 Poster: A snowHead
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anyone ever taken a helicopter from alpe d'huez to les deux alpes ?? i have heard it is very reasonably priced ? just wondered how much and if it is a good option.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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"Just Do It"
Can't remember how much but a very reasonable 70 euro seems about right for the return and with the Visalp pass L2A is covered.
It's worth it just for the experience and being able to call out "Hurry up or we will miss the helicopter  "
Must pre-book before you go with the Altiport, they only operate on none transfer days, typically Mon,Tues,weds, which fits in well with mid week change of scenery. If weather is bad they will cancel for obvious reasons.
You will find web address on here http://www.alpedhuez.com/hiver/index.php?lang=en for the Altiport, if not PM me and I will find it in my ADH guide book.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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backhojo, we wanted to do last season it but the weather closed in on us, so we cancelled (you can cancel any time as long as it is more than 24 hours before you are due to fly). It would have been €63 per person and they fly at the end of the week. I think debbidoessnow did it and put up some photos of the flight.
I emailed them on saf.huez@saf-helico.com but got no response, but they were very happy to deal with queries on the phone.
hover over les deux alpes on this link and the phone number will flash up http://www.saf-helico.com/fr/groupe_SAF-HELICAP/bases.php
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Took the helicopter from LDA to ADH a couple of years ago. IIRC it was 59 euros - great fun
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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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thanks for all your help. i tried a google search but not much came up. think i might take the bus to L2A !!! maybe bus one day and helicopter another. bet the helicopter only takes about 5 mins as its not far in a straight line !
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backhojo, sounds like you're going to be staying in ADH but spend half your holiday travelling to and from LDA 
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we like to cover high mileage when we ski. nice to know there are other options available. I guess the tour operator will run a trip to L2A
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backhojo, Local buses run between the 2 anyway. Costs very little, takes about 90 minutes I think.
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 90 mins, on a bus, in ski gear...bloody hell !!! might not be an option then. chopper sounds like a better option !
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backhojo, if wearing your ski gear makes sitting on a bus so difficult you might wish to consider bigger trousers.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Lizzard - i mean the boots and the fact that i overheat in my salopettes when on a stuffy bus......i hate buses...remind me of school trips with sick bags at the ready !! 
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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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backhojo, not a fan of buses either, but the VFD operate quite modern comfy coaches - probably much better than you're expecting.
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Had one of the best days of my life taking the helicopter to Alp d'Huez from Les Deux Alpes for skiing. Really good fun, and worth every penny two years ago when the exchange rate was decent.
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You know it makes sense.
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Interesting topic this. I've not been to either resort, but am going to ADH in January:- is there anything in L2A you can't do in ADH? I can't imagine I'll be bored with ADH after only a few days. I've been in helis before, no novelty value there. Is it really worth it?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Yeah, the chopter is cool.
The best thing about it is that you can leave the ADH eyesore behind.
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Poster: A snowHead
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the ice perv, nothing spectacularly different, but it's a day out innit, and quite a fun way to get there.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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the ice perv, Well, obviously I'm biased but I think the nature of the skiing in the two resorts is quite different. we're more northerly facing too, so depending on the temps at the time you're there we can hold better snow conditions longer. The resorts are chalk and cheese!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I can't imagine I'll be bored with ADH after only a few days
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Strange the way the rest of us manage to find it interesting for whole seasons at a time. 
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backhojo, Rather than hopping from ADH to L2A (if you really think you will ski out ADH in a week) why not take a guided off piste trip and return in the chopper? Posters are normally up around the resort for the Grand Sablat trip which we did last year returning from Clavans by heli to a nice lunch at the Altiport  About 100 Euros from memory.
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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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That sounds better Nick Dawes, how long does the Sablat trip take, half-a-day presumably? How difficult is it?
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the ice perv, basically takes a morning if you go at a relaxed pace. snow cover will dictate whether you get all the way to Clavans (in which case it's about 1900-2000m vertical drop) or another pickup spot which isn't so low down.
it isn't too difficult - there is one bit at the top where you can't avoid something of black run steepness. the big vertical drop means there will likely be varying snow conditions. there are a couple of more challenging variations which you are unlikely to do on a half day out like that. well worth it - it's a really beautiful run. and you can do it without using the heli to get back but the heli is more fun of course
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the ice perv, What Arno, said. If you can manage a few turns in varying conditions off piste you should be fine. We were lucky enough to get all the way to Clavans at Easter which is pretty unusual, a bit of a scramble in places particularly at the bottom, through peoples back gardens, skiing over cow pats & grass etc. but with a frendly guide its a great mornings skiing. You have to go guided if you want heli pick-up as they are the only people registered to radio it in. Its been a bit controversial as strictly speaking its called in as an emergency pick-up and the villagers in Clavans are lobbying to get it stopped, can understand that having a helicopter landing in your back garden every 10 minutes could get rather tiresome!
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Thanks, sounds good, justed wanted to make sure it's not an if-you-fall-you-die type outing. Website says €110, sounds reasonable, I'll check it out.
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I went on the Heli back in 2000 - first (and last ) time in a Heli and loved it.... weather closed in during the day thou, so we were provided a bus to get us back.... no refund. Don't remember being annoyed, but we'd had a few free beers by the end of it!
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