Poster: A snowHead
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I am looking to do a ski trip over the festive period and interested to hear people's opinions on how reliable the snow is in places like La Plagne/Les Arcs at that time of year? 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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And apologies in advance if I've posted this is in to the wrong section
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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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largely over 2000m high so if there is no snow there, almost no else will have....
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Outside Half Term weeks Christmas and New Years are two of the most important weeks for ski resorts - as there's a lot of overlap between the "old enough to be earning ski holiday money", "have school aged children" and "annual leave has to be family time" circles on the "who skis?" venn diagram. As a result if at all possible, come hell or high water all significant resorts will have snow. Will that snow be man made, trucked in from higher up, or 18m or fresh powder...one of them, yes. Also most resorts will already have expected to be fully open for a couple of weeks by Christmas, so not like you're booking opening week.
Both La Plagne and Les Arcs are at a decent altitude for the western Alps so should be fine.
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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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@br0wn1, I've skied Christmas week in Arc 1600 almost every year for the last 20 years and yes we have had snow: some excellent, some average, some poor. We've had powder and wind that blew it all away, we've had rain, wev'e had it hot (sitting outside in T shirts on Christmas day) and cold (my nepthew got frost bite on his toes New Year week), but we've always skied. And always thought it much better than being in the UK at Christmas, even when it rained last year.
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Thanks all, sounds promising.
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Singlesport.com is in les Arcs this Christmas. We have been going that week for years and we have always been ok to ski
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