 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi everyone, I could use some advice!
My friend booked a Val Thorens hotel + 6-day ski pass package through a travel agency for March 2025 for our group. We were hoping to ski across all of the 3 Valleys, but it turns out the package only includes a more limited Val Thorens pass. We'd love to experience the full resort, but we noticed that the daily upgrade to access the 3 Valleys is EUR 48 per day—almost the cost of a brand new 6-day 3V pass if you do it for the whole week.
Has anyone had experience with upgrading a 6-day Val Thorens pass to cover the full 3 Valleys for a lower price? Is there an option to upgrade the entire pass instead of paying for individual days? I can't find anything about that on 3V website. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If the package is with a tour op', then thier rep might be able to dort it for you. They come around the bus during the trsnsfer with info and trying to selI stuff including lift passes to those who havent booked them.
Failing that, I think if you go into the lift pass office with it then they'll do it for you. Think I've done that one year on the EoSB.
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@leifur26, this may be a stupid question, but have you looked into your holiday provider?
they may be able to offer this, i know companies like sunweb and others like them offer local valley pass as standard, then you can upgrade to 3v's for a nominal fee, certainly not 48 euros a day
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Thank you! I've reached out to the holiday provider but haven't received a response yet. I just wanted to check here first as I was a bit concerned this might become an issue. Thankfully, it sounds like I don't need to worry too much.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Boofont, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s correct. I remember a similar thread last year and after checking online I noticed that VT daily upgrades were ever so expensive to the point that you’d just as well do the weekly upgrade, whereas the likes of Paradiski and Tignes/VDI were only about 20 euros for a daily.
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Depending on what you're looking for and how much/well you ski, if you've not been before then the VT/Orelle valleys do have quite a bit to do.
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@leifur26, this subject's come up before. You need the TO to do it for you but they will probably charge you more than the advertised difference in price for 6 day passes because they will have bought the VT only passes in bulk with a substantial discount. Think the last poster said they wanted the 6 day difference plus 15% of the 6 day VT pass (their discount) for the upgrade.
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@Je suis un Skieur, surprisingly, Sunweb charge considerably less that the difference between the VT and 3V pass - it's so little difference it's a no brainer.
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The upgrades from a valley pass to a full valley pass in the 3Vs always makes sense if you are going to leave your valley on more than one day. It has always been that way, going back to the 90s. Working in Meribel for 5 seasons, we never sold a valley pass, always a 3 valley one, unless a complete beginner.
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We've been regular attendees at the EoSB, and have upgraded in good snow conditions, and kept to the VT pass on others. I can't ever remember it costing us a fortune.
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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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| JDL65 wrote: |
| The upgrades from a valley pass to a full valley pass in the 3Vs always makes sense if you are going to leave your valley on more than one day. It has always been that way, going back to the 90s. Working in Meribel for 5 seasons, we never sold a valley pass, always a 3 valley one, unless a complete beginner. |
True, but Val Tho is different. It's imho the only smaller pass a competent skier might consider. At least late or very early in the season.
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| sugarmoma666 wrote: |
| @Je suis un Skieur, surprisingly, Sunweb charge considerably less that the difference between the VT and 3V pass - it's so little difference it's a no brainer. |
That will most likely be because they bought the 3V passes in bulk upfront at a discount so they don't want anyone to take the VT only pass. The TO I used to work for did the same thing.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Hells Bells wrote: |
| We've been regular attendees at the EoSB, and have upgraded in good snow conditions, and kept to the VT pass on others. I can't ever remember it costing us a fortune. |
It doesn't cost much to upgrade the 6 days VT pass to a 6 days 3V one. It does, however, cost a fortune to upgrade on a daily basis.
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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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@leifur26, when in March? In some years even mid-March can see Meribel centre so slushy by mid-afternoon that skiing through there is hard work. If the second half of March you might want to wait until you know what conditions are like.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| ecureuil wrote: |
| @leifur26, when in March? In some years even mid-March can see Meribel centre so slushy by mid-afternoon that skiing through there is hard work. If the second half of March you might want to wait until you know what conditions are like. |
I've skied through Meribel at the EoSB in April the last 3 years  Admittedly, that's been with the sole purpose of passing through and getting to the lovely skiing in Courchevel, which by then is pretty deserted. There are some good runs above Meribel that make the 3V extension worthwhile e.g. Inversens and you also need it for the glorious skiing above Les Menuires.
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| sugarmoma666 wrote: |
| There are some good runs above Meribel that make the 3V extension worthwhile e.g. Inversens and you also need it for the glorious skiing above Les Menuires. |
Fair play if you got to Inversens on a 3V upgrade. Last time I skied it, it was in La Plagne. 
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