 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
We are hoping to return to Avoriaz this year but we arrive the last day of the SNowboxx festival. As we are travelling with a family does anyone have any insight to whether it will be carnage during the time we are going . We would arrive the Saturday and that is the last day of the festival . Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We were in Morzine for a weekend the same time as the festival started last March, so it's difficult to give you an accurate view of Avoriaz, but we did spend a most of the weekend up there during the day as we had a beginner with us I was teaching. In terms of the day time, it was fine, except La Folie Douce which was used as a venue so rammed full of chavs.
Other than that, it was fine, but I can't comment on the evenings after the lifts closed.
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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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Snowboxx has been going for a decade or so.
Avoriaz know how to handle the crowds.
Will be fine.
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I was at Snowboxx a few years back. While it is a little extra rowdy, I don't think as a family you'd notice that much difference. The main stage finishes relatively early (like 10 ish I think) and then the late night stuff all happens either up a mountain or in random venues. It's not like being at Bestival or anything. Probably the main thing you'll notice is drunk 25 year olds with a Bose speaker weaving through the Stash.
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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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Yup, I've been in Avoriaz during Snowboxx. Hardly noticed it. Ambient drum & bass a bit louder - noticeable in the evening. Various areas cordoned off. Sound stage equipment here and there. If you want to see what all the fuss is about, you can venture forth (or gawp from a balcony), otherwise, from the comfort of a bar or restaurant, it's business as usual.
As to when the event is cleared away, there's no carnage. Just the usual transfer day bustle. The roadies are very efficient.
I have spent many hours of an afternoon at La Folie Douce in La Daille (VdIsere), but in Avoriaz, it seems out of place...
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@swskier, how do you know they were chavs?
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Yeah I wouldn't say that it was 'chav', just lots of young people having fun. I thought it was a good vibe and relatively family friendly considering. So long as you don't go to Folie Douce (obvs).
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