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Due to our daughter doing a season there we are off to Claviere for a week in 2011-2012 at some point. Having been on a day trip to the area a few years ago my abiding memories are of mainly motorway pistes . What is there in the way of challenenging pistes in the area. Anywhere I can find out about the off piste ?
All recommendations / information welcome !
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Can't really comment as not an expert skier or off piste type, but last year when sat on my apt balcony at Montgenevre i watched a couple of guys come off piste down the Rocher de l'Aigle and L aigle, which lies between Claviere and Montgenevre, your lift pass covers both resorts, and if you felt engetic you could use your full day Milky way pass to get to Sauze Doulx or Siestre, or book a coach trip to Sierre Chevailir also covered on a weeks lift pass.
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Very nice tree skiing on the lower slopes in Claviere itself, loads of good offpiste higher up between Claviere and Montgenevre but make sure you know what you're doing, some faces are said to avalanche regularly. (We did one of those and the locals said they were seeing us from far below in a Montgenevre bar, wondering if we'll start an avy. However, we were with our very good guide, whom I tend to trust more, and picked a conservative route with proper protocol...).
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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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Just to add to what horizon has said...
There are also a fair few cliff bands in the L'Aigle sector, so make sure you know where you're going in that respect as well.
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All great stuff thanks. Shoogly, a pdf would be excellent if you can. Also any infomation on guides would be welcome as I'd be concerned about skiing off-piste in an area I know nothing about especially given what Shoogly and Horizon have added.
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and if you want some Millionaires skiing go up the new Serre Tibaud lift and rather than go back to Montgenevre from top of roche rouge lift, go the back way to Claviere, we didn't use the blacks just the blue run, but we skied 3 miles and only saw 2 other people, and that was easter week
i have pic on teh photos area from our Hameau apt showing Pain del sol area towards Claviere we skied the easy red back and crossed the steep black.
if you wanted to explore Montgenevre slopes just go up Col Boeuf lift and down the 99a run and your there at the serre tibaud and Tremplin lifts
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agree with the others, just want to point out the lift back from montgenevre is depressingly slow.
Also if going for a week, and with car then serre che defo worth a day trip
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papa haven't done the Roche D'Angle lift so can't comment on that
but the only slow one i noticed was the Montiqitaine lift coming from Claviere back to Montgenevre, this was a 60s 2 seater
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i used to work in Montgenevre - 10 years ago now, but the off-piste skiing was amazing. I learnt to board there also. The link to Claviere at the time was a bit tricky for me and the trek over to Milky Way was arduous but I hear that since the Winter Olympics in the MW, there is a new 5 man fast chair that can get you up into Sestriere quite quickly so from Monty, through to Claviere - Cesana - Sansicario - Sestriere then home is actually doable in a day for more experienced skiiers. Miss Monty loads - ah the good ol days, memories flooding back of the sun trap terraces with a demi-peche (beer with peach syrop!). I have been back a few times since my ski season days and the same old faces are still there - its makes all the difference when the locals are so friendly and welcoming.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Old thread Shoogly but is there any chance of getting that PDF piste map, thanks
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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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| Old thread Shoogly but is there any chance of getting that PDF piste map, thanks |
Shoogly did send this to me so I will try to a) remember to look and b) if I remember, to actually find it
PM me over the weekend to remind me if you wish as I have a head like a seive
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Found it on another of his posts, thanks for looking
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