 Poster: A snowHead
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Got a couple of trips pencilled in this year. If possible, I'd like to get in some off piste with a guide, but quite franksly I can;t afford to pay for a personal guide. I know that in SOME resorts, there are ski schools who run groups that you can book on to, as opposed to hiring a guide for yourself. A couple of examples I've found from searching this forum are Flaine Super Ski who charge €45, and ISki-Val who charge €65 for a morning's guided off piste.
http://www.flainesuperski.com/skitours.htm
http://eng.iski-val.com/services/#offpiste
Can anyone recommend such an outfit in Meribel, and in Samoens (we'd be staying between Samoens and Morillon, rather than in Flaine, sadly)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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I have done off-piste in Meribel with:
http://www.skimarmalade.com
This was for me and a mate having two mornings for circa £150
About 10 years ago a few half-day 'how to' sessions with New Generation in Meribel
I did a few mornings with ESF in Les Coches a few years ago. French speaking group but okay. They have a similar set up in Meribel.
https://www.esf-meribel.com/hors-piste/guide-hors-piste
Samoens may have similar
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We (wifey+I) will be in Flaine, and we have a guide/instructor that cost (last year) €50/hour, If there were three of us we'd be doing three hours at €50 a head.
We've done this before and three hours is about as much as we can do without a break. It's not 'guiding' as such, more a lesson, but we've done them out of resort and walked back (you have skins?). We plan to do more this year, and more trips rather than lessons, so potentially they'll be a little dearer (read longer). If you have a friend I think four is the most he will take.
Depends when you will be in Samoens?
If you can switch your Meribel trip to Tignes I can recommend Floss (https://www.seetignes.com/locals/floss-ski-coach-and-director-at-freeflo-ski-instruction-tignes-region-712386), we had a great couple of mornings with her and a bunch of random Kiwis a couple of years ago. Wasn't expensive and was basically just a guided morning with a group of whoever turned up on the day. She seems to be working for herself now, so it may not be the same format, but maybe worth looking into.
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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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Thanks folks. Trips booked so changing resorts is not an option. Will ask the ESF in Samoens if they can help.
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