 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
Staying in Les Arc again, but dirst time staying on the Valandry side of the mountain (l'Orée des Neiges) in a couple of weeks. Couple of questions to those in the know:
Is there any free outdoor parking?
We plan to arrive about 11 on Saturday. Are there any free lifts on Saturday’s like the Chantel in 1800? If not is it possible to drive / bus to 1800 without going down the mountain? Otherwise I will have to hire skis in Valandry, drive to 1800, and back again, or some such logistical shenanigans.
Where is the best post ski bar?
Cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Are there any free lifts on Saturday’s like the Chantel in 1800?
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If not is it possible to drive / bus to 1800 without going down the mountain?
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nope
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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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I think you can ski the Saturday afternoon for about £30?
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No free lifts in Vallandry
It is possible to walk to 1800 from Vallandry but would take between 30 mins to hour. If lack of snow, then there is a bus which runs from Vallandry to 1800, uses the road past the piste basher huts, but only runs when lack of snow!
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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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Ok, thanks for the responses. Logistical shenanigans it is then. 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Shimmy Alcott, Spot on. From Wednesday go to http://www.samedijeskie.com/
Figure out WTF the French is and prebook it, print off the voucher(s)(you need one per person)(they are French, what can I say), pay your money and ski.
Enjoy
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Arctic Roll, Sorry didn't get past Shimmy Alcott's, post
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| ringingmaster wrote: |
| We plan to arrive about 11 on Saturday. Are there any free lifts on Saturday’s like the Chantel in 1800? |
I couldn't think of anything more prone to make me go nutz than to just lap the chantel all day long. Pay up and enjoy the empty mountain.
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| Where is the best post ski bar? |
Mont Blanc next to the Grizzly lift, big terrace outside (not the side nearest the piste)
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Arctic Roll, ricfrench, Oooh that looks interesting. I will give that a go tonight. As we end up skiing two satursays, I will see if it will be better to use that on the second sat also, rather than getting a seven day pass.
bertie bassett, we like to do this on the first afternoon, as my (now 8 yo) daughter has a history of forgetting how to turn  with the expected results.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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ringingmaster, There's free parking everywhere in Vallandry. Even a free underground one, if you can find a space in it - but thats over the other side of Vallandry, byt L'Oree de Cimes. Its a lovely walk to 1800 along the service road, currently clear of snow - took me 30mins from the bottom of Vallandry to the Transarc bubble yesterday (convalescent knee, so quite pleased about that!) No buses passsed me either way, so I don't know if they're running at the moment Boris, And skiing on Saturdays is usually really quiet 
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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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free bus link from Vallandry to Arcs 1800 tends to run at extreme ends of the season only. No need for teh bus anyway as all the lifts are open.
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Just had this come through from the "Samedi Je ski" people: cheaper sledge run tickets too! :
Salut !
Tu aimes les sensations fortes ? ça tombe bien, je te propose de venir découvrir le Rodéo Park aux Arcs ce samedi 17 mars !
Eclate-toi avec tes potes sur les 3000 mètres de la plus crazy des pistes de luge !
Entre 10h30 et 16h30, offre-toi une pause rigolade de 20 minutes au sommet du télésiège Arcabulle au Col de la Chal.
T'en fais pas, on te prêtera la luge et le casque (ça fait plaisir). Si tu veux en savoir plus, il te suffit de cliquer ici !
Pour profiter de mon offre spéciale Rodéo Park de ce samedi 17 mars (prix à 5,00€ au lieu de 7,50€), il te suffit d'acheter ton ticket luge en même temps que ton forfait de ski Samedijeskie (offre valable dans tous les points de vente de forfaits de ski des Arcs / Peisey-Vallandry sur présentation du coupon, comme d'hab').
Et oui, encore un bon plan de Sam ! Tu me remercieras plus tard !
A demain,
Sam
P.S. : au fait, pour rappel, pour dévaler les 400 mètres de dénivelé du Rodéo Park, il faut être âgé de plus de 12 ans et mesurer plus d'1m25. Sécurité avant tout !
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You know it makes sense.
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| Boris wrote: |
| No free lifts in Vallandry |
According to the lesarcs.com website, lift pass bit then the Parchay is free..
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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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Is Parchay a new lift? I dont think that I remember that when we were last in Les Arc in 2009.
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Poster: A snowHead
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