 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm looking to organise a lads weekend ski trip - Early Friday to Late Monday - 3.5 days skiing.
It's first time I've done this and could do with any pointers or recommendations on finding accomodation.
There's definately going to be 4 of us but could quite easily be 8.
Resorts I'm looking at are Cervinia or Suaze d'Oulx - both within approx. hour and half - http://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/Airports/Turin.html
Any suggestions?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Flights now booked. 
Friday 26th January 07.00 from Stansted
Returning Monday 29th January 22.45 from Turin
Should get 3-3.5 Days Skiing.
Any suggestions on Accomodation or websites.
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Cheers Skanky & Linds
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Pete1909,
If the snow is good in Serre Chevalier Briancon is about 1 1/2 hrs by car and has quite a few hotels where you can get weekend accommodation.
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Cheers T Bar - I've done a day in Serre Chevalier when staying in Monte Genevre, so wouldn't mind going back for a longer play.
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i think we flew to tourin when we went to champuluc. In which case check out hotel k(c)alifornia - an enjoyale if somewhat surreal place to stay
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I've booked flights 8/3 back 13/3 Turin. What did you manage to book, pretty please? It may help me in filling in the accomodation and transfer gaps I now have!! 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Nothing Booked yet. I'll post when I get it sorted.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Pete1909, I did a short trip to Cervinia between Christmas and New Year (3 days/2 nights - so about 2.5 days skiing). I left it until a couple of days before I went and then emailed all the hotels on the Tourist information site. I had about 6 offers to consider in the end.
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Simon, i have availability in Monetier for those dates contact me if you want more info.
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You know it makes sense.
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Helen Beaumont,
Hi Helen, what would the price be. My wife and I are both house trained!!
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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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Simon, i will pm you later. Posting on phone at the moment
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Poster: A snowHead
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Pm in your inbox simon
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ray Zorro, I've just tasked one of the other lads to look at Cervinia so I'll pass the message on to him. How did you transfer to resort? (Time & Cost?)
What was the skiing like, varying reports from people on Snowheads but I quite fancy it for 3.5 days.
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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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Pete1909, I drove from Bergamo - and it took about 2.5 hours - Turin is very much closer, the drive should be a doddle, just remember to turn off the motorway at the right junction (which I didn't and carried on to Aosta  ). I hired a small car as there was only me and 2 of my kids, which was £68 (I think). There is a link for cheaper car hire in the sticky in the trips forum.
I guess the reports on snow and skiing are a little subjective. I thought that the skiing was good. There is plenty of variety if you include the Zermatt side, and we didn't cover anything like all the slopes available. The snow was probably better in Cervinia/Zermatt than anywhere else at that time (hence why I changed to there). There was no off-piste available that I could see (apart from bits to the side of the piste), but the piste skiing was good; a little hard-packed with the odd stone right down at resort level, but good in most places and very good up at the top. One run in Zermatt to avoid is 52 - Stafealp, a narrow track, hard-packed , stony and a little icy with long uphill bits 
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Ray Zorro, Thanks for that.
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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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Pete1909, Montgenevre isn't looking too bad. Probably about an hour or so by car and some ok bars.
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