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Demoing Skis Champagny / La Plagne
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Hi guys,
Off to Champagny in the La Plagne area in Feb for 3 weeks. 2 weeks I will be working remotely and 1 week I will have as a regular holiday for skiing. I'll obviously ski weekends as well, and might take the odd half day off work if there's any fresh snow dumps.
Has anyone had any experience in demoing skis in Champagny (ideally) or less ideally, the wider La Plagne area, and can recommend somewhere?
I will be doing an absolute minimum of 11 days skiing, probably going to be 13 days on the slopes, so the cost of renting skis for me will be pretty high, especially as many of those days will be non consecutive, so the cost per day jumps up a lot.
I've skied Champagny probably close to 10 times now and most of the sports/ski shops strike me as places that churn people in and out rather than dedicating themselves to selling skis and quality boot fittings ( more than happy to be proven wrong!).
The other option is obviously I buy in the UK / order here and bring with me, but I would like to try them out if possible.
Cheers in advance!
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Obviously
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isn't a real person
You can demo in most shops but they charge you, taking it off the purchase price if you buy.
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?
That was my plan. Have you had that specific experience in Champagny or La Plagne? Based on google searching everything just seems to advertise renting.
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To anyone else wondering this, I contacted the Champagny tourist board and they said shops there would only sell skis at the end of the season (apparently), which sounds like they'd just be shifting the rentals.
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