 Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks again for all your comments.
Think we have narrowed it down to Les Carroz - will also be a new one for us to try & seems to tick a lot of boxes. I have done a lot of research on the area & only negative is that it maybe a risk when we go in late March as its not that high. But otherwise looks like a great ski area to try.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Andrew911, Good choice. 
We are tied to school holidays so have only ever skied in Les Carroz in the last week of March or first two weeks of April. Usually there is good snowcover down to the village in late March. The only time we were not able to ski back to the village was in April 2017 when we had to download by gondola..however even that year there was plenty of enjoyable skiing in Flaine and the rest of the Grand Massif.
I recommend staying in Les Chalets de Jouvence which is at the foot of the piste and with a few minutes walk of town. however there are plenty of cheaper options in the village itself.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Andrew911 wrote: |
| @Idris do you know if St Gervais or Les Contamines are well served for mini- markets? We'll be doing self-catering. Cheers |
Les Contamines has 3 supermarché in the center and at least on in hameau le lay
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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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St Gervais has one supermarket I know of but its only a 10 min or less drive to Intermarche.
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We are a group of 4 ( boys trip) from Leicester going to chamonix. It is just an all round amazing experience. Skiing , drinking and eating.
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@Andrew911, good choice. But then I am biased! You have plenty of options and as it is not the school holidays at that time, you will be able to ski over to Flaine very quickly when you want above the tree line bowl skiing. It is not 'hopping' for apres but has some lovely bars and places to eat and 2 supermarkets in the village + an easy transfer from Geneva. Plenty of good option for lunch on the mtn as well. There is a picnic room at the top of the telecabine in LC and the DMC in Flaine, if you want to dump a bag of sarnies/drinks. If the weather is good there are a few picnic tables on Marvel (the long green that goes from the top to bottom of Morillon) where we often stop for a picnic at Easter.
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looks like youve made your mind up but another curve ball, flying in to Turin opens up lots of Italian ski resorts(via latta/cervina/the rest aosta area). Better food(and coffee) at reasonable prices.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @Swj, Morzine is not an hour from Geneva. Think more of 75-90 minutes. |
Google confirms 70mins to Morzine, 62mins to Chamonix
And you can ski PdS in half a day? Ha, you must ski faster than you drive 
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@polo, while somewhat route dependent, the 110 kph limit on the A40 adds a bit of time.
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Cheers Sounds like a good resort & something different for us. Have done places like Val, Tignes, Les Arc so would be nice to try something different.
