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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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afcbtim, give snowboarding a try....but don't be surprised if your kids pick it up quicker than you!!
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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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2Alpes - good tuition, lots of reasonably easy boarding high up, NO drag lifts! Definitely try it - what have you got to lose?
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afcbtim, Plan Peisey / Vallandry is a nice little resort with a huge gentle bowl above the trees to learn in and not too much nightlife for exploratory teens to get p***ed in.
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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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afcbtim, I found Alpe D'Huez good for learning becasue of the big very wide greens (with enough of a slope to get up bit of a canter) down to resort level that were accessed by a big gondola, rather than chair lift.
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| Lizzard wrote: |
| 2Alpes - good tuition, lots of reasonably easy boarding high up, NO drag lifts! Definitely try it - what have you got to lose? |
Somewhat perplexed by this - highest up & gentlest is the glacier which is almost exclusively drags?
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afcbtim, Plan Peisey / Vallandry is a nice little resort with a huge gentle bowl above the trees to learn in and not too much nightlife for exploratory teens to get p***ed in.
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But what about bars for me to get p***ed in when they have passed out with exhaustion? 
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fatbob, you never found the funicular then 
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fatbob, it's all about the funicular. Blues and greens off the top, run down the Signal, back to mid-station via lots of easy blues. (And a long track, but you've got to get to grips with those at some point, might as well start early.)
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And the walk up the funicular steps at 3500m is a good test of anyone's fitness 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Frosty the Snowman, I usually run up them to get ahead of the skiers. 
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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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Lizzard, Now I am impressed 
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You know it makes sense.
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brian
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afcbtim, I learned snowboarding in Val Thorens. Started on the big nursery bit then made my way down to the bubble that leads up towards the Cime de caron cable car, it has a nice wide confidence building but gentle blue. Then progressed back up above the village, plenty of big wide slopes with chairlifts is what you need I think.
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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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rayscoops, you got it spot on. I remember doing a lot of paths and schussing in LDA. I wouldn't go back there on a board.
I pulled out a post I made to rsre after my trip there:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.skiing.resorts.europe/msg/dae8adcf23ad8d2d
I would choose Puy Saint Vincent because it is cheap, convenient, no flat spots, the only path run is reasonably wide and never totally flat and has enough chair lifts.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Wed 28-03-07 12:30; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Interesting that you learned on Cretes but recommended the glacier
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Are you suggesting that I had ceased to learn by day three?
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Lizzard, nope not suggesting anything of the sort but you did point out easy runs at the glacier (in relation to a place to learn thread) and never mentioned Cretes as your actual learning place. How did you get on with the small chair lift at Cretes on day one and two?. L2A is not too learner friendly for boarders compared to other resorts but nevertheless a great place to go in other respects and I shall be back there next season  .
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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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rayscoops, I fell off it and smacked my shoulder. 
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afcbtim, have you decided whether to join the kids and learn boarding? You should, it would add a huge amount to the quality of your time together (on in other words, give 'em a larf). It could be quite annoying for them if you are just cruising round effortlessly on your skis.... If you board too, you'll be too exhausted to get pi***sed too. Would make for a cheap holiday!
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afcbtim,
I have never boarded so my comments may be redundant but it strikes me everyone has recommended Frech resorts so far. I dont know when you plan to take the kids but I guess February half term is possible. If so I would spread my choice a little wider, French resorts can be mega crowded then as well as being generally a little more expensive than other countries.
Why not try somewhere in Austria , switzerland, Italy or Andorra, Can't help on the best places for learning to board but Obertauern has reliable and usually soft snow which must help.
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I learned to board on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier, and have since been and boarded at Zell am See (same lift pass). Didn't have lessons there, so can't comment on that.....but it was possible to get round quite a few slopes.
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other half to have 2 holidays next year! 
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I have seen learner trying to ride down to nthe funicular and it was painful to watch. Any resort that has low level greens and blues must be better than that.
