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Anyone familiar with Les Carroz ski resort as we're going there in three weeks' time? Taking a 4 year old to ski ( will be 5 in March and has completed a kindergarten course in Austria) but was wondering which ski school / course is better.
Also, any help on ski hire shops would be helpful. Is it necessary to book online where there seems to be a 50% discount or is there really no difference whether you book in advance or not.
Thanks for any help.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Book hire online. For which shop depends on where you are staying. For ski school we used esf and it was good for my then five year old. They started on the free lifts at the bottom so no need to get lift pass for 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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Thanks for your reply - will look into some hire shops
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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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For ski hire use jack at Zig Zag..... It the one at the bottom of the nursery slope in the village.
If you say i recommended you then he's sure to do you a deal on good kit.
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Les Carroz is one of my favourite places.
Try Les Airelles for an evening meal if you can get in.
It's at the bottom of the nursery slope near the gondola where, as someone else has said, there's a free drag for your four-year-old.
If you haven't been before, make sure you get over the top to Flaine and Samoens - lots of really nice skiing for all abilities.
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I returned from a weeks skiing in Les Carroz, fantastic conditions. For ski hire I would recommend skimium shops (there are two in the village), see http://les-carroz.skimium.co.uk/.
Most of the staff speak English and skis and boots can be pre-ordered with good discounts (plus a group discount), thereby speeding up pick-up on the first day. We generally go to Skilimandjaro (its closer to the apartment) where Frederick always provides an excellent and friendly service.
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FAQ
I do recommend pre-booking, two of us didn't and couldn't negotiate anyone down near the pre-book levels, we used two shops, both had reasonable equipment, let us use lockers/storage and were at the bottom of the DRAG, quick ride up in the morning then down to gondola. There was another one in 'centre' someone else used for board hire (again no probs) although none were that close to the gondola itself. Town isn't big I wouldn't worry too much about which one you end up using.
