Poster: A snowHead
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I know this is going to come down to personal choice, but.......
Which resort would be your preferred choice from the following Silverski Resorts - Courchevel, La Tania & La Plagne :-
For A family of 4, kids aged 15 & 12. All can ski reds comfortably. Will be skiing locally no transport, February half term.
Night life not an issue as long as there a few bars and restaurants.
Prefer to ski in attractive idyllic scenery.
Thanks again for all your input
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sat 20-01-18 17:56; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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La Tania (& La Tania).
I don't know Silverski but I do like the tree runs down to La Tania.
And if nightlife isn't such an issue, then you'll probably be fine.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Did you mean "Courchevel, La Tania & La Plagne"?
The Silverski Courchevel chalets are in Le Praz, which is the adjacent village to La Tania so they are effectively the same ski area. La Tania is larger, so more places to eat/drink (but I guess you will be fully catered except for one night?). Le Praz has more "character" with older buildings, whereas La Tania is all less than about 30 years old. Both are below the tree line, so more attractive to ski home.
La Plagne is generally modern, some people would say no character. Their chalets are mainly in Plagne Centre or Plagne Soleil - I think the latter is fairly limited for bars / restaurants.
At February half-term all should be snow-sure. I'd probably go for La Tania.
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@ecureuil, thanks now corrected
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Le praz is lovely.
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@DaiSki, i would go for La Tania, i used to work for silverski years ago, Meribel/courcheval and la Tania was my "patch" as i was their maintenance man there.
nice village with several bars and restaurants, Le ski lodge, is brit owned and run (tim the owner, is mad as a box of frogs!!!).
to be fair, i cannot compare with La Pagne as i have only stayed and worked there but not skied the area.
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DaiSki wrote: |
Courchevel, La Tania & La Plagne
Prefer to ski in attractive idyllic scenery. |
If you count the architecture as part of the scenery you can cross La Plagne off your list - and Courchevel is pretty ugly too IMV
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Interesting that I have not come across a catered chalet provider that has this condition:
Do Silver Ski provide bath towels? No, but a hand towel is provided in each wash room.
https://www.silverski.co.uk/faqs/
Really have to read the small print as I would have expected them to provide bath towels and turned up accordingly. No mention of sheets for the beds!
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If by Courcevel you mean the 1850 station, I would choose that every time in ski terms. The runs are lovely and always well groomed.
La Tania links to Courchevel so you can ski over in that direction but the runs back to La Tania itself can get icy and skied out whereas in similar conditions the runs down to Courchevel have been great. Courchevel is prettier than La Tania in my eyes but its subjective. Both are part of 3 Valleys ski area so lots of runs available.
La Plagne? Which one? I have not seen any particularly pretty parts. The area is part of Paradiski so lots of ground to cover. Again I prefer Courchevel as the runs are just 'nicer' as far as I am concerned simply because the pistes are always kept in great condition.
However, Courchevel is not a cheap place for apres ski, La Tania and pretty much all of the bits of La Plagne I have experienced are cheaper.
I`ve just realised that La Praz is the probable place for Courchevel, I`ve not skied that far down from 1850 but friends have said its ok and in any case I think you can get to and fro just by the lift system if the lower runs are poor, but Feb should be fine!
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I too worked a season for Silverski. Definitely La Tania. Courchevel Le Praz is pretty but the runs down can be challenging and icy, so not the easiest for the end of the day. Runs into La T, including Folyeres-the blue run, which is one of my faves, are a much nicer option.
And it seems they still don't do towels (they didn't when I worked for them). A means of keeping the price down-and they have always been a very good value option. Yes-They do provide sheets for the beds though!
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@Perty, towels were not provided when i worked for them either, nearly 20 odd years ago, as you say must be a cost saving measure on laundry and replacing items going missing.
am pretty sure i have had to take towels with me before on holidays to chalet/hotel type operators.
strangely enough, the last couple of self catering trips we have taken recently, towels were provided, this feb half term we are having to take sheets and towels!
i can definitely testify on the sheets being supplied, as it was my job on a Monday morning to pick up all the used ones from the chalets and take them down to the commercial laundry in Brides le Bains for cleaning.
+1 for folyeres, one of my favourite runs in the 3v's
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