 Poster: A snowHead
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We like 3v as as there's enough challenging skiing, and I was thinking of one of my kids doing race training. However my sister wants to come too next year, to walk and write, and her kids are beginners so we would want to be near nursery slopes. I seem to remember there's marked walking trails below Courcheval (and someone who leads walks?). Kids ages will be 10 - 15.
Suggestions for village and/or accommodation , and info on walking, would be gratefully received.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ruth Cadbury, I love Courchevel, and often recommend it as a good place to visit, but there will be lots and lots of resorts with marked trails for walkers and snowshoers and the opportunity to get a guide. So if marked woodland trails is a key aspect for you there will be lots of resorts you could choose. Having said that Courchevel is a great resort IMO, with the only drawback being the price as it can be very expensive. For good access to easy slopes near the village I'd say that 1850 or 1650 are your best options, particularly fairly late in the season.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ruth Cadbury, You should consider LDA - if yuo want cheap, we're much more reasonable than the 3V. We have nursery slopes at all levels, and if you stayed in Venosc you could save money (so long as you didn't want a night life) and there'd be lots of walking for your sister. There is still a fair bit of walking (and snow shoeing, even better) at resort level or just below in the forest. 
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Ruth Cadbury, easiski makes a good point as there were lots of walkers going between Venosc and L2A over the last couple of days. It looked a great walk through the woods/forest/national park.
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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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2Alpes/Alpe d'Huez - way better walking than Courchevel, good skiing for all concerned. (See blog below, in fact.)
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You can get apartments for four people in Les Gets for 250-300 euros for a week that wort of time.
Beautiful village, popular with brits.
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There is still a fair bit of walking (and snow shoeing, even better)
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Yes, can thoroughly recommend snow shoeing, which requires no special skills and only a pair of hiking boots. Snowhoes can be hired cheaply. Anyone who enjoys walking would enjoy it, and the feeling of being out under the trees, in the deep snow, is special.
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Thanks everyone. But what's the red/black skiing like at LDA? The reviews on the SCGB website suggest that you can ski all these in a couple of days.
I was looking at Plan Peisey/Villandry on the edge of Les Arcs - looks like they might tick the boxes - any thoughts?.
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Ruth Cadbury, I'm off to LDA for the 2nd week of Easter and DIY it is only just over £500 for 2 (flight/transfer/apartment). I went in January too and I would dispute that you could ski all the red and black runs in a couple of days, there are many there. LDA grading is pretty severe too and many of the blues are pretty tough and would be reds in many other places.
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You also get days in Serre Chevalier and ADH included with your lift pass, so if you get bored with what's on offer here you can go somewhere else for the day.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Ruth Cadbury, There are lots of good length blacks at L2A. In fact 6 of the 7 routes down are black and IIRC only one of those is pisted daily (and some not at all). There are several others besides those as well. I wouldn't know if they would all be generally available at Easter, but if you posed the same question on easiski's thread, she would be able to tell you for sure.
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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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| Ruth Cadbury wrote: |
Thanks everyone. But what's the red/black skiing like at LDA? The reviews on the SCGB website suggest that you can ski all these in a couple of days.
I was looking at Plan Peisey/Villandry on the edge of Les Arcs - looks like they might tick the boxes - any thoughts?. |
Lots of great skiing for all grades available from Peisey/Vallandry, including easy access to the link across to La Plagne for anyone in your group who like to ski far and wide! Smaller and a bit more low key than Courchevel, but cheaper as a result. Good British ski school in Vallandry if anyone wants lessons.
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Something you don't often see - "Courcheval" and "cheap" mentioned in the same sentence!
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You know it makes sense.
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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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SuburbanSkier, welcome to showheads, mottaret is in the merible valley next to courcheval and is at the base of a national park with loads of walking and cross country skiing trails, they also offer snowshoeing around lac tueda, check out the links on my site in my signature.
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Poster: A snowHead
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DAVID SNELL, how are you with 'merible'?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Lizzard, a glass of wine too many last night and I managed the double of merible and courcheval, well spotted... I should know better really..
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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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Meribble to rhyme with terrible?
Cheap Courchevel is an oxymoron.
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not sure about courchevel always being really expensive, sure 1850 is stupid expensive and some of the mountain restaraunts are silly but 1650 has some cheap chalet hotels which i have stayed at in the past on last minute deals
Chris Bish, I'm a Mottaret man myself and agree with meribble/terrible as a place to stay....
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