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I will be going here at Easter and would really appreciate some advice regarding the following:

1. If the conditions are good, who do you recommend I get as a guide? (please don't recommend an Englsih one for the sake of him or her being English-only if they're good and not full of it).

2. I've been talking about buying a new pair of skis for three years now and want to demo a few pairs. Any recommendations? (25 years experience, maybe 110 plus snow weeks, BASI III 1988 but never used it, fall line and all that mullarkey)

3. Most enjoyable pistes and off piste. That does not necessarily mean gradient and macho factor nonsense

4. Skiing in La Thuile-apparently you can heli ski in Italy! Any ideas?

5. Off slope diversions (and I don't mean getting totalled every night and projectile vomiting-I understand Bourg St Maurice has some excellent examples of the Baroque-is this true?)


Thanks for your help!
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kevin mcclean, I'm sure the La Ros experts will be along soon!!! The heli-skiing picks up from La Rosiere I think. It's a while since were there, but the apres ski was quiet but enjoyable. A trip over to La Thuile for a nice lunch is a good idea.
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kevin mcclean, Try doing a search search for La Rosiere and you will get some excellent advice on the skiing, food etc. We are off there on 19th and one of our party intends heli skiing if conditions are good. I shall let you know.

Some of your more difficult questions will be answered by the REAL expert who will be along shortly.
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Who is the REAL expert? Henry the janitor?
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rob@traxvax I think
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Why not cancel and choose somewhere with a little more interesting skiing? Otherwise get straight up the lift, through the wind tunnel and into la Thuile.

Most of La Rosiere is the ridge under the fort, there's nothing here that will benefit from a guide as all the off-piste is between the runs and extremely visible. There's some off piste off the back, so a local guide is probably useful for this, I suspect that there's some really good skiing here. I don't know where it ends up.

There's a run down the valley, the piste finishes part way then the quality of the rest depends on snow conditions and how many others have skied it since it last snowed. I don't know how often the buses run back up (or even if they do). The piste was interesting when we skied it, there were thousands of little christmas trees growing all across the slope, most just small enough to have their heads chopped off when hit, the occasional tree tough enough to cause a ski to snag resulting in a dive onto the miniature forest.

No heli skiing at all when we were there, but that was start of season. Most enjoyable piste was Marmotte, it's a red with many variations of steepness and even gets near to trees at the bottom. An interesting lift back up as well, there's a net to catch you before you fall in the river if you manage to miss getting on the chair. Sam was always picked up and pushed into the chair to prevent him from being caught by the net. I don't know if there's off piste down below Marmottes, if there is this will also need a guide, again heaven knows where it ends up.

Off slope - nothing much in the village although we liked the Asterix cafe, it had some excellent regional specialities. It's not long to get rolling eyes down to Bourg.
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Well it looks like we shall benefit from bucket loads when we get their on Sunday. We have an off piste fan in our group so I shall report back. Seasonaires we spoke to last year did say that the Off Piste in La Rosiere was superb, you just need to know where to go
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Frosty the Snowman I suggest he goes off the flat area which the piste bashers have flattened !
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kevin mcclean wrote:
I understand Bourg St Maurice has some excellent examples of the Baroque-is this true?


Baroque trips here: http://www.lesarcs.com/Guided-visits.html
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Paul Mason, you sure it wasnt just Frosty the Snowman on his skis that had flattened it? Wink
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Frosty the Snowman, Anniversary shot almost to the day from last year of Ecudets

With the amount of snow we had last year even the piste skiing was like off piste, especially the blacks.

