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Wednesday morning sees me and three other blokes on our way to Seistriere for a long weekend. Phil and Rob who are organising this trip have decided we can book the apartment accomdation when we get to resort. We've done this sort of thing before in January low season but not in Feb / March - how likely are we to be sleeping in the car or down the mountain? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I don't think Italian schools have half term holidays but if a lot of French people go there it might be pretty busy; it's still French February school holidays, till 10 March, and this week is one of the Paris weeks, the busiest of the lot. Weekend accommodation is sometimes a bit difficult too, though it may be easier in Italy. Why not get onto the Sestriere tourist office and ask them what they've got? Or is this the new sort of macho ski hol? Anyone who books is a chicken?
Hope you've got waterproof jackets.... 
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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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stevew, Sounds well dodgy to me. Italian schools do have a holiday, but i think they've already had it, but Sestrierre is just over the border .... Good luck. Echo pam w,s good advice.
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pam w, Italy now has a half-term during the week of Shrove Tuesday - according to my Italian colleague this is a relatively recent invention...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hoppo, well that was last week, so I suppose this week will be OK, but as easiski says, it's very near France.
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stevew, you could always try down in Cesana too.
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The Italian hotel I stayed in last weekwas going to be full of Italian kids this week - not sure if it's a holiday or if they're skiving!!
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Thanks for the help - it just confirms my suspisions ..... I'll be onto Phil this evening! 
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in answer to your question........VERY 
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stevew, What's the worst case scenario?
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, commuting from Turin? I'm sure there'll be accomodation lower down. I'll try to login one the PDA when we get there to update how we got on. I'm the only one with my own ski's and I'd hoped to be able to ski in the afternoon but I might give it a miss and hope we find somewhere to stop!
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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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SMALLZOOKEEPER, sleeping in the car and its -20 outside!
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If you want to try a hotel instead, the Hotel Sciatori in Borgata (bottom of Sestriere, where the gondola leaves for Sauze d'Oulx) is out of the resort centre so unlikely to be that full, and they have quite a few triple rooms. We've taken it over a for week in January the last X years, and Massimo (speaks reasonable English) has done us proud.
http://www.hotelsciatorisestriere.it/
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You know it makes sense.
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RobW, thanks - printed out info to take along!
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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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davidpratt15, stevew, To answer the original post, VERY. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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stevew, Did you read the La Rosiere snow report where not a single instructorr could be found in La Thuile last week
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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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I think you can get a cream for that
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If you don't have any luck, try Claviere as well. We stayed at the Hotel Roma. It was basic but clean and only 30 secs to the first chair in the morning. you can use the chair lift link to get to the rest of the MilkyWay, but it's a lot faster driving. Good links to Montgenevre as well and the ski back over the top from Montgenevre to Claviere is very good.
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i'll be in the miasotis from thursday night onwards with a bunch of mates. very cheered to hear that it's ski in/out. just hope there's enough snow to do that!
have you been before Michelle and Linds?
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damn - packed my EoSB, but not my  T... chucked in hand luggage!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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we arrive about 11.30 i tink. after tussling with the wonders of ryan air. i'll say hi if i spot you!
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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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Frosty the Snowman, ?????
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You know it makes sense.
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stevew, Just to say it is busy.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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snow in milky way and seistriere appeared c**p decided to go on to serre chevalier after a bit of searching stopping at hotel le rif blanc tonight in monetier les bains and owner paul has organised us in hotel plein sud for 3 more nights lots of faf and tetch and no skiing today due to reroute but snow looks worlds better here at 1500m than seistriere at 2000m got wifi in hotel so more reports to follow
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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stevew, Surprised you didn't twig it wasMichelle, & Linds, > not often you see girlies doing Yards of Ale.
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well had a great time in Serre Chevalier .. any sightings of us in Sauze must have been beer induced. Stayed in Montier for all 4 nights found a stop nearer the village centre than Paul had found us. Great skiing all 4 days had powder on both Friday and Saturday mornings but got tracked out quickly snow down to resort level was a little slushy but nothing to bad. Had to get the bus back from Villeneuve (sp) on the Saturday as the Balme lift was closed due to avalanch risk.
Would I do it again - maybe not still in french hols but not booking gave us the option to move resort when there was little snow in our original destination.
Michelle, how much of the Milky Way was open it seen like very few of the links were open by ski and most of the lower runs were just artifical with no other snow around them.
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good to meet you guys, too! our friend who couldn't ski (the gobby blonde guy!) was skiing reds by the end of the weekend but not with what i would describe as great style!!
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FAQ
its ski in and ski out to both the piste and the bar 
I haddnt noticed your post saying you were staying in the same place as us 
