 Poster: A snowHead
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Sorry, another boring resort transfer question. I'm thinking of grabbing a short break in the next couple of weeks and am wondering if there any resorts already open which are easy to get to by train from Geneva airport?
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beedeji, Not sure I'm going to answer your question properly as 'Next couple of weeks' 'already open' may not be synonymous as most resorts have been opening 'weekends' only as of last week.
The easiest resorts to acces by rail from GVA are the Swiss ones,
Easiest connexions ( rail only) are Gstaad Superski, Villars, Crans Montana, Leysin afaics ; however postbuses extend to any Valais/Vaud resort. Verbier surely likely to be most 'snow-sure' .... and you can nearly go all the way by train .. just a bus 'up the hill' ???
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beedeji, I don't believe it is easy as Cluses is the 'best' early stop and less regularity .... others may disagree as we've not been that way ...
Edit - I was in Gstaad last weekend and great conditions but will it last ??? ..
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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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Train from the airport is a little disjointed - need to take a short train into Geneva cetre, then a train on from there - either to
Cluses - for Flaine/Les Carroz/Morrillon/samoens or Portes du Soleil
Chamonix
Various Swiss resorts
Personally I'd hire a car as this is generally cheaper (depending on your group size), quicker and generally more convenient..
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Is it possible to go to chamonix from geneva to ski for 1 day, we have a couple of days in Geneva and was wondering about the feasability as a day trip, wouldn't want to stay overnight as have already booked accom in Geneva ( unfortunately before i thought of doing this)
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lynseyf, altibus goes from the airport to Cham etc. quite regularly
beedeji, same for Tignes/Val etc. with Tignes open now, and fully open even maybe now ???
A lot of places seem to open around 1st Dec, I am getting to Zurich on this day and Andermatt/Arosa/St Anton are possibilities and they will all be open then 
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brian
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lynseyf, it's only about an hour from Geneva to Chamonix, so yes, very feasible.
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Train from the airport is a little disjointed - need to take a short train into Geneva cetre, then a train on from there - either to
Cluses - for Flaine/Les Carroz/Morrillon/samoens or Portes du Soleil
Chamonix
Various Swiss resorts
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Not disjointed at all if you're going to a Swiss resort , no change at Geneva but probably somewhere later to get up the mountain ie Montreux. Aigle, Bex, Sierre etc.... but they all link in minutes.
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Thanks folks. Just hope I can get the time off now... 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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lynseyf, the easiest option is probably to hire a car for the day, probably the cheapest, too. Otherwise there are plenty of coach services or you could look into booking a transfer.
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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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 Timetable
This might be useful for checking train times and journey times.
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You know it makes sense.
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Oooo, nice gadget admin
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thanks, shall we have one on the MSB topic too 
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Poster: A snowHead
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admin, That's all very well but I can't be bothered to do it myself. Can you please work out for me where the best snow conditions are with the most lifts open and shortest transfer, not sure what date yet so do it for every day between now and Christmas. 
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