 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone got any useful info on the potential/usual reliability of this area in Mid-April?
Last season (According to skiclub) was 83cm top/50cm bottom in the corresponding week... obviously not brilliant... not sure how representative last year was in terms of the past snow record at all?
...but as the resort we ended up at (Serre Che) had 40cm top/15 bottom when we were there in late March and 45cm/5cm in mid-April then it compares quite favourably!
Allegedly it's mainly North & West facing slopes, so maybe it's worth a punt? Apparently it's relatively quiet compared to mega-resorts and is well inter-connected with navettes.
Anyone have any thoughts on this area at all?
Cheers
Carl
PS... yes, I know that La Ros was about 167/60 for the middle of April - I'm not ruling it out yet, just looking around!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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carled,
Since nobody else has replied, I have actually stayed in La Toussuire in the 1990s.
I was not there in April, but nobody spoke of microclimates when we were there.
I personally would not book an April holiday there too far in advance. I would not take a punt.
Tignes is the obvious candidate if you want to book well in advance
La Toussuire itself is fine. There is plenty of piste, more lifts now than when we were there and it is not crowded.
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carled, Serre Che currently has snow depth of 240/105 , you really picked a bad year.
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Serre Che - Last week of Feb last year.... 50cm top, 20 bottom...
Ironically enough, half of the group have said they'd happily return to Serre Che this year! I've said that I would do but ONLY if the snow was good enough to open up the L'echaillon & Frejus sectors... I really missed them last year!
I suppose that if the snow takes the same pattern as last year then even with no more snow between now and Easter we'd still be looking at 120/50 at worst, I'd guess...
I tell you Helen... I'm cursed, cursed I tell you!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Official Serre Che site says 265/145 now!!! Oh for f**k's sake... 
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carled, I've just had the snow report this morning, and all but a few pistes are open, meaning Echaillon and Frejus will be too. Whats the current picture where you're planning to go?
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Not decided yet. Keeping the proverbial options open!
We're trying to find a chalet/gite that will take all 17/18 of us and there are quite a few scattered around the areas of interest to us, although several are a few km out of town and that would mean a car to get anywhere or relying on the resort bus. My logic is that 90% of big groups will have booked for Easter by now. That means there are still lots of owners out there with unfilled big chalets who will start to get nervous soon and think of dropping their prices!
I'm prepared to leave it until a week or two before we fly to sort it out. We have our flights booked (same as last year - to Turin 9th/16th April) and the rest will follow depending on snow conditions!
Charlotte at LDA is kindly having a look around there for suitable accommodation and PG has been most helpful around the Les Arcs area too.
I'm undecided as yet, but the faves are looking like LDA, Les Arcs/BSM, La Ros, Puy st. Vincent, Montgenevre or Serre Che again.
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Latchigo, thanks for the input, but I'm keen to avoid the supposedly "mega" reorts of Val T, Val D, Tignes, Meribel, Les Men, etc... I really object to their ludicrous lift prices when in all likelihood the skiing available will be greatly reduced.
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carled, good luck with your hunt. If you do end up in Serre Che again, we will be out there too, so PM me and we'll meet up for a drink or two. If you don't perhaps next time? It's a great place when the snows good. I've never had the snow as bad as that before. http://www.miquelhols.co.uk/home.htm have chalets in Monetier-les-Bains (where the best snow will be).
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