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I finally got round to driving over today. As previously reported on the small Isere Resorts thread the snow was rather hard everywhere, but there was plenty of cover. I managed a good canter round the domaine skiing mostly reds (easy compared to LDA) and blues (couldn't tell the difference between most of the blues and the greens). I found it very pleasant altogether but with some seriously scary lifts and lots of edges.
I was slightly vertigous most of the day and wasn't skiing well, so I left out the top lift La Pouta which looks scary (very steep) and apparently finishes on a knife edge arret with only blacks to ski down.
discretion and all that!
I've published a full trip report on my blog (with photos), so I'm afraid you'll have to go to
http://www.easiski.com/blog1
to see the whole thing.
I'll go back - but only when the snow's better or ther are freshies.
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Sweet. Thanks.
The high stuff looks superb
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it's a great areas - lots of easily accessible fun off piste. can't wait to go back
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Thanks for the report Easisky. It's okay at the top of La Pouta - except when there is a cold wind blowing (a cheaper alternative to cosmetic surgery?). As Easiski says, there are only blacks down, but the ones facing the resort are relatively straightforward, steep in places, yes, but no surprises. Vallons du Pre (Variante) is the one to take when it is open. It is an unpisted black. Steep at the top with clumps/moguls - but then flattens out into some wild back country (with a crazy natural half pipe in the middle of nowhere). Vallons du Pre is a truely wacky piste -- probably the hardest part is getting down the narrow funnel-shaped track from the Pouta chair lift landing area to the top of the piste itself. Very narrow (about 2/3 meters at the funnel), steep moguls and icy when I was there --- but this 'channel' is only about 20 meters long (probably less in reality were it not for the psychological trauma it induces). After that the piste opens up in front of you - throw yourself into the fall inline, make your first turn on the steep, and you are away -- an awesome ride!
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I was slightly vertigous most of the day and wasn't skiing well, so I left out the top lift La Pouta which looks scary (very steep) and apparently finishes on a knife edge arret with only blacks to ski down. 
