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We're off to Argentiere for a lads' long weekend next Jan, and one of the gang is a pretty new skier. He's had one week a year or two back, and will probably go to a big fridge for a few sessions - but I was wondering whet to tell him to do about lessons. We're staying in Argentiere and will ski there on the afternoon we get there and two out of our other there days. We'll probably go to Brevent the other day.
I wondered whether he'd be best getting a private 2 hour lesson up at Argentiere on the day we get there (I've never skied at the bottom near the Panda club - would they take him there or up above Lognan?) and then seeing how he gets on, or whether he should get a couple of lessons up at Flegere or Brevent? He will obviously want to be somewhere near the rest of the team ideally.
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I think Le Tour is the ideal location for beginners in Chamonix, its quite close to Argentiere as I recall, or at least on the same side of the valley. Nice gentle slopes though he may be above that by now.
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Thanks - I had thought about Le Tour, as that'll be ideal - the only thing is he'll have to go up there on his own as the rest of us will probably want to be at GM.
Goid call though - I'll suggest it.
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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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A one week skier will be totally out of his depth at Argentierre which probably has the toughest pistes in the Alps. Plus, of course, the off-piste which is the main point of the place.
Le Tour would be perfect. There are also some easy runs at Flegere and Brevent. However he should be booked in for lessons most days, or at least till he finds people to ski with.
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| andy from embsay wrote: |
Thanks - I had thought about Le Tour, as that'll be ideal - the only thing is he'll have to go up there on his own as the rest of us will probably want to be at GM.
Goid call though - I'll suggest it. |
Le Tour has some great off piste skiing, if the conditions are good get a guide for a day and get him to show you the place, it's very under rated. Doesn't get hammered as quick as GM either.
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| snowball wrote: |
| A one week skier will be totally out of his depth at Argentierre which probably has the toughest pistes in the Alps. Plus, of course, the off-piste which is the main point of the place. |
Nah he'll find stuff to do. I spent the last half day skiing there on the last day of my first week, I remember there were a couple of blues that were fine and a red that I did a few times that was hard but not impossible. I didn't really know any better cos it was the first time I'd ever been, but I thought it was awesome.
Le Tour definitely has tonnes more stuff at the right level though.
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