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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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stoatsbrother, just hire a car from the airport, it will probably be cheaper and give you more flexibility
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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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kristof, I don't need flexibility - only to get there and back. But I take your point - and if a bunch of us were together... might be worth a try
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hiring a car will almost certainly be cheaper than a taxi; bus is an option but there are only a couple per day IIRC. you could get a bus to Bourg d'Oisans (pretty frequent) then a taxi on from there. at a guess the taxi ride would still be EUR50-60 minimum
skiers lodge used to do a minibus pickup from grenoble station on changeover days - may be worth investigating
edit: thinking further - that 2 per day figure might be 2 direct from Lyon airport. could well be more from Grenoble station
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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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Fly to Grenoble, bus to city bus station and then a bus all the way to the resort. Easy.
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stoatsbrother, February? La Grave? Hmmmmmm that sounds like you're wimping out of the annual tree fiddling fest to me.... 
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There's a bus from Grenoble to Briançon which may or may not stop in La Grave.
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stoatsbrother,
Last bus out of Grenoble to LG was 1730. and you will be hard pushed to make Grenoble by train before that...
If you can get the Ashford train into Paris by 1017..you need an hour to cross Paris..
Not sure what time the direct train the Grenoble goes but I caught one around 14:00 IIRC..and missed the bus by inches...
I have the old bus timetables but am not sure they are still applicable..
These were weekday times, I think..
One way bus tickets will be about 20eu from the station..
The train is a great way to travel..IMV... but they don't make this trip that easy to tie up...
Car hire is supposed to be silly money this year.. haven't gone into it yet..so you need to pair up with people
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Schuss in Boots, No - La Grave is my late february holiday - everyone knows tree-fiddling is early feb!
JT, Thanks - I might do the friday night Ashford train and TGV early in the morning- but not sure I can bear schlepping to the Gare de Lyon at midnight...
Last edited by You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. on Mon 7-09-09 19:01; edited 1 time in total
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hitch!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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JT, bus to Briancon is timed to link up with the Paris TGV, so should depart after it.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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stoatsbrother, Done that trip twice.. Eurostar to Paris, TGV to Grenoble... think we got to Grenoble at 16:15 - bus went at 16:30...... just be aware that if the Col Du Lauteret is closed, there's no bus back...
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You know it makes sense.
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Helen Beaumont, It didn't two seasons ago... departed at 1730 and I arrived just a tad later than that... as per schedule but later...
stoatsbrother, can't recall why I had to catch that train... but as you can get to G D Nord by 1017...then that could put you in range for a train leaving south by 1130...
the Grenoble service was direct and did not stop at Lyon.. which I thought was odd... maybe if you faffed about you could make a connection that would work via Lyon..
If the above examples were doable at 1615, then that would be perfect..as I say, can't recall why I had to get the late train in..but missing that bus was a major hassle to me so I would not have gotten that train at that time by choice...
I would not have thought there were many direct trains south out per day though... just saying..!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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JT, they've altered the bus timetable
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Poster: A snowHead
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stoatsbrother Another vote from me for hiring a car.
As you already said, if a bunch of you hook up together it will be the most practical and least expensive option; also, you'd be really pop for being able to offer away-day transport to a neighbouring resort (Serre Che, Les 2 Alpes, Alpe d'Huez) in return for fuel/beer money contribution 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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As I mentioned before, I've taken the ski train, got out at Chambery v early in the morning. There are trains every few minutes to Grenoble (1 hour) Then catch the bus (bus station is continuous with the station). If times of buses don't work take a LDA bus to the dam and then get your hotel to send a car along the valley to pick you up.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Travel light and get to Grenoble by any convenient means, bus to L2A and ski over 
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| rayscoops wrote: |
| Travel light and get to Grenoble by any convenient means, bus to L2A and ski over |
I always wanted to do that but had too much luggage - wasn't sure if they would let me up the lifts with a suitcase (actually not that hard skiing with one case in each hand - I tried it down a piste when I was staying at the top of one once, though I'm not sure about the Bananne). Lots more buses to L2A than La Grave.
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| snowball wrote: |
| Lots more buses to L2A than La Grave. |
exactly- bus to the dam - then hitch
or just hitch it is not difficult
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snowball, That is really useful info - if getting from there to La Grave is that easy - might be one solution.
Anyway - the holiday is booked - but trains not bookable till 22/10/09...
Thanks for all this info - I will bookmark this thread
Helen Beaumont, that is a cracking link - thanks. 
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I considered doing one of the SCGB La Grave holiday but I'm going for the late March one at Andermatt instead. I've skied La Grave several times but have never seen Andermatt (though I skied there for one day in a whiteout snowstorm when the lifts were closed at Engelberg).
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