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Hi, I'm going. Away for a long weekend with a group of 40 somethings In January. We have booked flights to Geneva already and are now looking at a resort.
Few criteria trying to meet and I'm struggling to tick all boxes so it may be the place doesn't exist but thought it was worth tapping into the knowledge on here.
- reasonable apres. Not going to be out till 6am but want a bit of life
- preferable bars at bottom of slope. We all like to ski/board to a bar
- under 2hr from geneva
- reasonable size ski area with a bit of offpiste
All are competent so doesn't need to be beginner friendly. Was looking at Chamonix but not keen on how spread the area is.
Any ideas/suggestions
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Morzine, Avo, Flaine, La Clusaz, GrandBo, even Combloux, Megève all under 1h20 from Geneva airport and good sized.
If you stretch to 2h30 you could even try Verbier but in that case just go to 3V!
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Morzine, Avo, Flaine, La Clusaz, GrandBo, even Combloux, Megève all under 1h20 from Geneva airport and good sized.
If you stretch to 2h30 you could even try Verbier but in that case just go to 3V! |
Verbier transfer is 2hrs with Alpine Express etc. The drive takes about 1h45 out of rush hour.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@therock, a group of 40-somethings, or a group of 40, somethings. Makes a big difference...
How many people and why do we need to know their ages?
Almost anywhere would work. Chamonix need not be discounted. Verbier should be included.
I'd probably agree with Fixx on Morzine as its reasonably PdS centrally - not so much as Avoriaz but accom possibly easier (I haven't booked anything in Avoriaz since 1991, when I was contracting apartments from P&V in bulk).
Morzine has the group advantage that more or less all the skiing returns into town (by bus from Ardent or Prodains) but keeping the herd together might be easier.
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Thanks all.
@under a new name, yes sorry. 40 somethings and 40, somethings very different. 5 of us in all. So not a large group.
Age is not particularly relevant but my idea of apres is a little different from 20 years ago. Which is why I included age.
Is Verbier significantly more expensive than Morzine?
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Is Verbier significantly more expensive than Morzine?
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depends on your definition of "significantly" but I'd say you would notice the difference
Morzine seems the most obvious answer to me.
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We all like to ski/board to a bar
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You can only really do that in Morzine if you come down the Pleney side? Otherwise it is bus or SM gondola. That said I do like Morzine as a long weekend destination.
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