 Poster: A snowHead
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It's September, so I'm back on SHs.
My usual Christmas / New Year free accommodation in Switzerland is not available this year. The selfish bar steward of an owner is taking his whole family to his place instead. What an outrage!
Anyhow, I still plan to take off from the UK and spend from just before Christmas until after New Year in the Alps. As I won't have a base this year, I was thinking about travelling around a bit. Here's the plan:
Rent car in Geneva
That's as far as I've got.
Suggestions, please, from you excellent people of places to stay which won't cost the earth for, say, 3 nights at a time. I'm 34, male, single (short, v fat, bad breath, no teeth, dreadful personal hygiene - not all of these may be accurate ....). I can stomach roughing it so hostels are fine, but I will need the odd night of respite. Keen on places where there are likely to be a few like-minded folks who are up for some hardish skiing and a few beers. I will have my alpine and touring gear with me (day tours only, I should think).
Verbier and Cham are on my initial list (Cham snow-dependent), but please do suggest other places with cheap short term accom.
Is there a backpackers is La Ros?????
Cheers
Zammo
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There are several cheap bunkhouses in cham plus the bunker in Verbier, my advice for Xmas/Newyear is book early.
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Ski Bum?
| zammo wrote: |
| Rent car in Geneva |
You have never lived as a ski bum.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Wed 2-09-09 9:04; edited 1 time in total
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| stanton wrote: |
Ski Bum?
| zammo wrote: |
| Rent car in Geneva |
You have not ever lived as a ski bum. |
Fair shout. Never had the opportunity and I certainly couldn't take it up long term - too many commitments. Just trying to get across that I intend to travel around a bit.
If I leave blighty on 21st December and return on the weekend of 9th / 10th Jan that gives me three weeks.
If you prefer, I could spend a few quid on a knackered old VW campervan ....
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zammo, as you'll have a car why not base yourself in a valley town and sample a number of nearby resorts? Bourg St Maurice might be one option, which puts you within easy distance of Les Arcs, La Plagne, La Rosiere, La Thuile, St Foy, Tignes Val d'Isere, Pralognan, Courchevel, Meribel, Val Thorens, Valmorel, and several other resorts which are still reachable by car for a day's skiing if you don't mind a longer drive.
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rob@rar, good idea.
I would like to be in Verbier mid way through my trip so that I am fitter than at the beginning but not as knackered as I will be at the end so I might do something like:
3 nights in Cham
4 nights in Bourg
4 nights in Verbier
and then see where the snow is best after that.
Maybe I'd be better driving down rather than flying and renting a car - just looked at car rental costs 
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| zammo wrote: |
3 nights in Cham
4 nights in Bourg
4 nights in Verbier
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Hmmm. bsm is south of Cham, then you;d go back past CHam to get to verbier. might want to start in BSM...
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You're also complicating matters by going for short stays rather than full weeks as far as booking accommodation goes. What about a week in BSM (skiing in a couple of different resorts), then a week in Verbier?
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zammo, PM haggis_trap to see if he still has his camper van and if so whether he will loan it to you
if you're going to do something you might as well do it properly... 
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Arno, d'you know, I'm almost stupid enough to think that your suggestion is really sensible ....
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nbt, good point. I was just thinking that I'm imposing a bit of a bonkers route on myself.
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You know it makes sense.
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zammo, look at International Hostelling Association hostels, they have one in Cham, we stayed in it for one night, it was pretty nice, nice catered meals but no self-catering kitchen. They have another in La Clusaz and some others in European ski resorts. Even cheaper if you're a member of the Youth Hostelling Association.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Not out there until the 16th but we will then be on a road trip as well
Heard car-hire was expensive this year..???? haven't looked into it myself yet.. and will not need to until Mar
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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zammo, how about a challenge I've often toyed with...21 resorts in 21 days!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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crazy_skier_jules, IHA's a good idea. I'll look into that (in a sort of old git hangs out with yoof sort of way)
parlor, I guess I really do have to pm the haggis character .... will drop you a pm as well when I know when I'll be in V .... may as well have someone witness me floundering around on the Redeemers.
marcellus, maybe next year, eh?
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RPF, good to hear.
zammo, I'll keep you posted but I think there is a change in my future.
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I have space in a flat in Nendaz over that period if people need it, although I will be in Chamonix over Xmas week. PM me if interested.
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