Poster: A snowHead
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I'm off to Val Thorens on Saturday and would love to find some snow! As the title says, the report for the 3 Valley's is looking pretty poor, so any suggestions for resorts to day trip to that have better snow and are less than 2 - 2.5hrs by car? I was thinking Chamonix, any alternatives? Thanks.
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Just been at VT earlier this week. IMHO, If the snow isnt good there, your wasting your time most anywhere else.
Over the last two days the 3V's have had warm and rain, only snow above 2300m. Any pistes lower that this are really suffering. Take with a pinch of salt, the reports of runs being open. They will keep runs open even with slush and exposed rocks, experienced that today. Today I was in CV 1850, some of the main pistes are very poor. Tomorrow Courchevel forcast +7deg C. VT the same! Whole area warm. You probably know this but it will take you about 1 hr to get off the mountain to Moutieres, even before you think about heading anywhere else.
Good luck!
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If the snow isnt good there, your wasting your time most anywhere else.
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That has to be right and we hope to head over there tomorrow. It was raining locally, very hard, up to 2500m (according to the pisteurs whose advice we sought before deciding not to bother with Les Contamines. Everything below that level will have been absolutely swamped with rain. The quality of the pistes below that level, not great before, has taken a huge dive in the last 24/36 hours.
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As other posters have said -VT is the best of the lot for snow. In fact, you'll probably be swamped with daytrippers from other resorts, so get on the lifts early to beat the queues, head to the uppermost runs and enjoy.
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Got text from GF who is in Les Arcs today and snow seems to be ok there
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ac505, if I were you I'd extend your trip to a fortnight (assuming a week). Enjoy VT until mid-week. When it'll dump down. Then enjoy perfect conditions for the remainder of your stay and visit the rest of the 3V, even skiing down to StMdB.
Probably a skier's market at the mo for last minute accom.
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I think you've chosen wisely going to VT - it's the highest resort in Eurpoe, so generally has the best snow anyway. I expect Meribel, though, and most of the rest of the 3V's will be a different story...
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went to val thorens today. snow there, at the higher levels, is great, and certainly going to be far better than anywhere else around. But it is going to be extremely cold up there this week. It was terrific today, warm and sunny.
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