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Can anyone tell me anything about this resort please? I am toying with a few ideas for a week in the next few weeks and this is one of the places. I understand Les Menuires is unattractive but I really don't mind I want somewhere that is 'functional' and convenient IYSWIM and has decent access to good snow (VT). Apparently Le Bettaix is a small traditional village one chair below Les Menuires. Would I be ok taking a 3 year old up on it for the lessons at the Snow Garden at Les Menuires or does anyone know if there is a ski school in Le Bettaix itself? Any recommendations of the ski schools/piou piou club/creche in these resorts? Also going up to les Menuires for swimming or whatever. Will they allow pedestrian use of this lift? Would a car be more useful than relying on the chair? Does anyone know these resorts well and can advise on the suitability for a couple with a 3 year old of this area?
Thanks a lot 
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sarah, My limited knowledge is that there is only and old slow non detachable 2 man chair. Not sure what the piste down is like and how snow sure it is late in the season.
The Village is quite nice but the access is not the easiest from the main road up to Les Menuires. There is only a one or two Resturaunts aimed atthe German/Dutch market. The slow regeneration of Les Menuires has started and there is a pretty new MGM built development as you come in to LM that may fit your needs beter
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Gilberts Fridge, thanks very much! Yes I agree Les Menuires would of course be more convenient I guess I was wondering how inconvenient or not Le Bettaix is. I am just going with what might or might not be still available that meets our requirements for next week! It seems you can get decent accomm in not a great location or great location but not so good accomm. I am just weighing up all my options!
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sarah, I'm not certain but I think you'd have a bit of a walk from the top of the Bettaix lift (assuming it's running, I've never seen it in motion) up to the ESF kids club. Renting a car would be one option but parking in LM is pretty bad too and you could end up walking further from where you've parked. With a 3 year old I'd always go for location over better accom as they won't care about the apartment, in my experience (with my nieces and nephews so not a parents point of view) but hate too much faffing about from apartment to kids club.
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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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Take 3yo up a chairlift every morning in (potentially) a howling blizzard? Not the best idea. With young kids you want to be as near the childcare as possible.
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| It seems you can get decent accomm in not a great location or great location but not so good accomm. |
sarah, even without a small child, location is very important. With a little one, it becomes even more critical. And if your 3 year old is only just starting skiing he/she will definitely not be able to manage a chairlift - and even if they allow pedestrians, they're most unlikely to allow pedestrians carrying several pairs of skis
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Nowt wrong with La Tania for beginners, perfectly reasonable nursery slope, and you can download by gondola from the higher areas. There are green, blue and red home runs, altho their grading is a little optimistic.
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I am normally pretty on the ball when thinking about these things of course not the best to be reliant on a dodgy old chair with a littl'un. I guess it's because I am a bit on the back foot with this one trying to get something good for next week without paying through the nose I am not looking quite so sensibly as usual. My next option is La Tania. Only skied there once bfore when i was staying in Courchevel 1850 and remember thinking I wouldn't take complete beginners there but can't quite remember why (vicious drag or not easy enough home runs possibly??) but I don't know if that applies to a 3 year old and whether the snow garden there would bo ok or better still if Magic take 3 year olds?? My other option is La Rosiere which I fancy a lot but the accomm there is not what I'd choose if I had a choice it's what's left and it's over in the Eucherts(?) area so again not so well placed for to-ing and fro-ing the littl'un I think.
