne
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La Plagne is a great choice, and yes there are some lovely cruisey blues but there is plenty of challenging skiing to be had - and you can go across to Les Arcs too.
From memory the worst queue was always the chair to take you back to Plagne Centre from Bellecote - but mostly the lifts are pretty efficient.
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