Have a good one
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Whats this? ..................Pick on Fatty day Very Happy snowHead
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Frosty the Snowman, and why not.
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Frosty the Snowman definitely not how could Charlatanefc and myself be classed as thin ? Shocked
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CP wrote:
Frosty the Snowman, Anniversary shot almost to the day from last year of Ecudets

Great photo of a fabulous piste Smile
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Frosty the Snowman, heh heh heh, if it was it would be Mr Kettle calling Mr Pot Wink

Paul Mason, speak for yerself, tubby Very Happy
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This was the off piste in La Rosiere just before Christmas. Although it might have been a piste: was difficult to tell the difference given the conditions!

http://saxons.fotopic.net/p24025711.html
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CP, How much better is SP than you. I missed the link first time, great photo. Fontaine Froide was closed last Easter so am really looking forward to creaming it in the new snow.
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Thanks everyone for your helpful comments; there;s certainly some possibilities here from what people are saying.
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RobW, great photo, any chance we could post it in our gallery, full accreditation of course.
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Frosty the Snowman, now you be careful out there, from what my son is telling me you could need a snorkel to ski Ecudets or Fontaine Froide in the next week, snowing now set to continue for 48hrs, predicted depth 60-80cms but could be more! Make sure you've got leashes on your skis it's a long walk up or down if you lose a ski on those runs.
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David@traxvax, If they dont bash it, I wont be skiing it, unless Twinner sport do knee hire aswell as ski hire Very Happy
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Frosty the Snowman, the pisteurs usually bash Fontaine Froide and leave Ecudets for a day or so, I've got find memories of skiing Ecudets in thigh deep powder, it doesn't happen that often but I think your timing will be perfect, I'm soooo jealous. I just might find an emergency in the chalet that requires my presence in La Rosiere.
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David@traxvax, yes you can put a copy in your gallery. You might want to check out the others as well: http://saxons.fotopic.net/c799818.html
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Lovely Pics
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RobW, Thank you so much, lovely photos!
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CP, How much better is SP than you. I missed the link first time, great photo.


Skiing: He is quite a bit quicker than me and I have to reign him in at times - depends on the conditions, number of people etc. I am not going to go nuts with him around because at the end of the day I am responsible for him and need to be aware of what he is up to and also pick up the pieces when he gets too adventurous.

Apres: He is hopeless, I can drink him under the table any day snowHead

Have fun mate I hope you get the conditions that we can see in Robs great photos.
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Apres: He is hopeless, I can drink him under the table any day

Laughing Laughing
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Frosty the Snowman, have you seen the La Rosiere webcam this morning? It's still dumping.
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David@traxvax, Now thats a dafter question than the guide in the Vallee Blanche one. Looks like a foot to me. There is a hut roof to the right of the picture that the snow falls off regularly, in fact some has already fallen off. Looks like 30cm minimum. However it does look like a horrid morning, lifts shut, wet snow, falling snow, bad viz. I bet people get very wet. Montalbert looks very damp with dark slush footsteps visable on their camera.

Wet snow today but temps drop tonight Very Happy

Link to La Thuille closed but to be expected. Still snow seems to ease of a bit from Monday onwards. Feel sorry for those out there today but hey no pain no gain. Now for the big question. Do we rush around like idiots on Sunday to try and get an hour in Very Happy Very Happy snowHead
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Frosty the Snowman, ah decisions, decsicions, whether tis nobler to sit in the chalet and relax or to take skis and face the uncertainty of falling over on your first day.
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I suppose it must be "better to have skied and fallen, than to have never skied at all".

PS Bacon & cheddar all arranged
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Chaps do you know if there is a discounted rate on the lift pass for a day at La Rosiere if we have 6 day Les Arcs passes?

TIA
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DATA JUST IN FOR OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL
45 cm@2400m
38cm@1850

Yeeeeehaa
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CP, Yes there is. Discount is 10 euros, IIRC. That brings the daily cost down to €22 I think, with a €3 refund on your electronic pass if you return it to a liftpass office (or you can use it to buy a hot chocolate in the little bar at the bottom of the Ecudets piste Smile ).
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Frosty the Snowman, that could be interpreted as gloating...
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Frosty the Snowman, You're taking cheddar cheese to France . . . Shocked
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samharris, Absolutley not. Just passing on the iffo for anyone going out this weekend. Now let me think.........ah yes, that would include me Very Happy snowHead
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Masque, I'm off up to Newcastle this afternoon. Have put some coal in the boot just in case.
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