 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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sarah, sounds like a pain in the butt to me.
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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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Fine if you've got a car and an extra 30 mins to burn each way, they are opposite ends of the valley - on bus forget it unless you are on a masochism holiday.
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fatbob, 30 mins in a car would be the best time you could hope for I'd say in the ski season...
I did see something about Les Houches having issues with the lift connection to Chamonix this year? Some beef between the skilift companies... that would mean you ALL might as well drive to Argentiere every day I guess
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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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If you are good skiers and want to ski Grands Montets every day its just about OK, however its an hours round trip, the passes this year are not interchangable between Chamonix and Les Houches, and the kindergarten area at GM looks chilly in the morning.
So unless you really want to ski GM yourselves I would stick to Les Houches and save yourself a load of hassle it will be a bit cheaper as well.
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Thanks all of you. We will have a car and Evo 2 said they can do the transfers but I don't much fancy sticking kids that age on a bus for that amount of time. To be honest it is not sounding appealing. I am thinking more about going with the ESF and hoping for the best.
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That would be dire even in a car what a waste of holiday time !
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If you are good skiers and want to ski Grands Montets every day its just about OK, however its an hours round trip, the passes this year are not interchangable between Chamonix and Les Houches, and the kindergarten area at GM looks chilly in the morning.
So unless you really want to ski GM yourselves I would stick to Les Houches and save yourself a load of hassle it will be a bit cheaper as well. |
In my experience, the kindergarten at GM IS chilly in the morning - it's in shade and edged by trees, so crunchy icy snow too. However, it was the only choice for my then 5 year old when the originally booked lessons were messed up.
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Anniepen, is that the Evo 2 kindergarten that is at GM then? All I know is that the Evo 2 ski Panda Club is at Argentiere. As I mentioned I really do not know the area, but an hour's round trip coupled with the likelihood of the kids being frozen and therefore unresponsive is making the local ESF sound more and more attractive.
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FAQ
Only thing I am wondering about a bit is ski school/club/lessons for my 4 year old. Ideally I would choose a ski school which is not the ESF where I have a choice, now Evolution 2 have a Panda Club ski school/club arrangement which looks great but they are in Argentiere, is it do-able to schlepp to and from Argentiere with a 4 year old (and possibly our friends 3 year old) or is that going to be a real pain and I should just settle for the ESF's Jardin in Les Houches? I don't know the area, we went to Chamonix many moons ago and I don't remember the layout of the areas well except that there was much bussing involved.
