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question about Espace Lumière
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

As I understand it, this aggregation is composed of Pra Loup and the 3 Val d'Allos areas: La Foux (1800), Le Seignus (1500) & Allos (1400). Are these Val d'Allos areas collectively a single area, with each of these 3 being sectors within the area, or are they completely independent areas merely part of the same aggregation? Merci.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Hi swampwiz,

La Foux and Pra Loup are lift/piste linked although it's better to think of them as two resorts linked by lifts/pistes rather than as one big area as there are a few lifts needed to get between the two and the two villages are a long way apart.

There isn't any skiing in Allos (1400) other than a very short beginners' slope and a kids area. There is a gondola (takes a few minutes) up to Le Seignus.

Le Seignus isn't lift/piste linked to La Foux/Pra Loup.

There is a free bus that runs between Allos/Le Seignus and La Foux (and back again).

I live in Le Seignus and have run a catered chalet here for the past 8 seasons. A popular question from our guests has been "Can I get the bus to Pra Loup" Answer: "No, you can ski there and back from La Foux. You can't go by road as the road is closed in winter, one of the pistes goes over it. It's an 8 hour round-trip for the taxi if you get stuck the wrong side of the link". Supplementary question from guest "Can I get a bus back from Pra Loup". Answer - sound of head banging on table.

The 6 day Le Seignus lift pass gives one free day at La Foux/Pra Loup. You can also buy a pass that covers the whole area. The adult prices this year were EUR116/148 for the Le Seignus/whole area pass respectively.

If you like bog-standard, fairly easy, motorway cruising skiing then Pra Loup is the one to pick. You won't be able to ski at Le Seignus - getting from Pra Loup to La Foux won't give you enough time to get down to Le Seignus but you probably wouldn't think you were missing a lot as the skiing down here is skewed more towards red/black/near-piste - I don't know much about the backcountry stuff around here. There is still some challenging stuff in Pra Loup between the pistes but there's only one black run over there.

I wouldn't really recommend La Foux - it has neither the interesting skiing that's in Le Seignus or the easy access to quite a few pistes that you get in Pra Loup. That said, from there you can get to Pra Loup and Le Seignus easily.

I'd only recommend Allos as a base if you're borrowing someone's apartment/house for practically nothing and/or don't facny skiing all day/every day as it's a bit of a chore having to get a bus or gondola to get to the lifts before you can start skiing.
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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?

Thank for the info!
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