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La Norma..... Anyone been?

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What's it like there? Looking to go in mid March and would be grateful for any info. Thanks in advance. Smile
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Went on a uni trip there many (12) years ago, its quite a tall mountain but not that many ways down. The resort base in tiny (or was) with only 1 bar and 2 restaurants back then. We had good snow thou...
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JimSearle, Thanks Smile
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Avago,
ypuspurs1 has put a review on site in case you are still after info.
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Mitchell, Thanks, since my post my Mum and step Dad ventured to La Norma and they loved it. Friends of our also went last Easter and sais it ticked all of their boxes. We are hoping to go there in March Very Happy
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Was there over New Year and going back for 2 weeks at Easter, will post some info lunchtime if I get the chance Smile
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I've skied there as one day of an Haute Maurienne holiday three times. I would imagine the skiing would be a bit limited for a week but we were only skiing the off piste and that was very good.
You can go by train to Modane or via Turin Airport and transfer through the Valfrejus tunnel (it is just above Modane via a winding road with a number of modern sculptures along the top part).
If you wanted some variation you could make an excursion to Valfrjus ski resort which is a similar size and also above Modane but on a different access road. Or a visit to Val Cenis is possible but further (about half an hour up the main Valley).
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Great family resort and superb value for money. They really make an effort for families. Ski area is not bad with decent vertical although fairly small. Good ski record as all north facing slopes and decent altitude. It is very compact so pretty much all the accommodation is around the slopes and nothing is more than a few minutes walk. Recommend staying at Les Balcons d'Anais. http://www.peakretreats.co.uk/ski/la-norma.htm. You won't see too many other Brits there which some people like when they are abroad. A few more Dutch though.
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If you do find things a little limited in La Norma you could get the nearby gondola from Orelle up to Val Thorens and the entire 3V network
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Did a week over New Year and had an awesome time. It's a really easy resort to get to (motorway for all but the last 10 minutes).

The mountain is small (70km of runs IIRC), mostly reds and blues (there's 2 blacks and a really long narrow green). There's a snowpark but unfortunately it wasn't open over NY. The busiest apres is Babbalous which has discos and DJs, a pool table, table football and more. There are some great places for food and reasonably priced (for a French ski resort), the pizzeria does a *wicked* garlic snail pizza but it takes a while to arrive Wink

If you're taking kids it is awesome, they organise a kids disco with 'Timo' the resort mascot and they have stuff like quad bikes, sumo (with the padded suits) and loads of other stuff. One night a week the slope down to the back of Babbalous is floodlit for night skiing\boarding.

Our youngest girl (just turned 4) did the Ourson course and whilst the instructors English wasn't great, it was more than enough to communicate with her (and a million times better than my wee wee poor french)

Good lift system, the longest we had to wait over NY was 10 minutes for the main bubble up and that was just after lesson drop off time.

We got a wicked deal on lift passes. As we were doing 3 weeks we bought season passes which were half price before 18/12/09 and cost E160 per adult and about E100 for the eldest girl (free for the 4yo).

Any questions just ask Smile
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TotallyBoard, Did your daughter go out on the piste in her Ourson group? Smile
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Started on the nursery slope (not the enclosed garden) and did the last 2 days coming down the hill on the long green run.
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