 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi there – am staying in Les Menuires at the end of Jan 09 – about 3-4 of us are looking for off-piste stuff. Was thinking of hiring a guide for a day as we don’t know the area – have found two potential companies: originalride.com and prosneige.fr which were recommended on pistehors.com – does anyone have any experience of these companies – or know of a decent private guide?
We’re looking for something reasonably challenging – have done a bit of off piste before and some cat skiing in Canada so not complete novices – but also not going to be jumping off any cliffs. Any other tips/suggestions? E.g. does cat skiing happen in Europe? Can’t find much about it on the web…
Sorry if this has been asked before – had a look around the site and can’t find anything…
Cheers
Alex
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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alexwb77, one of our very own snowheads does off piste skiing tours of the 3V's ... his username is offpisteskiing and site is www.offpisteskiing.com
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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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What skimottaret said ! ... and welcome to snowheads
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alexwb77, welcome aboard. I don't believe there's any cat skiing in 3V and heli skiing is banned in France. Off piste access is lift assist or leg powered as far as I'm aware.
Can't suggest much on the guide front except the local guides office. If you fancy some background reading http://www.dimple1.demon.co.uk/skiing/skiingindex.html
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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 mate - will let you know if I find anything out...
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rich, why is heliskiing banned in France?
I'm sure I've read about it being advertised.
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Christopher, I think the heli skiing advertised in France tends to go over the border into Italy to actually do it IIRC
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alexwb77, you have mail
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I was in LM with a few friends over the new year and on our last day we found the off piste descent under the Lac Noir chairlift up on La Masse. It's not terribly difficult and is quite well skied so no danger of getting lost. You can also spot your route from the chair lift and there's a few ways down to make it worth doing more than once. Watch out for the lake on the left at the bottom of the first pitch though!!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Unless you are fairly expert on avalanche danger a guide is the only way to go. There is a huge amount there and not all of it is in the book - however, to find out about 80 of the main routes available you could get the book "Les 3 Vallées Hors-Piste/Off Piste" published by Vamos. It is a dual language (French/English) book of off-piste routes, which should be available in the Village at book shops (and some newsagents or possibly the best ski gear shops). You will need a 1:25.000 map to go with it - also certainly available in the Village.
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