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@RobMcQ, surely Chalet Nuef if open should be on the list. I do have a soft spot for that place and Chantel. La Viuex Four restaurant was always amazing if still open!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@denfinella, all too easy to take these kind of comments to heart on these kind of forums, and to not to is easier said than done. But that said, the more people the better the knowledge and generally forums are richer for this, after all it's a forum not someone's private chat.
So please, I for one would look forward to your updates when you're lucky enough to be there 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I do have a soft spot for that place and Chantel.
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OMG I obviously meant Chatel 
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Rain rain rain. Here's the report from the kids' afternoon in LG:
- kid #2 loved it, despite the rain in the lowest parts (they've going for Première Étoile).
- kid #1 and his competition did *one* run then headed to a bar for the rest of the day...
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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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Guys, can I just confirm that you can't buy a 6 day Avoriaz only ski pass - you must buy a PdS pass if its for 6 days? Really annoying as I am paying for family members to ski in the whole PdS who will never leave Avoriaz - but my research suggests this is the way and that you can only buy an Avoriaz only pass if its for 1 or 2 days.. €210 for a young kid for 6 days is crazy IMHO. It's a bit cheaper when you buy as a family but not much.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Wed 11-01-23 19:47; edited 1 time in total
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@davejsy, Vieux Four still open. Chantel sends her regards.
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@Rebelbrowser, Are you not better off buying individual days? Tuesday next week Adult for example €29 for Avoriaz.
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@davejsy, if I may, their fillet steak topped with Foie Gras wins the contest every time!!
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| Matt1959 wrote: |
| @Rebelbrowser, Are you not better off buying individual days? Tuesday next week Adult for example €29 for Avoriaz. |
Thanks. It's an option I suppose. Will look. A lot of hassle though, no idea why they don't just let you buy a 6 day at the outset
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@Rebelbrowser, If it's like Chatel you can get a card with your first day and then load it up online. I think that you might be able to load up 5 single days when you are back after the first day, would take you 10 mins per card though ....
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I suspect you are right. Just doing the maths though, you lose out on the family discount so I think the saving this way would only be about €20. When you factor in the effort and the small chance the kids might venture outside of Avoriaz it's just not worth it. Thanks genuinely though.
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@davejsy, if I may, their fillet steak topped with Foie Gras wins the contest every time!!
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I will start saving up now and try that next time! Such a cool place though, must be 10 years since I was last in Chatel but still remember it vividly. Would love to get back there soon.
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You know it makes sense.
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@elefantfresh, and if you do decide to get the A rather than the M bus (A much more frequent) then when you come out of the gondola station ski straight down the blue Crôt run to the Grandes Combes chair - it’s invariably empty and takes you to the same place as the Lac des Intrets chair (which is often busy). From the top of those lifts you can ski to the top of the Avoriaz valley where Fornet and Choucas lifts are. The latter allows you to access the Cubore chair that gets you over into the top of the Lindarets valley (avoiding using the Tour chair in Avoriaz which is always busy).
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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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@andy from embsay, Honestly, you guys are awesome - I keep saying thank you and I mean it
Defo beers on whoever is wandering about from Sunday for 2 full weeks - make yourself obvious and I'll sort ye out
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Poster: A snowHead
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| andy from embsay wrote: |
| @elefantfresh, and if you do decide to get the A rather than the M bus (A much more frequent) then when you come out of the gondola station ski straight down the blue Crôt run to the Grandes Combes chair - it’s invariably empty and takes you to the same place as the Lac des Intrets chair (which is often busy). From the top of those lifts you can ski to the top of the Avoriaz valley where Fornet and Choucas lifts are. The latter allows you to access the Cubore chair that gets you over into the top of the Lindarets valley (avoiding using the Tour chair in Avoriaz which is always busy). |
This is top notch info. Fair play Andy.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Rebelbrowser wrote: |
| Guys, can I just confirm that you can't buy a 6 day Avoriaz only ski pass - you must buy a PdS pass if its for 6 days? Really annoying as I am paying for family members to ski in the whole PdS who will never leave Avoriaz - but my research suggests this is the way and that you can only buy an Avoriaz only pass if its for 1 or 2 days.. €210 for a young kid for 6 days is crazy IMHO. It's a bit cheaper when you buy as a family but not much. |
You can buy 6 day Avoriaz only passes, I’ve done exactly that for my wife and daughter for our trip this year.
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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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| Rebelbrowser wrote: |
| Guys, can I just confirm that you can't buy a 6 day Avoriaz only ski pass - you must buy a PdS pass if its for 6 days? Really annoying as I am paying for family members to ski in the whole PdS who will never leave Avoriaz - but my research suggests this is the way and that you can only buy an Avoriaz only pass if its for 1 or 2 days.. €210 for a young kid for 6 days is crazy IMHO. It's a bit cheaper when you buy as a family but not much. |
You can buy 6 day Avoriaz only passes, I’ve done exactly that for my wife and daughter for our trip this year. |
When’s your trip? From the Serma website they only seem to be selling 6 day passes for the first week of the season and the last (ie when Morzine’s closed). First time I’ve seen this.
It does seem very odd!
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Ah, that’ll be why then! We’re there 2 - 9 April. Sorry.
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@B1g_browner, It really is top notch information from people who know the score.
I would do the same if I was on the ground, for sure - but I'm not - and there are a number of people on here who are nothing short of exceptional.
