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Easter Ski Trip
 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm planning a 3 day ski trip during first Easter week as we will be in the Troyes area - me and my 2 sons want some skiiing and my wife wants a nice town, scenery, food etc
Is there a town that we could do day trips from - can you hire skis and boots in resort per day or should we concentrate on one resort for all 3 - does anyone have any places they could recommend?
Thanks - I will happily provide feedback on our return
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Day trips from Troyes? Or am I misunderstanding things?

It'd probably take half a day to get anywhere you could ski from there.
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Yes - we want to base ourselves somewhere nearer (Cluses maybe?) and then take day trips from there or go to a resort - sorry for confusion
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jim58a, the problem in that week might be finding just 3 days accommodation, but it can be done - maybe put a more specific thread up, asking for the accommodation?

Yes, you can definitely hire boots and skis for each day in different places, though it's a bit of a faff.

I don't think Cluses would qualify as a very attractive base. Sallanches is maybe a bit better, though not much.

Chamonix wouldn't be bad (and incomparably better scenery than either of the above) and it's easier to get short term accommodation there than some places.

Megeve is a lovely town (well, the pedestrian free centre of it is, the outskirts aren't very special) and easy for your wife to get a lift to meet you for lunch and really get amongst the scenery.

But will be less easy for short term accommodation.

Or Annecy - lovely setting by the lake, some very attractive parts in the old town. Again, the outskirts aren't special, but that's true of most places. A bit further to drive for skiing, but several possibilities. If you have a car which can carry skis, you could hire near Annecy (in fact that's true of whichever base you choose, and would be less faff and probably cheaper than hiring each morning).
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Thanks for the advice - i will feedback when we sort the trip out
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