 Poster: A snowHead
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According to this report Les Arcs is planning to add a toboggan run, starting at the top of the TransArc gondola, heading down the Arc 2000 valley to the bottom of the Arcabulle chairlift. The resort hopes that it will be complete for this coming winter, but it might not be ready in time.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rob@rar, Oh god, with 3 kids I'll need to re-mortgage to cover the cost of goes on this. Of course to ensure the safety of my kids I might have to have a go myself 
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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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Bit of a short Run, Wengen has several all covered by the lift pass and all longer than 3km
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D G Orf, yes, it is a bit short. So it's a good thing that Les Arcs has twice as much piste skiing as Wengen to make up for its diminutive toboggan run.
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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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It makes me laugh when people get all proprietorial about 'their' resorts! 
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Hurtle,
I try not to be (not least because these days I ski in other resorts more than I ski in Les Arcs), but on this occasion I failed miserably.
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rob@rar, it's OK, I think it's very endearing. 
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Boredsurfing, Proper run, shoite location, though excellent restaurant and red run nearby.
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where abouts is the la plagne bob sleigh..... do you ki to it, have a go and ski off or is it something you do at night ?
I'm off to La Plagne in jan - although i've been before - i didn't know about this 
I'm staying in 1800.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I have always fancied trying out skiing down a bobsleigh run like in the Bond movie!!!! I think that was John Eaves. Think Iam getting a bit old for this tho!!
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You know it makes sense.
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Excellent - will have a go on that next season if built
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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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Hi folks, if you go to the Les Arcs thread in the snow reports section you can read all the latest news about developments for next season that I have just posted.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Libertine wrote: |
| where abouts is the la plagne bob sleigh..... |
it's about half way up the hill as you climb up to LP from the valley floor. Nowhere near any of the ski-in / ski-out bits of LP. As Boredsurfing said, TOs and the local tourist offices organise bus trips down to it - - usually in the early evenings.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Dubaian, Boredsurfing, thanks. it doesn't say how much it is to have a go... any rough ideas?
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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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I wonder why it is age restricted. Parental supervision reqd. I can see, but an Age 12 limit rules it out for my pair, both of whom are veterans of the very good mountain tobaggan run that they have often used in Switzerland on toboggans shared with an adult.
Libertine, In Switzerland we hire the sledges by the half or full day (about £8 for a half day) and our existing lift passes serve to get us up on the chair as often as we like in that time.
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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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Boredsurfing, Thanks, look forward to hearing from you. Cant be more than €50 p/p... can it ?
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I'm sure I recall it was over 70 euros pp when I looked into it
Yes, the rates are there, although the awful translation job (they obviously got a french person to translate into English) means they're not immediately obvious as they appear as "particulars rates"
http://www.la-plagne.com/en/winter-holidays/bobsleigh/particulars-rates.html
Bob raft (unguided) is 38 euros, or 112 for 2 adults and 2 kids in a bob to yourselves
103 euros for a "mono-bob" to yoursefl
108 euros for a place in a bob with a driver - which I believe goes significantly faster than the bob-raft
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nbt, beat me to it.
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nbt, Dubaian, Thanks... fairly pricey but like you say, not something you get to do often and are likely to (want to) do again !! ......
I think i'll give it a go 
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Boredsurfing, Ah, that explanation I can accept, that wasn't evident in the thread, and I can't read the French on the website - cheers for the info.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Found this pic of my BiL in the taxi Bob He is in the back.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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