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| Jung wrote: |
Anyone in 3 Vallées last week or this coming week who knows what the pistes are like?
We’re arriving on 1st March for a week.
I know there’s not been much heavy snow for a week or so, so just wondering what the runs are like out there.
We’re staying in Les Men so will be mostly skiing & boarding the VT, Les Men valley, but can move around during the day if we need to |
If you download the 3V app the webcams will give some indication of conditions. The app is also useful for telling you which lifts are open, and has other handy features.
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| Bassman wrote: |
| Jung wrote: |
Anyone in 3 Vallées last week or this coming week who knows what the pistes are like?
We’re arriving on 1st March for a week.
I know there’s not been much heavy snow for a week or so, so just wondering what the runs are like out there.
We’re staying in Les Men so will be mostly skiing & boarding the VT, Les Men valley, but can move around during the day if we need to |
If you download the 3V app the webcams will give some indication of conditions. The app is also useful for telling you which lifts are open, and has other handy features. |
Hi. Yea I’ve got the app it’s great but thanks for suggesting. Was just interested in the conditions under foot if anyone was out there currently.
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Can you help regarding parking in Val Thorens please ?
Some context: our daugther will race at Etoile d'Or 12-15th march. She will be with her team at Val Thorens.
With my wife we been only able to find a rental at les Menuires
My wife is disable (french blue badge) and we will need to park at Val Thorens every day close to the Stadium.
It seems, the best option is Stadium Car Park.
For those who are very familiar with Val Thorens, how does Stadium Car Park looks like in terme of availability ?
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| thierryd wrote: |
Can you help regarding parking in Val Thorens please ?
Some context: our daugther will race at Etoile d'Or 12-15th march. She will be with her team at Val Thorens.
With my wife we been only able to find a rental at les Menuires
My wife is disable (french blue badge) and we will need to park at Val Thorens every day close to the Stadium.
It seems, the best option is Stadium Car Park.
For those who are very familiar with Val Thorens, how does Stadium Car Park looks like in terme of availability ? |
Might it be an idea to speak to the Tourist Office in Val Thorens and explain your situation?
and perhaps the same with the race organisers?
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| JDL65 wrote: |
Might it be an idea to speak to the Tourist Office in Val Thorens and explain your situation?
and perhaps the same with the race organisers? |
I did and they have no clue how to answer the question.
it seems they all are able to answer questions to people staying sat-sat with parking booked in advance....
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@thierryd, Have you tried emailing the ESF office? It has been a few years since I last raced at Val Thorens but we were allowed to park on the road as well as using the Stade car park, I would hope that a blue badge would mean a bit of priority.
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| rjs wrote: |
| @thierryd, Have you tried emailing the ESF office? It has been a few years since I last raced at Val Thorens but we were allowed to park on the road as well as using the Stade car park, I would hope that a blue badge would mean a bit of priority. |
I called them yesterday but it seems they don't know how to handle that type of question. I will email them today
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Heading to Mottaret in 2 weeks time, bringing my 3 year old. Some days I was planning on taking him on foot further up the mountains to meet the rest of the group for lunch.
I've never travelled on foot via lifts before, may sound silly but chairlifts, there is nothing out of the normal other than scan through and sit down? Is there a process for coming back down a chairlift?
Looking at trying to take him up to Mount Vallon peak but wanting to try and understand how to get back down!
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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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| psjmcneill wrote: |
Heading to Mottaret in 2 weeks time, bringing my 3 year old. Some days I was planning on taking him on foot further up the mountains to meet the rest of the group for lunch.
I've never travelled on foot via lifts before, may sound silly but chairlifts, there is nothing out of the normal other than scan through and sit down? Is there a process for coming back down a chairlift?
Looking at trying to take him up to Mount Vallon peak but wanting to try and understand how to get back down! |
On the piste map, you'll see some of the lifts are indicated with gondola style lift icons, you can go up and down those on foot without skis / board.
Only the lifts which are indicated with a chair lift icon would you need to have ski equipment and these are up only and not back down.
That's how I intepret the maps anyway.
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| Jung wrote: |
| psjmcneill wrote: |
Heading to Mottaret in 2 weeks time, bringing my 3 year old. Some days I was planning on taking him on foot further up the mountains to meet the rest of the group for lunch.
I've never travelled on foot via lifts before, may sound silly but chairlifts, there is nothing out of the normal other than scan through and sit down? Is there a process for coming back down a chairlift?
Looking at trying to take him up to Mount Vallon peak but wanting to try and understand how to get back down! |
On the piste map, you'll see some of the lifts are indicated with gondola style lift icons, you can go up and down those on foot without skis / board.
Only the lifts which are indicated with a chair lift icon would you need to have ski equipment and these are up only and not back down.
That's how I intepret the maps anyway. |
That was my understanding too but they have a pedestrian lift map and there are chairlifts on it:
https://www.les3vallees.com/media/download/foot-map-3-vallees.pdf
Which made me think you can go up and down them on foot.
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You know it makes sense.
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Have seen people go up and down chairlifts on foot in the 3V. Have never tried it myself!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I have seen people on chairlifts in different places (can't remember if Paradiski or 3V or both). No specific procedure, the liftie will usually slow it down though.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Jung wrote: |
| psjmcneill wrote: |
Heading to Mottaret in 2 weeks time, bringing my 3 year old. Some days I was planning on taking him on foot further up the mountains to meet the rest of the group for lunch.
