Poster: A snowHead
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Hi there !
I will be in France at 17-24 March and debating with myself regarding the above options for a spring ski week.
I am fairly new skier, although I am already riding comfortably reds and blacks (not the bumby/icy blacks) and plan to be on piste.
Any advice regarding which site can be expected to have the best snow on piste at that time ?
Thanks for the help.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Les Arcs no contest if you're a piste basher
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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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@shaharke, welcome.
I spend the winters in Chamonix and must agree with @red 27, in your shoes it would be Les Arcs
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Thanks @HammondR, @red 27
Apart from Les Arcs being great for piste skiing, is it known to hold snow well on mid March ?
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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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@shaharke, it's been an almost record breaking season with a huge base of snow. And the snow making in Les Arcs is very good. And 17th March is not that late season anyway. So you have no worries. And yes for piste skiing Les Arcs would be my recommendation - although I've not been to Flaine - only the other 3.
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@shaharke, as @Layne says mid March is not late season, but spring is on its way. Of the 3 I would go to Les Arcs as my first choice (I will be there over Easter) , followed my Chamonix, well not actually Chamonix but Argentière, which is not what you are looking for.
If you are not fond of " bumby/icy blacks" then beware the blacks in Les Arcs are largely unpisted (blacks should not be bashed) and are usually 2km plus mogul fields. Almost all the reds are bashed with only a couple left "au natuelle" so you should be OK. For the type of skier you describe yourself as I would look for accomodation in Vallandry
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Thanks @Layne, @johnE, and everyone for your advice.
I will most likely take it, and with some assistance from your favorite god/goddess, and luck, (and being physically prepared too, that might help ) will report back with how it went.
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