Aren't we so lucky that we snow people think the same and that we have a number of them so eager to push the info out as it comes.
This is why I say things like "we owe you a beer" because we really do - these folks are out there and asking for nothing in return
Imagine if you could stop at bar A and say "can I leave a beer for userX" wouldnt that just be class!
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@denfinella, Any PdS chat welcome on this thread imho  . I'm looking forward to hearing how you had a fab time!
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@shep, I’m sure we could tempt him out for some mellow hors piste on a bluebird day?
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| @shep, I’m sure we could tempt him out for some mellow hors piste on a bluebird day? |
He could be our carer... 
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Any of you using buses round Morzine this website is v useful - it shows where the various buses are (not the M bus as that’s a Montriond bus not a Morzine one). It’s sometimes a bit flaky (the U bus disappeared for a few hours the other day) but generally it’s a good way of knowing when to leave the pub and the bus is pretty much where the website says it is.
https://www.agilbus.fr/morzine
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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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You know it makes sense.
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@shep, @zzz, a one-legged 90 year old could keep up with me at the moment 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Im on a BA flight from LHA into Geneva next Wednesday morning. I know it’s 6 days away and the forecast could (likely will) chop and change a bit, but with the current forecast giving heavy snow down to Geneva’s elevation my question is will my flight likely be affected? I’m guessing that unlike a U.K. airport which closes after 1cm of snow that they are obviously more prepared for snow but does anyone have experience or knowledge of how much snow closes Geneva airport?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@PG1972, Maybe a better question to start its own thread as you are likely to draw more feedback. GVA seldom closes and there are probably 100’s of other factors that could cause a delay besides snow. Enjoy your stay in PDS!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Will do. Thank you @Ozboy,
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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But Chantel likes it already.
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Storm Chantel perhaps 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| ... but there's not much snow forecast |
Let’s see how well this one ages 
Was just checking back, you know for the doubters out there, about when this next pattern change / dump was first highlighted, and about 7 pages back inklings were first noted on the 5th Jan, and then more specific dates of 18-20th mentioned on the 7th Jan. So about 13 days out, which is the same as the last dump, mentioned 28th Dec for 8-10th snowfall. Lucky 13 twice in a row, or mere coincidence. A forecaster loves to ‘be right’ (guilty) but I don’t think there is a special knack to it, anyone can access the data and spend a few minutes each day reading charts to make a call or not. Of course no one can reliably call the general weather 2 weeks out all the time, but sometimes the ducks line up and you can take a decent pot shot.
First bit of good news is sat night into Sunday morning is not as heavy, might be just light drizzle up to 1700-1800m. Certainly nothing as dramatic as shown 5 days ago, steadily decreasing risk every update. Winds also picking up over the weekend, so not ideal.
Secondly there is now unanimous support across the 7 models I watch for some vortex influence, tues-wed. The whole week is looking cold and snowy but there are huge numbers for the early half. It’s going to be properly cold with 1500m below 0c most of the week, -3 to -8c at times, possibly colder.
I think it’s likely there will be some travel disruption mid week. Might just be roads up to resorts, hopefully nothing serious, but I repeat that these are fairly extraordinary charts….it’s not going to be moderate.
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@polo, how much are we talking? Things seem to be shaping up nicely for me week at the end of Jan.
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Morning - am I being thick or doesn’t the PdS app show which runs are open? I can see which lifts are but when I tap on the runs icon everything comes up?
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| polo wrote: |
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| ... but there's not much snow forecast |
Let’s see how well this one ages
Was just checking back, you know for the doubters out there, about when this next pattern change / dump was first highlighted, and about 7 pages back inklings were first noted on the 5th Jan, and then more specific dates of 18-20th mentioned on the 7th Jan. So about 13 days out, which is the same as the last dump, mentioned 28th Dec for 8-10th snowfall. Lucky 13 twice in a row, or mere coincidence. A forecaster loves to ‘be right’ (guilty) but I don’t think there is a special knack to it, anyone can access the data and spend a few minutes each day reading charts to make a call or not. Of course no one can reliably call the general weather 2 weeks out all the time, but sometimes the ducks line up and you can take a decent pot shot.
First bit of good news is sat night into Sunday morning is not as heavy, might be just light drizzle up to 1700-1800m. Certainly nothing as dramatic as shown 5 days ago, steadily decreasing risk every update. Winds also picking up over the weekend, so not ideal.
Secondly there is now unanimous support across the 7 models I watch for some vortex influence, tues-wed. The whole week is looking cold and snowy but there are huge numbers for the early half. It’s going to be properly cold with 1500m below 0c most of the week, -3 to -8c at times, possibly colder.
I think it’s likely there will be some travel disruption mid week. Might just be roads up to resorts, hopefully nothing serious, but I repeat that these are fairly extraordinary charts….it’s not going to be moderate. |
I think the original post "there's not much snow forecast" was specifically referring to the airport/Geneva as per discussion rather than the resorts - fingers crossed for next week though. Thanks for your continued postings on the outlook.
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@franga, Tap on the icon then zoom in. You can then tap on the run. See below.
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| franga wrote: |
| Morning - am I being thick or doesn’t the PdS app show which runs are open? I can see which lifts are but when I tap on the runs icon everything comes up? |
I seem to only be able to make that work through the web version, doesn’t work on the app for me.
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