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Hi,I would like to drive to the alps in feb/march,could anyone recommend a few resorts that are good for campers/motorhomes?i would like to visit more than one resort.Chamonix is one place im thinking of visiting
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Flow, Wellcome to Snowheads. There is a motorhome park between Corvara and Colfosco in the Dolomites.
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Flow, and one or two in Serre Chevalier.
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Flow, there is one in La Rosiere.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Flow, there is also one high up in La Plagne at Plagne Villages.
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Welcome to  s Flow.
I don't know what the facilities are like, but motorhomes park up in the car park at the bottom of the Perriers lift in Les Gets.
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There's one in Les Saisies, not far from Chamonix, with good access to pistes. Don't know what the facilities are like, but the position is good. From there you could access the whole of the Espace Diamant, an area little known to UK skiers.
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Flow, oh yes, welcome to Snowheads, and don't forget that French resorts will all be very busy for the four weeks of the French holidays, from 7 Feb.
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PhillipStanton, Words out of my mouth! 
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Flow, People also use the car park at the end of the village in Tignes les brevieres for the use of Espace killy.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Flow, obviously there are lots of them, all over the Alps.
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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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Flow, Nearly all resorts have space for campervan parking, some official and some not and there are many private operator campsites near ski stations that are open in the Winter and the fees usually include a discount on the lift pass price. Many Austrian campsites are near ski resorts ( http://www.topcamping.at is one source of links to sites) The public ones do tend to be tucked away at the bottom of the resort as they want to keep the carparks in the centre available for visitors. Not many of them have full facilities for water and waste disposal (for that you'll have to go down to warmer areas for the 'aires' etc. Though you may find a coin or card operated power jack, but these are usually fairly low ampage. Lots of resorts have public showers and lockers at the ski station (tourist offices and official websites can give you that info) but the German and Austrian resorts are very well served with ablutions. Make sure your propane tanks are full, your batteries in good condition and preferably as many as you can fit into your MH, all your electrics and heating systems serviced.
a couple of links:
http://www.motorhomefacts.com/modules.php?name=Aires
http://www.camping-randa.ch/wint_e.htm
http://www.champ-du-moulin.com/
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riverman, would you know if the Colfosco site has any hook-ups? I've seen it from the chairlift before but never stayed there. Looks inviting in the sunshine...
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You know it makes sense.
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There are numerous campsites suitable for motorhomes in the Zell am See/Kaprun area, all on ski bus routes but not too far from the skiing anyway. I know of one on the lake at Zell, one on the road to the glacier at Kaprun and one just outside Kaprun in Bruck. All with hook ups and good facilities.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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tessaventer, yes it did have hook-ups
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Poster: A snowHead
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Flow, if your journey takes you to the 3 Valleys you will find campervans in one of the la Tania car parks, some are there for the season, there are no facilities but it is right beside the piste. In le Raffort(Meribel) there is a large carpark next to L'Olympe gondola station that is also used by campers, again some are there for the season. If you stay in this one too long you may find the local Gendarmes knocking on your door. If you drive it from one side of the car park to the other every few days you get left alone - strange but true. There is also a small caravan site with facilities beside this carpark.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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tessaventer, yes it does, I stayed in a tent there in summer 2005 when I was in the Dolomites for a month, was funny seeing it covered in snow this year.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Stay in Bourg St Maurice at one of the sites there, and do a ski safari - different resort every day....
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go every year in ours to livigno...there is a few campsites very well equipped with good facilities and only a short 5 min walk to the slopes each morning...cheap diesel too (duty free)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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alpe du huez near the alti port
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Flow, Welcome aboard. Hundred or so spaces for camper vans outside the Hotel Eden in La Thuile
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Flow, it would be worth your while having a look at www.motorhomefacts.com they have a forum where this question has been discussed a lot.
Essentially, think you'll find that most large resorts have a campsite nearby (though some are more basic than others).
I am still hoping to do this myself this season...
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Ray Zorro,
Do it - for the whole season. You know it makes sense 
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Ray Zorro, Great Idea if you bought a big enough one you could use it as your office instead of buying a shed 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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[quote="Flow"]Hi,I would like to drive to the alps in feb/march,could anyone recommend a few resorts that are good for campers/motorhomes?i would like to visit more than one resort.Chamonix is one place im thinking of visiting[/quote]
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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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funnily enough you can park your motorhome in swanky Courchevel near La Tania...
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,hello there flow,,that camper van idea.it might be a bit cold in there ,but its no different than camping in wales in the summer ,people say its cold in wales ,its not cold ,just fresh .its gods country. any way thats enough about that lovely place.i stayed in les carroz last year and there is a big one there,about three minutes walk into the town.les carroz ,brill,awesome,its called the grand masstiff .third biggest ski resort in europe.then not far from there you got another huge ski area morzine ,avoriaz etc .in fact i was thinking on buying a motorhome myself,and doing a few months ,but not until about three years time .hope it goes will for you ,i bet threres a lot of snowheads out there who are well jealous out there
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You know it makes sense.
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its warmer in our motorhome skiing in mid winter in italy than it is at home most of the time!!!!i would recommend it to anyone although quite a few people you do tell look at you as if your daft!!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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I was staying in Meribel Village two years ago in the kids holidays in Feb and there were 4 camper vans packed up by the lift in the FREE car park there by MGM Les Fermes de Méribel. Also last year in La Thuile there was a camper van site just down from the Planibel Centre. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think there is one near the la daille furnicular in val d'sere. Was when I was there 5 years ago
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One in Montgenevre
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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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And also Villeneuve, Serre Chevalier.
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Do people also use caravans? what is the drive up the mountain like?
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Hi
We went to Camping Jungfrau in Lauterbrunnen Switzerland in February a couple of years ago with our touring caravan and had a fabulous time. The site was excellent with good facilities and the staff were friendly and most helpful. We took snow chains for the car but barely needed them, the drive there was easy with main roads all the way to the site. We could not use the caravan's water system, instead we kept a large container of water in the van. We also put antifreeze in the waste container and in the toilet tank and flushing water. We had an electric hook up and gas was available on site so we kept the van heated at all times and were never cold. The site's toilet and shower blocks were heated, spotlessly clean and of a very high standard, better than most UK campsites. I would highly recommend Camping Jungfrau as a base for anyone thinking of going skiing with a caravan or motorhome.
Tim[/img]
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Hi Flow,
As per my point of view the park between Corvara and Colfosco in the Dolomites.
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The Colfosco site looks pretty cool, the chair runs virtually over the top. Many of the vans look as if they're there for the season with sheds etc on their pitches. Lot's of Sat dishes and power cables. 
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