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Megève
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Slightly belated report from half term week.

A real mixed bag of weather and snow conditions. Temperature up and down like a yo-yo. Snow, then rain, then snow, then rain, then snow ... then sun. Pretty thin conditions to begin with, some almost powder days (not real light and fluffy, but a nice foot or so on pistes that were unbashed all day - and pretty good off piste throughout on Mt Joly), days with puddles at the lower stations, decent spring-like conditions at the end ... but with the potential for rapid thinning without another dump.

The last day was best - only because I finally beat a laundrette in a GS! snowHead
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We're off there for a long week end in a couple of weeks with Stanford Skiing.
Are there any restaurants you'd recommend or top runs (or dodgy flat bits to avoid as I'm a darkslider).
I have my fingers crossed for more snow and low temps.
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ashton parker,

Mountain restaurants: there's loads of excellent places but I would mention:

l'Auberge de Christommet. One of my favourite restaurants anywhere. Quite expensive though. I recommend the magret de canard, which you cook to your liking on a hot stone at your table. The desserts are superb. It's between the Jaillet and Christommet mountains (which are not lift-linked to the rest of the domain, but a nice place to slide if there's sufficient snow) and is also accessible by road from the village.

l'Auberge de Côte 2000. Similar to the above but less atmospheric. You could try the bison reared on the neighbouring farm, if you'd like to extend your mortgage. At the bottom of the lower Côte 2000 lift and accessible also by road.

Radaz. Much cheaper and more intimate than the above. Excellent tartiflette and omelettes. No chips! Just off the ladies world cup downhill run (also accessible from less steep pistes), on the way to the lanchettes drag (or you can just point yourself down the WC run if you're feeling up to it (watch out for the compression!).

Village restaurants: My favourite smart restaurant is the Prieuré - right next to the church in the main square. If you collect Michelin stars, the Ferme de mon Père is a short walk up towards Mt d'Arbois. The Brasserie Centrale is excellent for pizzas etc.

Sliding: Côte 2000 is my favourite area. You can get the bus up there or the bubble from the village to Rochebrune and crab up and down the ridge to the far end. The snow's always good, some nice steep runs and plenty of off-piste available. Not a place for beginners though.

Mt Joly is the highest part of the resort. Although it's not that high compared with many places, it is very exposed. In my book, the pistes there are hardly worth the trouble, but there's any number of ways down off-piste: all of them quite challenging.

A jaunt over to St Nicholas de Veroce is very pleasant if the snow's good. There's a variety of gentle / steep / off piste ways of accomplishing that.

If you don't want to stray too far from the main base at the Mt d'Arbois plateau, the routes down the left side of the mountain as you look up (Pylones, Voltigeurs, etc) are much less crowded than the other side. They're all reds and blacks though. On the other side, the Ideal and Mt Joux chairlifts are the ones where queues are likely to develop.

Let me know if you'd like any more info.

Bon ski!
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ashton parker, I forgot "dodgy flat bits":

- from top of Pre Rosset and Lanchettes drags round to Côte 2000, especially the first bit which is actually uphill (sometimes into the teeth of a gale as well). The drags are steep too, so you may not like them anyway. The only alternative to getting to Côte 2000 is the bus - you can ski the rest of Rochebrune separately, getting the Chamois/Caboche bubble or Rochebrune cable car from the village.

- from the St Nicholas / Mt Joly side of Mt Joux, when returning to Megève. Take the short drag to the top of Mt Joux rather than skirt round the side to the Rosay piste.

- from anywhere on Mt Joux, to the top of Etudiants. The alternative though is the long/steep drag Etudiants drag.
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