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Hi all. Heading out to Chatel this weekend and considering a day trip to Verbier. Drive time to Le Chable looks like about an hour on google maps, just wondering if this is realistic and if it’s worthwhile for a single day. Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's a really easy drive - we did in in November as Verbier opened 2 weeks before PdS.
Takes around 1 hr, but parking in La Chable gets busy.
You can use one of your free passes if you have a season PdS Pass.
Though if the Snow is good in Chatel then the PdS has plenty to go at, so I would not bother.
Worthwhile if :
a) Snow in PdS starts to get a bit shonky, you can go much higher in Verbier
b) You want to go to James Blunt's restaurant
c) Fancy a change.
FYI, Sunday just gone was the best day of the season so far ( I was boarding in PLJ-Chatel) , so unless it rains all week and is warm, then Chatel will be just dandy.
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Thanks! I didn’t know about the James Blunt restaurant so that will be an added bonus on top of trying to dodge the rain and exploring somewhere new...
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@Aidan76, as@WindOfChange, says it is an easy drive. I would say just over an hour but only slightly. Unless you have a good reason to there is no need to drive up to Verbier, access from Le Chable is great - straight up two phases on the gondola.
Definitely go for an early start to get a decent parking spot. It's a great day out and a different feel to PDS. If you want to go up Mont Fort you need the full area pass.
I forget where we had lunch but it hurt the wallet!
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Wed 7-03-18 16:08; edited 1 time in total
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Thanks for all the advice. Sounds like a 4Vs pass will be the way to go, especially as I’m trying to get up high to avoid the wet weather.
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If it's wet I wouldn't bother. It'll be less wet up high but visibility will be zero.
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The forecasts are not always that good.
It said it was going to snow here today (16 Km from Chatel).
There were a few flakes but mainly sunny with a few clouds.
Here's how the weather currently looks out the window:
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If the weather is good - at the weekend you can sometimes get a monster queue in the morning to buy lift passes at Le Chable.
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Not much chance of a queue this weekend.
Likewise, I’d give La Vache a wide berth, Dhau or Cabane MT Fort far superior.
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