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laundryman, I hadn't thought of that - I have a non-skiing friend coming over for whom I'm planning a birthday lunch and was thinking I might have to make her put some snowshoes on! 
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miranda, at least that would help her to work up an appetite!
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miranda,
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Lou, just to allay any worries, the majority of first-time guests who are in La Giettaz for a week look at the map in advance and always assume they'll spend most of their time skiing on the other side. They then get here and spend at least half of their time skiing this side - it's why we recommend getting day passes when you get here and taking it as it comes rather than booking the full Evasion Mont Blanc passes in advance - there are never any queues at the kiosk (in fact you'll have the pistes almost entirely to yourselves as you'll miss the school holidays) and the day passes for the 100 or so km on this side are €23 when bought in person at the kiosk in La Giettaz so it's worth doing it that way.
We've had two sets of guests in your position this season, meeting with friends that are staying on the other side, who have been amazed at what a difference the quiet nature and north-facing aspect of the slopes in La Giettaz make during this dodgy season so, as said above, I don't think they should worry that it wouldn't be worth their while to come over for a day.
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Lou, I would agree with this. We had a lovely weekend at La Giettaz (thanks miranda, sorry for not being in touch to say so - was lovely to meet you!) a few weeks ago and have skied in Combloux and Megeve/St Gervais before.
I also recommend the Auberge de Bonjournal (we didn't try the Auberge de Christomet, will make sure to do so next time!) and especially the "beignets de tomme fraiche" which were a plat du jour one day there. It is pretty reasonably priced for a mountain restaurant there but I'd also recommend the Chalet des Bachais (at the top of the Plaine Joux lift on the Combloux side) which was even cheaper and also good.
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NatalieG, mmmm sounds delic  Thanks for advice
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Lou, chances are, I saw you on the webcams - I'm off on Saturday. Looks like Rochebrune is not too bad, and I imagine Côte 2000 is holding up well. I think it's odd that the tourist office don't have webcams there, because it always does best during dodgy conditions.
Yes, the toilets are famous! 
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laundryman, Some races are still scheduled for Fri/Sat/Sun so Côte 2000 should be ok on the areas with artificial snow. Currently +12 in town even though it isn't sunny.
Rochebrune looks rather brown.
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Lou, thank you for your kind words - it was lovely to meet you and your friends. A shame you didn't get to see the Evasion Mont Blanc or Espace Diamant regions at their best... but next year hopefully!
laundryman, be grateful the tourist board are keeping it quiet for you 
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laundryman, hopefully there isn't a webcam at the top of the long poma in Megeve ?Lanchettes. Hurty ankle and long drag, wasn't concentrating or listening out for whoops from people dismounting in front, got to the point where I let go of poma and realised there was no way on earth that I could make the necessary very tight right turn to avoid lots of those warning black & yellow poles dead ahead. Sped through them grabbing one like a javelin (didn't intend to, blaming survival instinct) and stopped just short of some sort of some electrical set up. Luckily whole lift system didn't crash. hugely entertaining for those groups waiting for loved ones at the top including my lovely nephew who has captured the event on camera.
I then had to turn around and replace said pole so there was no scuttling off straight away 
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Lou, that's a killer drag. I once went up it in heavy wet snow and for some reason I couldn't keep the button from sinking to the level of my knees. I thought I was about to fall off for at least 50% of the ride, but somehow made it. There was a recent wet snow avalanche covering the track towards Côte 2000 from the top, which I skied straight into in a near whiteout. Funny how one remembers adversity better than anything!
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Quite a lot closed, but what's left is in remarkably good condition. Snow making has really improved here in the last few years and the pistes are being managed superbly. Mainly on Rochebrune and Côte 2000 today. Skied until 3pm.
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You know it makes sense.
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laundryman, enjoy Family who were in Megeve until last Tues pm reported good skiing on Mont Arbois?
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laundryman, good to hear there is still some skiing in Megeve, we are off on April 9th for what I think is last week of season. Not sure how much of the area will still be open by then?
