Poster: A snowHead
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can anyone offer any information as to what it is like, whether to stay on slopes or in Aosta. How long does it take to get from Aosta to slopes. Recommended accomodation?My son is going to be staying in Aymaville with school trip. Anyone heard of it and how long it takes to get from there to aosta? many thanks all
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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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I've never been up either, but there is a big cable car station in Aosta centre that takes you up to the resort - I think it takes only 15-20 minutes.
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Has anyone stayed in Pila? What are its facilities like, eateries, bars? Can anyone recoomend accomodation there?
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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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hairygerbil, I went in 2006 and stayed at the Chalet des Alpes. It was ok, clean, comfortable food was good. Staff were friendly, one even tried to teach me to speak a few words of Italian. The boot room was really warm and cosy and as it is right beside the nursey slope you could ski to the door (if there is enough snow. we had loads)The apres ski I have to say was dire! The place was dead. Hardly any bars open and the ones that were tended to have me and my two friends and no-one else. The up side of this was that the slopes were empty especially if you got up to the higher slopes before the school kids arrived from Aosta. We had a great time but more thanks to the skiing than the nightlife.
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Cheers. Think we plan in staying in a hotel - think there are a handful.What time of year did you go and can you remember roughly number of pistes. One web site says something like 3 blues, numerous reds and 3 blacks. Is this true? Ta
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Yep that sounds about right. There are a couple of nice wide blues up in the area served by the main chair next to the Leisse lift and I think one down nearer resort. Mostly reds and while we had done all of them several times in the week that doesn't bother me especially as it was soo quiet. The blacks I thought were more kind of grey 'cos while they are steep they are quite wide so there is room to turn. My favourite run was second on the left from the Leisse chairlift. We went early in March and there was ample snow. I didn't go into many of the hotels but from the outside the Pila 2000 looks like something from stalinist russia - not an attractive building! The rest all looked fine. Have a brill time
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Thanks, no mad skiiers to cut me up - will suit just fiine after being taken out in Flaine by the French
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can you tell me whether there is anywhere to dump boots and ski's in Pila / on slopes or do you have to bring them down with u each day if we choose to stay in aosta.
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