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Hi friendly and knowledgeable Snowheads people,
Searching the forum about Val Thorens parking, it's been mentioned a few times, that in Les Menuiresin is a free one.
Could you guys confirm and advise on the logistics, please? We will be arriving (fingers crossed) on Saturday afternoon..
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on the drive there where would be good place to do shopping for the week, roughly 1 - 2 hours before "you reached the destination" satnav announcement
thanks a lot
Monty
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Plenty of free parking in les menuires, but depends where exactly you’re staying?
Big supermarkets in Albertville just off the road, or a carrefour in moutiers. The carrefour in les menuires itself is an ok size too (and lots of smaller Sherpas to fill the gaps)
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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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We are staying in Val Thorens centre.
How easy/difficult is to get back to VT? I haven't found many buses runing between.
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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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@MontyMM, for shopping there is a nice bakery in the rue du soleil. Great place to grab something for the slopes.
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We are staying in Val Thorens centre.
How easy/difficult is to get back to VT? I haven't found many buses runing between. |
We park in Les Menuires and ski back to Val Thorens, via 2 lifts - either Doron and Mont De La Chambre chairs; or Reberty Chair and Bruyeres gondola. Both arrive at the summit of Mont De La Chambre, from where you have a choice of 5 runs to ski back to VT - 2 lovely blue runs, a black/blue combo or 2 red/blue combos.
Then, at the end of the trip, you can ski back to Les Menuires to the car. As it's downhill all the way you don't need a lift pass. 
As well as the free bus, Altibus runs a service up the valley, costing about €10 pp. Details are available at Altibus.com. We have used them before and bought tickets just before travelling, from their ticket office in the bus station, opposite the leisure centre in Les Menuires.
If all else fails there's always the option of a taxi back to VT - not cheap (at €30) but still better than €80+ for parking in VT.
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Wed 30-03-22 18:53; edited 1 time in total
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MontyMM,
What time will you arrive in VT on the Saturday? 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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ETA? hard to say, we are booked for this Friday DFDS crossing madness...
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I meant midnight crossing...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And it was madness....6 hours pure anarchy and chaos. Crossed at 5am, instead 00:15
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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thanks a lot to all of you,
yes, on Sunday morning we left car with no problem here: 45.316554784212876, 6.537607050901803 (past to Google map) and ski back to Val Thorens.
Yes, they accepting cars over weekend for offloading and loading, but seen a few to towed away during week...
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@MontyMM, if I might hijack your thread, how was your drive up to VT traffic wise on Saturday and did you stay close by or further north?
Just planning for next year, thank you!
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You know it makes sense.
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Hi, we were driving from Lancashire -Burnley, and we set off at 15:30, on Friday (wife works in school.... :)been at Dover at 21:00, and then till 4;30 am Armageddon....((P&O "problems", DFDS "technical issues..), so we did get to VT around 18:00...
My ideal drive would be to set off early Friday morning, using Eurotunnel, and overnight somewhere between Lyon and Albertville..
Sorry I am not really any help, but our location, and jobs are messing with idea to get extra first Saturday skiing.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@MontyMM, thanks. That’s a long day! Glad you got there at a decent hour at least!
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