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Lou, on Mt d'Arbois today. The Bettex was good to the bottom, especially the race track which was very well prepared. But why didn't they 'piste' the drag track? - we were slaloming mud! The Mt Joux race track was good too. Did some off piste bumps off La Croix - they were surprisingly hard. The lower part of the corresponding piste was cut up and soft after lunch - but I actually quite like skiing through that.
Saw some chamois grazing on the Mandarin today!
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Saw some chamois grazing on the Mandarin today!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Healthy eaters, are they?
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Going to return to La Giettaz for our 2012 'girls' weekend
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Lou, maybe we'll see you again to see some more of the skiing over here? I could show you some fierce drags in the Arly Valley too.
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This is the top of the Seigneur drag in Praz sur Arly. It's straight but super steep. And if you fall off lower down the escape route is to walk through some thick forest then down a bumpy black run to have another go.
We generally try to avoid it. Because the "si vous tombez" signs pointing through the forest are unnerving even for competent drag lift riders.
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Quite warm today. Did a lot of short-radius stuff on Michel Dujon early on then over to St Nicholas. Surprised to get all the way there; I think there are extra snow cannons this year; the runs were mainly in good condition. Then up to Grand Choucas for more steeps. North facing, and snow good. Back to Le Rosay for lunch then then three runs on Etudiants - again North facing and no complaints about the snow. Finished early with a couple of runs down Mont Joux and bubble back down from the Igloo (as was). The area around there was good for water skiing only by that time.
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Côte 2000 today. V warm. Conditions pretty good all day (off-piste a bit hard early on, the few flattish sections softish by early afternoon. Mainly on downhill course am, and mainly going hell for leather. Off-piste and Marmotte this afternoon. Omelette on the terrace of the Radaz for lunch.
Les Contamines tomorrow.
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laundryman, Mmm. I think we might go to Les Contamines one of these days.
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laundryman, pam w, we went to Les Contamines today - worth getting there, as everywhere at the moment, as the lifts open - and had a really good day. Afraid I don't know the names of all the lifts etc that we used but few people around so no waiting anywhere. It did get soft later on but if I have a good morning am quite happy to knock it on the head early afternoon.
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if I have a good morning am quite happy to knock it on the head early afternoon.
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Because I was skiing with a visitor I was out till 3 pm today, and I must admit I wasn't sorry to stop. The last run we did he had a yard sale style fall - hat, skis, everywhere and fortunately I was behind him and able to gather it all up. He was quite unhurt, but then ready to call it a day. The lifts are open till 4.50pm but you'd have to be a masochist to carry on till then.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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if I have a good morning am quite happy to knock it on the head early afternoon.
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Because I was skiing with a visitor I was out till 3 pm today, and I must admit I wasn't sorry to stop. The last run we did he had a yard sale style fall - hat, skis, everywhere and fortunately I was behind him and able to gather it all up. He was quite unhurt, but then ready to call it a day. The lifts are open till 4.50pm but you'd have to be a masochist to carry on till then. |
pam w there is good advice in your tale tale for me-- a moral, so to speak-- as I tend to be a late riser, potter around having breakfast and start skiing late morning. ... But on spring snow, that is not the best schedule to keep to. 
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For years (since I became sensible!!) I have not done "just the last run", and just pottered back when i feel I've had enough. Having said that I did keep going late the day we had the powder in La Plagne!!
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welshskier, I learned about that many years ago too. If the piste has become sludgy and you're tired... I have seen the most bad falls happen on "just the last run"... I've become sensible too, and take the gondola down in such conditions..though it's so tempting to ski to the village.
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laundryman, have you or any of yours ever launched down from the Veleray side of Les Contamines down towards megeve? Not the sort of thing I'd ever do myself, even with good cover, as I am a piste sort of person, but would be interested to know whether it was possible.
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One of my friends tells me it's easily done on a MTB in the summer. I take his word for it.
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pam w, no but I know a few who have. I also know someone who went from Mt Joly over to Contamines (the easier direction, I would say) but who picked the wrong gully and needed rescuing - without injury, fortunately.
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FAQ
)and then ate a couple of times at Auberge de Bonjournal.
I remember that one-- one of my friends had a hairy experience falling off it mid-way-- It is notorious!
