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on the la plagne piste map one of the runs has floodlights on it. is this open to the public most of the time, or is it only for special events/occasions?
has anyone tried floodlit skiing ?
thanks.
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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?
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Thats the Jean Luc Cretier stadium. Which is often in use for all sorts of organised events and televised events usually Slalom and moguls. I don't think it is open to the public, however I have skied down it with an instructor during a lesson, the stadium was not in use at the time, it is very steep!
Night skiing was offered on Thursday nights on the floodlit piste in Montalbert but I think it has now stopped due to lack of participants 
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has anyone tried floodlit skiing
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once, when young and very keen. Didn't bother again - even for the keen, a long day's skiing is maybe better followed by a relaxed evening in the warm. If I remember rightly, it was oddly disorientating, and a bit dispiriting, having no points of reference outside the lights; a bit like skiing in poor visibility, only colder. Think of pulling on a cold, dank, swimsuit, to go back in the water. But others no doubt love it! I'd fancy moonlit skiing, though, with a stronger sense of place. Floodlit skiing is usually on one rather boring run, rather like an indoor snowdome, maybe. In one Austrian place we stayed (maybe Alpbach) the local youth did a sort of floodlit ski striptease, round and round the poma, ending up in their drawers. Despite a bit of oompah and attempts to whip up a frenzy of enthusiasm, it was not terribly exciting, TBH. It always rather defeats me why resorts think we need "events" in the evening; what's wrong with a nice meal and a few glasses of wine, possibly a brandy, and a good long night's sleep?
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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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We skied it the final afternoon of our holiday- 29th December. It was all roped off but couldn't resist the temptation to hop over and rip, the light wasn't great at 5.00pm but it was fun and all our group were all in Scotty's at the bottom watching the three of us cross the finish line, ectasy!!!!!
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Tried floodlit skiingg once in Val Morel...
Exactly as per pam w! Difficult to really see the shape of the piste, very disorientating and a medium form of "whiteout" skiing I found...
Never did it again....
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Les Arcs has flood lit night skiing.
I totally enjoyed it.
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. Not been on it though 