I've never travelled on foot via lifts before, may sound silly but chairlifts, there is nothing out of the normal other than scan through and sit down? Is there a process for coming back down a chairlift?
Looking at trying to take him up to Mount Vallon peak but wanting to try and understand how to get back down! |
On the piste map, you'll see some of the lifts are indicated with gondola style lift icons, you can go up and down those on foot without skis / board.
Only the lifts which are indicated with a chair lift icon would you need to have ski equipment and these are up only and not back down.
That's how I intepret the maps anyway. |
i'm pretty sure some of the chairs allow down lifts for pedestrians too though
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My understanding is that there is the pedestrian pass available in the 3 valleys and that it can be used on the lifts shown in your link, but no other lifts.
To get to Mont Vallon, you need to go up Plattieres which is a gondola. Then switch to the Plan des Mains chair to go down, the liftie at the top would slow the chair for you to hop on / off, but going down a chair is a bit of an odd experience. You then walk over to the Mont Vallon gondola. You repeat the process to get back to Mottaret.
My only concern is your 3 year old in the chair lift, but all the chairs in the 3 valleys do have an extra guard for small kids.
You could also go to the top of Saulire on Pas du Lac, and even over to 1850. !850 might be better by catching the bus to Meribel, then up Saulire Express, down the cable car and then down the Verdons bubble. No chairs involved!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| psjmcneill wrote: |
Heading to Mottaret in 2 weeks time, bringing my 3 year old. Some days I was planning on taking him on foot further up the mountains to meet the rest of the group for lunch.
I've never travelled on foot via lifts before, may sound silly but chairlifts, there is nothing out of the normal other than scan through and sit down? Is there a process for coming back down a chairlift?
Looking at trying to take him up to Mount Vallon peak but wanting to try and understand how to get back down! |
I can't remember for Mont Vallon specifically but gondolas will usually have a download entrance on the other side of the disembarkation point for skiers coming up, for pedestrians and/or skiers that want to download. At the bottom you exit as you enter the station on the opposite side to where all the skiers are queuing up and there will be a separate exit from the station.
On chairlifts for upload you just join the queue as normal and the lifty will slow the lift right down and make sure you have a chair to yourself so it can be slowed again at the top for you to get off. To come back down, you need to attract the attention of the lifty first so he can again slow it right down and/or stop it for you to get on. With a small child, they'll probably stop it completely to make sure you're in place and ready to get the bar down.
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You can.
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Thanks everyone! Mount Vallon might be one I'll investigate on skis myself first but will definitely take him up to the top of Saulire and into 1850 at least!
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Just arrived in VT. What areas have the best snow conditions currently in the 3 valleys?
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| JRB747373 wrote: |
| Just arrived in VT. What areas have the best snow conditions currently in the 3 valleys? |
Orelle and VT have been the best this week imo
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Guess thats what youd expect being highest. Looks like its been warm and sunny all week, are pistes still ok above 2000m in most of the other areas ? Or is it getting a bit heavy/wet even that high in the afternoons.
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Yea it’s been okay, only wet and heavy right at the bottom of the runs at resort level in Les Men at the end of the day, but up top it’s still good.
Was over in Courcheval / Signal side and Meribel today, was still good but a bit firm and less grippy.
Will be going back over to Orelle tomorrow hoping conditions there still nice
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La Masse is usually always good in spring due to it's orientation.
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That's good to hear, maybe its not as bad as I've been thinking. Fingers crossed the fresh sprinkle turns up sun/mon will set us up for the week.
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Random question, how busy (or not) is 3V during English half terms? My brother has only skiied in Austria over half term and is wondering about where else to try....
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@kitenski, unfortunately Feb half term is about the worst.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Perty, thanks, I thought so, I'll send him to my fav hotel in Stuben
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Poster: A snowHead
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| kitenski wrote: |
| Random question, how busy (or not) is 3V during English half terms? |
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@kitenski,
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@Perty, thanks, I thought so, I'll send him to my fav hotel in Stuben
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Used to love Stuben but haven't been for years, which is your fave hotel?
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@andy1234, Hubertushof
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@kitenski, looks nice!
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| Je suis un Skieur wrote: |
You can. |
Yes, you can ride some chair lifts as a pedestrian as shown on that map. But also look carefully at it - Cascades has a red arrow pointing up the hill. This means you can only ride up the chair. You can NOT downride Cascades. This links up with some of the walking trails.
And the map is a little out of date. Cime Caron is closed for the entire season and therefore you can NOT connect on foot from Val Tho to Orelle.
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Light flurries in Les Menuires
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Very windy in Val Thorens today. Only 4 lifts open and no links to other valleys. Not surprisingly v big queues for those lifts (Peclet in particular). Bit of snow in the wind now. Hoping for better conditions tomorrow.
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VT was awful today
Dangerous and windy
Looks to be the same tomorrow
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Snow has deteriorated noticeably overnight in the Courchevel valley. 2 main culprits : strength of wind and ambient temperature. Anything below 2,000 metres was soft, sugary and lumpy by 1PM.
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Yeah snow is really pretty crap below 2000m although there's enough of it it's very heavy, granular and lumpy by lunch getting. Top 2/3 of la masse was still pretty good though today despite the wind. Doesn't feel like any of that snow is going to turn up here.
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