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I'm off to La Plagne in a week (haven't been there before). I've some BC exp. in Whistler last year and owner of the place I was staying there last year recommended an advanced guide book with acres of of stuff not on the map which I enjoyed looking for immensly.
Is anyone aware of a similar guide book for the La Plagne area or recommend any advanced routes?
thanks everyone
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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deejbee,
PM BernardC who knows the area well. I only know that the NF of Bellecote is a good place to start which is why I will be aout there in Mar, and you'll need someone who knows mostly.
He should be able to recommend a guide.
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This probably the best guide on t'internet to LA Plagnes very extensive off piste. In French but you can utilise Googles web page translator to change it into a form of English 
http://thermique74.nuxit.net/index.html
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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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fantastic suggestions, thanks very much. I was a bit worried when I first took a look a the piste map that there wasn't as much advanced work marked but after having an initial look at some of those off piste guides it looks like I won't get bored. thanks again.
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geoffers, If I have you right, I've often looked at that area from the glacier and wondered about skiing down there.
I might give it a try this time, if Guide BernardC thinks it OK. The train leaves at 5.30pm. 
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Jonpim, I agree that the route from the glacier looks fantastic, and I want to do that too....
However one of my mates was on a board, and from the glacier there's a flatish/slightly uphill section under a ridge called Les Chamossières which you must traverse to cross back into the Velière valley to reach the exit path.
Or you can do it from the glacier mid-station & cross into the Velière valley on a saddle north of the Chamossières ridge, past the Lac de la Velière.
The easiest option is from the Roche de Mio gondola station itself (as described above), heading due south down the Velière valley. If you get a copy of the IGN Les Arcs,La Plagne 1:25000 map (sheet 3532ET) it'll all become clear...
Enjoy 
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FAQ
(crampons would be a sensible addition to the pack if the path is too broken to ski) and there is potential avalanche danger here as we crossed a couple of av. tracks. Take the regular free navette back to Champangny.
