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Hi everyone.
My friend and I are planning to go to the Alps on the Easter break. Can anyone recommend a good place in the Alps (around the medium price range) . The main pre-requisites are good slopes and snow (blue and red pistes), proximity to the airport and to the pistes themselves...
We have already boarded this year (in Meribel and Andorra), this is another go, spur of the moment decision, sort of thing...
Appreciating your help!!
P.S.: We were even thinking going to the States, but, probably, will spend more time flying, then boarding..Or not?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hello. How about Flaine? Not lovely, but good snow as a rule, plenty of blues and reds, close to GVA, ski in, ski out (I think). The satellite villages are more attractive but linked skiing not guaranteed at that time, I suspect.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I looked at Flaine and it seems what we need. We are making the arrangements now.
Do you think that a car may be required there or one can go move to/from airport and to/from the pistes in the area easily? I am searching for this info, but perhaps, you already know.
Thanks again for your help!
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fier, jolly good. It's not the only place, though, don't just take my word for it (I don't think anyone has ever taken any notice of what I've said before!).
I've only skied there once, my wife has skied there several times. They always hire a car at GVA (Swiss side, of course) and drive. They stay in Les Carroz, a satellite village, and don't use the car during their stay (there are usually 6 of them and they only stay for 3/4 days, so a car makes sense). All the satellite villages except Sixt are well connected to Flaine, and a car is not needed, although you may not be able to ski back to them all at that time. In Flaine itself, I can see no need for a car. I'm sure that there are transfers from GVA, but I don't know.
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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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fier, there are bus transfers from GVA - you should find the link on the GVA website for ski resort services, or go straight to http://www.altibus.com/index.aspx. Whatever you do, don't ever let the Cascades piste (blue) be your last run of the day if you don't have a car - there's a bus which will take you from the end of the piste in Sixt to the village of Samoens & the cable car, but if you haven't parked by the cable car you will be a bit stuck!
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Whatever you do, don't ever let the Cascades piste (blue) be your last run of the day
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Is this cruel experience talking? I think cascades will probably be shut now, it was thin and icy 2 weeks ago down at the bottom.
fier, look Here for Flaine info and here for Samoens and a bit on Les Carroz here
Have a good trip
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Martin Nicholas, I was staying in Samoens so no problem, but staying in any other village without a car in the Grand Massif Express carpark would deffo be a problem!
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vetski, The first time I did it, I left it too late. There is a bus that goes to Morillon but the lift had just shut. To get home I had to wait in the bar by the bus stop for nearly 2 beers before a Les Carroz bus came along  . Beware though, the bus stops in Morillon are not well signed.
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I skied in the Grand Massif area based on Samoens two years ago and thought it was pretty good. Flaine itself looks like a nucleur power station but there are loads of pistes and quite a big area to ski around. When I was there there was a brilliant Blue run all the way down the back of the mountain to Sixt Fer A Cheval with a bus from there back to Samoens.
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I think cascades will probably be shut now, it was thin and icy 2 weeks ago down at the bottom.
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it might well be open at Easter though!
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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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Oh yes, the last km was quite entertaining consisting of quick slides down the steep section of the zig zags with quite a big drop down the one side.
I remember it all now, it was an amazing run.
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Just got back from Flaine - and Cascades has been shut all week
Would def recommend Flaine as a resort though! We had a great time!
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