 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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snowcrazy, Welcome back  see you at Christmas/New Year?
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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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snowcrazy, Welcome back. Bit early to be expecting large amounts of snowfall isn't it?
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thefatcontroller, Boredsurfing, I am not really back yet, just doing this from the net. Hope to be in resort by 5 December when the lifts open. If you remember last year the first snow started this week and kept on falling to give us some great pre-season skiing. I am just hoping with the earlier opening date this year we will get the same snow again. Just need to keep our fingers crossed.
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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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Ah, been waiting for this thread.... Bring it on ! Two trips planned Les Arcs this year and can't wait to try out the new Arpette lift - should be much quicker to get up the hill!
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10 weeks Sat will be in Vallandry 
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thefatcontroller, remind me on December 17th, I'll check the heights on the way down for you 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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snowcrazy, We are arriving on the 19th December for a week. Looks like you are repping that week so looking forward to skiing with you.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Someone did post a while back on another thread about Les Arcs that they were doing some work on the flat section in the 2000 bowl during the Summer to add a gradient. Anyone know if this is true?
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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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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thefatcontroller, Ah ok. The bit i'm confused about is on this:
http://www.lesarcs.com/IMG/pdf/2010-TARIFS-PUBLICS.pdf
The season pass appears to cover from the 19th dec - 16th april
does this mean if i want to start on the 12th i'll have to buy both a season pass and the early pass???
Never done a season before so excuse my newbieness 
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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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| WesTaylor wrote: |
thefatcontroller, Ah ok. The bit i'm confused about is on this:
http://www.lesarcs.com/IMG/pdf/2010-TARIFS-PUBLICS.pdf
The season pass appears to cover from the 19th dec - 16th april
does this mean if i want to start on the 12th i'll have to buy both a season pass and the early pass???
Never done a season before so excuse my newbieness |
Doubt it - last year I bought a season pass on the Monday of the 1st week (equivalent to the 14th Dec this season) and it worked from that afternoon for the whole season. I would expect that if you buy one before the 5th Dec it'll work for that week as well, although you might well have to take a bus round to 1950/2000 to get on a lift depending on where you are staying - I'll assume they'll be running between 1600 and 1950 at least for the festival.
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snowcrazy, et al.
Mmm.. Not until Jan 16th for me.
Toying with the idea of driving down that weekend....
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Boris, thefatcontroller, will be on the other side of the mountain all season so would love to head on over and meet up? If only to join thefatcontroller, on his board
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| Mouth wrote: |
| Boris, thefatcontroller, will be on the other side of the mountain all season so would love to head on over and meet up? If only to join thefatcontroller, on his board |
I'm up for a bit of sitting around on me backside in the middle of bellette too..
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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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I too shall be holding court for the first week of January.....
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Guvnor, hey in Villaroger no doubt!!
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Blimey at this rate I'd better raid the attic and break out my board - I only gave it up as I was too darn good
at catching a toe edge and smacking my face into the nearest hard object and sitting bleeding copiously in various cafes and praying for the day the twins started skiing so I could justify giving up and going back to skiing so I could help them out you understand
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Good to hear so many will be out during the first few weeks. Looks like the board is going to get a good blast this year. Hope to meet up with you all on skis or board. I should be out for the first day opening and staying for the whole season. Mouth, great to hear you guys will be out for the season as well. Now that I should be fully fit, are some of you up to seeing how fast we can do the Challenge this season on boards as well as skis, I never did get the chance to blast it last season
Now some news.
Direct from the lift people.
For information, ski lifts of Les Arcs/Peisey-Vallandry which will be open for December 5, 2009: Transarc 1 and 2 TSD Marmots TSD Arcabulles TC Varet. The funicular, the schedules are in the course of finalization to correspond with the schedules of the free shuttles. Not that great but better than nothing. 
 The news is not to great for Arc 1600, they are still working on the replacement for the TS Gollet and TK Tommelet. I do hope they will be ready in time.
The work in Arc 2000 was for pipes etc for the building work but they say it should have added a slight incline to that area, we will see.
The new/old short lift, TSF4 Parchay (They are putting a new lift near where the old one was) at the top of Peisey-Vallandry is nearly finshed. It is just a short lift so you can ski back to the main area without getting in amongst the houses. Should be good for lunch breaks at that end of the village.
Another one we all hope will be completed on time.
I also see from the webcams, there is blue sky, green fields and not much sign of snow yet.  I hope it starts dropping the white stuff soon.
Will have another look next week for other news.
 Please let the snow start falling soon
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| snowcrazy wrote: |
The new/old short lift, TSF4 Parchay (They are putting a new lift near where the old one was) at the top of Peisey-Vallandry is nearly finshed. It is just a short lift so you can ski back to the main area without getting in amongst the houses. Should be good for lunch breaks at that end of the village.
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Cheers for the update!
Dead right - one for your "places to take punters for lunch list" will be at the bottom of the Parchay - La Vache. Lovely place, friendly welcome and now ski in/out.
And no I don't have a vested interest other than as an appreciative customer..
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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any snow yet ?
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snowcrazy, am defo up for the challenge on boards. In fact I only did it on my board last season but was with skiers so would be good to do with fellow boarders yes. I will wear my gilet with pride this season!
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Mouth, Best take a skier with you 
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| bertie bassett wrote: |
Dead right - one for your "places to take punters for lunch list" will be at the bottom of the Parchay - La Vache. Lovely place, friendly welcome and now ski in/out.
And no I don't have a vested interest other than as an appreciative customer.. |
Lets hope they speed service up - we called in for a quick lunch one day & were still there 2 hours later 
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| Mouth wrote: |
| Guvnor, hey in Villaroger no doubt!! |
Am I really that predictable?
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FAQ
Hope that helps you all get started, have a good season 
We arrive 3rd? That the same week as you, are your kids in ski school in the morning if so we should meet up?
, another one for your log book. If you look at the long distance webcam into Arc 2000 you will notice some building work, hard to spot but it phase 2 of the apartments we bought in that are just beside Lanchettes chairlift. They are putting the foundations in now and plan to finish the build next ummer. I don't quite know how they got away with it but the second phase actually comes out one hell of a lot into the flat area in front of the Olympic flags. It is not level with the existing building and closes of a lot of the run down into 2000. Its the brown image in the bottom middle of the diagram. As you ski down from Transarc and take the top run into 2000 to get to the Lanchaettes chair it kind of blocks the run?
