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Hi all,
We are hoping to get to France for a week end of Jan. We will be taking our dog with us (hence the reason for sticking to France as we will be driving). Over the last year we have embraced XC as I would love to go skijoring with the dog- training is going well on roller skis so far.... What I am currently struggling with is to find a resort in France that allows dogs on the trails. I have emailed a few of the tourist offices and the response is generally negative.
Does anyone have any experience of skiing with their dog in France, who might be able to provide me with some advice?
We are off to Norway for 3 weeks later in the year, where skiing on trails with the dog is much more widely accepted 
Sarah
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Have you tried dedicated Ski de fond areas rather than resorts?
Naves http://www.naves-savoie.com/ might be worth a try as this is a bit more rugged than most.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| going well on roller skis so far |
Clever dog!
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@Rosieposie, you can do this with horses in Serre Chevalier, can't say I've seen them, but it may be in an area well away from others. https://www.ranchdugrandaigle.com/ski-joering/ . There are pedestrian trails along side the xcountry tracks, and I know @Weathercam has taken his dogs there on xc skis. They're small Jack Russells though. Something I have wondered about with ours.
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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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Since the alpine skiing ended in Drouzin Le Mont there has been both horse ski-joring, and a guy with huskies and a sled - normally in Feb holidays.
The horse guy goes up and down the old green-piste, but the huskies go up into the woods.
The pistes now are for people who skin up, or who hike up with a snowboard, or kids sledging on the old blue piste ( the lifts were taken down and used on the plateau at St Jean D'Aulps Station)
The X-C trails are used by who ever: snow-shoers, randoers, huskies, the odd skidoo, people just walking the dog.
Hunting officially ends in Jan, so you would be fine doing it any time from then until April.
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That's great guys, thanks for all your comments. I will check out those suggestions. If I find out useful info will post back here. Drouzin Le mont sounds intriguing, and also easy to combine with some DH in the PDS 
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Les Saisies, which has one of the biggest (and best = high altitude  ) XC areas in France definitely prohibits dogs,walkers, snowshoers and every other kind of rag, tag and bobtail from the prepared XC trails.
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Does depend when you go.
High season in Serre and the XC pistes are controlled and I've been told that dogs are forbidden but for three weeks before did not see anyone or be told to clear off.
There are usually pistes for walkers running alongside so I often go on those instead - and first thing in the morning they have been pisted over night for the walkers / snowshoes and they're great and in quiet season & will not get too beaten up - though I always wonder why you see a group of people on snowshoes on them when it's been pisted ?!
In another valley (Val Claree) there is around 10km of XC piste that you can take dogs on.
Last two seasons snow has been dire in the valley so I think I've only been out once on XC - we have the British Army all of Jan and their championships have been limited, though XC trails were opened up for them up on the Lautaret.
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