 Poster: A snowHead
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We are looking for a lazy weeks skiing in January after watching the Monte Carlo rally nearby. We don't want to travel miles when we have been running around in a car for 3 day's plus the drive from the UK.
Does Isola have reliable snow. Persume at 2000 metres it shouldnt be that bad.
As we are intermidates do you think the Reds and Blacks are as challenging as anywhere else.
Or do you have an alternative close to Isola that has good terrain and variety?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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it had a good season last year compared to most of the french alps,
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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when I drove to Isola 2000 the few other cars on the road seemed to think they were in the damned rally. Was just a day trip from the coast - we didn't ski. An interesting drive, though - loads of deserted and wild countryside. Write a report when you've been there - we hear very little about it. The resort itself is pants, but who cares?
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If you are driving consider Pra Loup. V. nice resort. Pra Loup is a bitch to get to unless you are driving but worth it. If you are thinking of going on the road that goes past Isola forget it. The only way to go is from Marseille up the autoroute. I've skied both and Pra Loup wins for me.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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go on Onnems, link and search for this piece of text 'Blick in den westlichen Bereich des Skigebietes, das aus drei parallelen aber völlig voneinander getrennten Sektoren besteht'
The couloir shown there, with direct lift access, is easily enough to justify a day there.
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can recommend val 'allos - 2.5 hours from Nice and linked to pra loup
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actually, I misinterpreted the photo and it's not lift accessed at all
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can recommend val 'allos - 2.5 hours from Nice and linked to pra loup
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Isola is fine and it gets snow, too much the last time we went, it was so cold it knocked out the power lines and we were shut down for 2 days. It tends to be sunny, the odd slope is challenging but overall the resort is small and you can ski everything in a day, there is some side country to explore but not much, it is good for families as it is compact and the nursery slopes are in effect the main drag. Auron just up the road is prettier, has less area but it's more interesting.
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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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How far is Auron and Pra Loup from Isola? It has got me thinking instead of just going to the one area we can go to various areas.
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You know it makes sense.
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instead of just going to the one area we can go to various areas
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if you're down there with a car, that's probably the best idea - maybe the only chance you'll have in ages to explore that area, accessible only from the south, in practice. In good snow places like Auron are great (I have friends who live in Fréjus who go there sometimes) but it by no means always has good snow - it seems to be "all or nothing" in some of those southern places. You can be free to explore, and I can't imagine accommodation would be a problem anywhere in January.
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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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Hi Jerby, I live in Monaco and have spent the last three years driving up every weekend and trying all the resorts.
I agree with most, that Auron is much better than Isola. The skiing is better and the resort itself is much more attractive. Valberg isn't bad for a day, with some great off piste over the back side of the resort but the best by far is Val D'Allos, as mentioned by George, with some very good terrain for all abilities and it's big enough to keep you busy for days. It's about another 30-40mins drive though.
Another one that's not been mentioned that is great is Limone in Piemonte Italy. It's just over an hour from Monaco and has some good skiing, is a pretty village and has some good restaurants as well.
Auron overall if you don't want to drive too far and although it's sign posted as further from Nice, it's actually quicker to get to as the road is fast with only the last couple of kilometers having some bends. The Isola road is very twisty and can be a nightmare and if it snows, regularly gets shut, which can be a bit of a nightmare when there are no hotel rooms available and you are trapped in resort! At least I had an excuse to sit in a bar all night....
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks for all the info. Would you ski all runs in a day at Auron? Just trying to piece together where we base ourselves and which resorts to go to.
Got at the moment. Would these fill a weeks skiing? We ski 09.30-15.30 at a reasonable speed.
Auron
Isola
Pra Loup
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sorry got another question.
Is the road/roads between the resorts fairly clear. Appreciating a new dump. Or do the authorities tend not to clear them?
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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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Jerby, Its more easy to get up to Auron than Isola 2000 in bad weather, and Pra Loup is 72km north of Auron and alot of bends on the road from Auron,,
Auron has skiing for one week if the snow is ok,, when I was there end of January 2007 there was a dump the days before, just the reason I getting there, I got all the nice stuff for me,
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