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Short Review of a cheap Resort- St Sorlin D'arves
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I'm new here and this forum has already been a massive help to me so I thought I'd give what little I can back.
At Easter (31/03-7/04) I took my second trip to St Sorlin in Les Sybelles. There was a group on 12 of us and we paid £180 each for a 3 valleys lift pass, bronze ski hire and 2 spacious 3 bed-room apartments (for 7 days) through wastelandski.com (not sure how well known they are so please forgive me if this is insulting but they're a company that specialises in cheap student skiing, but are not exclusively for students). This is the main attraction of the resort, rock bottom prices.
The Good
-Our apartments were very spacious, 4-5 times bigger than our 5 person apartment in Val Thorens, good value accommodation.
-Nice village feel, no 'lager louts'/stag parties , mainly French people from the surrounding area.
-Very large ski area for the price (300km+)
-Mainly Blues, great for people with 1-3 weeks experience
-Free bus up and down the resort
-Most accommodation situated along the main piste down to the lifts, #50m to the piste from anywhere in the resort
-Plenty of snow cannons keep snow down to resort level until end of season
-Snowpark and boardercross about 20 minutes away over in the next valley
-good off piste, didn't take full advantage due to patchy snow and avalanche risk
The Mediocre
-No clubs but a few decent bars with themed club nights (beach party in the Alps!)
-March heatwave meant it was 15C some days making the snow a bit slushy and difficult. This is due to the time of year though.
-~30% was shut, might not be best choice for late season
-main route back to resort as closed for 2 days due to avalanche
The Bad
-Easy to get stranded due to layout of pistes and a few pistes shut
-not as lively as bigger resorts
-not many blacks, advanced skiers will have to seek their thrills off piste
it's 4am so there's loads I've missed out but I'll update when I think of things
Summary:
overall the resort offered great value for a large ski area, not been ruined by tourism. Definitely a good resort to look at for a more relaxed family skiing experience. If you have any questions please ask!
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Looks very pretty. Thanks.
http://www.saintsorlindarves.com/en/winter/index.html
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
I went for half term in 2006 & 7. Nice place, I shall probably return some time.
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Les Sybelles is a top ski area, keep it to yourself to keep the hoorays where they belong in Meribel and St Anton
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