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Samoens recommendations for ski school and hire
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Hi
We're a family (2 young teens in tow)heading out for the first time having done 8-10 sessions on dry slope before heading off. Any advice on equip hire and lesson in Samoens? Are we likely to need more than a beginners pass for the first few days? There are so many options it seems a bit on a lottery which to go with so any help is appreciated. We're staying in Samoens village (campsite in motorhome!).
Thanks
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

We were in Samoens over Christmas. We hired skis from Planete Glisse, though others in my ski group used Xtreme Glisse. Some of the ski hire firms have heated lockers you can hire, either at bottom by the GME station or up at Samoens 1600 - check on the village website and compare the online prices and services available.
We used ZigZag ski for lessons and found them good, but they were almost twice the price of ESF (lessons were three mornings instead of six for ESF). One of our student children was enrolled in an ESF class but it was Level 4 - i.e. for experienced skiers who really only needed a guide and some company for bombing down the runs. He enjoyed this and the class wasn't large, but I don't know what it would have been like in the beginners classes. ZigZag is a small school, popular with the British, so you need to book well in advance - and if you think you want six days lessons, book all six days well in advance.
You can get a debutant ski pass on a daily basis, but I'm not sure how many runs you can then use. It sounds as though you will soon be skiing more than the debutant runs. We bought a combination of Massif and Grand Massif passes - some for six days, others for three days, then daily passes (it snowed hard one day, so we didn't ski). As a beginner, you might not need the Grand Massif pass unless you can, by the end of the week, ski to Flaine and then take the lifts from there (trip up to Grandes Platieres worth doing if weather decent). I would recommend, though, that you get over to Morillon one day and go down Marvel - lovely long green run. You can get there from Samoens 1600 as well, but the beginning of the run is a little more tricky than if you approach it from the Morillon lifts (for this you only need a Massif pass).
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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?

I have used Xtreme Glisse on a couple of occasions and found them first class. Just over the road from the bubble and you can dump your gear there at night.
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