 Poster: A snowHead
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Thinking of going to Alpe D 13th Dec. Got very good deal and trying to make the money go a bit further this year.
Did La Ros last Chrismas and had good snow (Only 1 week later). Know there is going to be a risk of poorer snow the earlier I go, but can anyone quantify the risk? Saving around £600.00 (per couple) by going Dec instead of Jan.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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johnboy, I would think it is a better bet at L2A for snow sure skiing at that time of year, but ADH is not a bad option except upper slopes are the difficult ones and maybe where most of snow sure sking would be, whereas the lower easier slopes are the areas that might suffer if snow is scarce
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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do you need to book now? surely you'd be able to get a decent last minute deal in Dec or Jan?
you'd be unlucky not to have a decent amount of skiing available in Dec but it's questionable whether the whole domain would be open then - eg could see the sarenne being rocky if there hadn't been enough snowfall. can't remember if steep black runs are your thing but even if not, you can ski the glacier at ADH very happily if you take Marmottes 3 up and down
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As long as it's cold enough at night from early December then you should be ok as they have very extenstive snowmaking at ADH- i was there for xmas last year and the whole area was open with plenty of cover and thats only a week later. I'd think you'd have to be very unlucky not to have a reasonable amount of terrain to go at. Don't forget that you can ski LDA for a day too on your liftpass where a lot of the terrain is above 2700m-you can do a heli tranfer over there for about 25 quid as i remember (thats if its running that early that is) but book it as soon as you hit resort if you can as it books up fast(i'd imagine even more so if the conditions weren't great in ADH) or i think there is a bus or coach but i not sure how much that costs. Hope this helps anyway-how much is this deal gonna cost you if you don't mind me asking?
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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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Atomic_Mick, actually, last season the heli-transfer to L2A was €63 per person. Maybe you did it when there was a better exchange rate!!
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johnboy,
Or get along to Tignes with the rest of us, albeit a few days earlier and a few days less
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I never actually got round to going over as there was plenty in ADH for me in the end-it was only what i'd been told-as i come to think of it i thinkit was more like 50 euros i was told so about 35 quid at the time.
63 euros sounds a bit steep now to me-and if thats last year's price then i wouldn't be surprised if its more like 75-80 euro for this winter-not quite the bargain it used to be!
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EUR63 for that heli ride is not too bad. would cost more in a taxi and take 45-60mins versus a few minutes
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Arno, I guess it depends how many was going in the taxi though-and don't forget you've go to get there and then wait your turn from what i've been told so you could be actually waiting for anything between half an hour to 1-1/2 hours before you get the transfer.
I was just saying it's expensive now in general for a transfer to another resort-this season i'd imagine it will cost around 60 quid-thats a lot of money for a daytrip considering theres plenty to play on at your own resort.
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JT,
Looked into it, but transfers weren't working our for us
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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the bus is dirt cheap, and even though it takes a bit of time you just have to get to the bus stop at the right time and off you go. the heli trip maybe quick but it may also be cancelled because of weather, you also have to get to the heli port in good time (i.e. early - imagine missing your flight  ) so it may be a few minutes in the air but the reality is that you have a bit of 'waiting' time i would have thought so it must be 30 mins 'door to door' when everything is considered. Good fun though as a treat !!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Atomic_Mick, that is a fair point. didn't know you had to queue up for the transfer. i've only ever used the heli to get back from some of the off piste runs. you can get delayed there if there are other groups or if the heli is taking someone to hospital in grenoble
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Arno, I'm only going by hearsay-i think rayscoops, just about covers it and if money was no object then i'd deffinitely like to try the heli transfer as i'd imagine you'd get some spectacular views at the same time too.
Sorry johnboy, for hijacking your thread and wittering on about a heli tranfer i am yet to use! 
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You know it makes sense.
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Personally I would wait to december and book where the snow is. I'm sure you'll still find a good deal!
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