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OK - off to Val D'Isere next Thursday for a 3 night stay ...

Planning to board (me) / ski (wife) as follows :

Day 1 - 2 hours (due in resort at 2PM)
Day 2 + 3 - full days
Day 4 - 4 hours (need to be on way to Geneva by 2PM)

Where would you ski each day? Want to cover as much mileage as possible Puzzled .

Thank you

Smile
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

franga: I assume you've never been before? So would suggest as follows:

Day 1:Some lifts will be open until 5pm-ish so if you get one of those you can ski until about 5.30 Very Happy .
Head up Solaise via the fast chair. Then head up and over to the area above Le Fornet - the area marked on the Val D map as 'Ski D'Ete' is usually deserted but offers fantastic cruising runs on Val D's best snow. To finish, ski all the way back down to Le Fornet and get the free bus back to Val D centre.

Day 2: AN EPIC DAY OUT COVERING ALL THE AREAS OF ESPACE KILLY(!!) Start above Le Fornet ('Ski D'Ete') for a couple of warm up runs then:
1. Retrace your steps from day 1 and ski up and over from Le Fornet and then down Solaise.
2. Get big gondola up Face de Bellevarde & ski down to Tommeuses chair. From the top, ski down to Grande Motte Funicular at Val Claret.
3. Take Grande Motte funicular then cable car to top of Grande Motte. Ski down to Tichot Chair at Val Claret.
4. Head towards Aiguille Percee (above Tignes) via Tichot, Grattalu etc chairs.
5. From Aigulle Percee ski down to Les Brevieres.
6. Get gondola out of Les Brev. Then Aiguille Rouge chair. Ski down to Tignes le Lac.
7. Take big Aeroski gondola out of le Lac to top of Toviere.
8. From Toviere ski down to La Daille.
9. Take La Daille Funicular to top of Le Face. Finish the epic day on the Le Face downhill run.

NB: If you get concerned about timings to get back to Val D, from Tignes you are never THAT far from connecting back to Val d'Isere. The key lifts are FRESSE from Val claret and AEROSKI from Le Lac.

Day 3/4: Ski the runs which looked fantastic but you didn't ski on day 2!!!!

By the way, if off piste guiding is your thing, I can recommend Alpine Experience. Great value and British guides. Here you go: http://www.alpineexperience.com/offpiste.html

Have fun. You will!! Very Happy
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mountainaddict,

Thanks for taking the time to write all this - much appreciated!

Can't wait!

Very Happy
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We have over 300km of pistes in the Espace, all currently open. Get a piste map & follow your nose. Just be on the nasty side of the mountain when the links shut at 5pm.
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

If the weather closes in it's actually 'Tufs' that runs - so if you can only see one lift moving up the val d side of tignes, head for tufs Wink

What level are you guys at? Can tune our answers a little then.

We are just back btw and conditions are fabulous, it put down well over a foot while we were there, glorious (if windy!) conditions all week.

aj xx
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a.j.,

Thanks for your relpy,

I board, my wife skies - we are comfortable on most stuff (on piste) so think we've chosen well ...

Have primarily spent our snow weeks / weekends in the 3Vs, St Anton, Whistler and Banff so looking forward to something new!

High pressure due to establish itself by middle of next week so prospects look good.

Very Happy
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