 Poster: A snowHead
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Im off to Les Alberts this summer. I was wondering whether serre che locals could give me the low down on the lifts for bikes and walking. What time are the lifts open and are they everyday? which is the best for views to take parents?
Im thinking of walking from pied du col near the foot of the lauteret (la grave side) to Monetier. Anyone walked this before? Ive sort of walked halfway up from La Grave direction. I remeber it has beautiful views of glaciers and the Ecrins.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Christopher, Not done the walk, but I can help with the lifts. Four lifrts open, one in each place.
Chantemerle Cable car is usually the first to open, towards the end of June, (18th Last year)although the restaurants at the mid-station are ususally not open for the first week or two.
Prorel gondola from Briancon opens about a week later (25th in 2007)
Finally the Casse du Boeuf chair (Villeneuve) and Bachas chair (Monetier) opens in early July. (2nd in 2007)
They all close again in early September, and most of them close on one day each week. (Bachas was closed on Monday last year). Briancon gondola is good for the views. There's a viewpoint at the top with a panoramic map of the mountain ranges.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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cafe soliel is ALWAYS open if the mountain is open
chantemerle is ALWAYS open, runs approx every half hour, more in busy times. It is also open the longest from mid jun to first weekend in sept. All the others open late and close early.
huge amounts of decent walks around. My fav is from lac Les Aye, totally beautiful place. or the ridge walk from the croix de toulouse to the granon. Or the chemin de roye. There are to many to list. Get a map and start walking
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snowangel., it wasn't when we were up there last June, that was why I said it. My guest also commented on that this year too.
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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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Helen Beaumont, my husband worked there all last summer so i konw exactly when it was and wasn't open. I was actually eating there the first day of the season.
sorry but in this instance i am100 % certain that the cafe soliel is always open. besides Serge would never miss the chance to make money
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snowangel., I am sure you're right, but certainly the year we were up there it was closed , 2006 I think. ( first day of the lifts opening). There was hardly anyone else up there.
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Helen Beaumont, are you sure your not thinking about another restaurant, as i know serge its all about money! LOL shrude man! 
I tell you i wish it wasn't open all summer, Pea had about 3 days off last summer. Thank god he's not there this summer i might get to see him
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snowangel. Jules says there was a notice at the bottom that the mountain restaurants were closed, so we didn't bother to go up, as we weren't going up for anything else, just lunch and the walk back down again. We were visiting to sign for the apartment apparently so it must have been 2005. We went to the Loup Blanc instead . My memory must be playing up.
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There all relatively cheap arent they?
the gondola from chantermerle takes you up the highest but is the prorel the best for views over the ecrins and obviously it would have the best views of Briancon.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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FAQ
'cos of course we hadn't stretched them by missing out on the act of walking up. I definitely remember eating in the Relais up there. That was July.
] and after scaring the pants out of ourselves at the top of the col decided to head back down. But it is beautiful and quiet and most importantly NOT HERE!
