 Poster: A snowHead
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I’m hoping to go skiing with my family (me, OH and 2 sons aged 16 & 14) for 2 separate weeks next year and to go for 2 long weekends with friends.
If I went to the same resort for all 4 trips could I get any decent lift pass discounts?
I’ll be taking the car for the 2 weeks with the family so the closer the resort to Calais the better. Considering that I’ll be skiing for a total of 20 days I will need a reasonably sized ski area (above 200kms). Our skiing ability is good intermediate on piste, but novices off piste.
Based on last seasons prices, if we had gone to Les Arcs / La Plagne and bought full Paradiski lift passes for the 4 trips then it would cost just over €2,000. - Family 6-day pass @ €809 & 4-day long weekend pass @ €192.
Can anybody recommend any resorts where there is a discount for this much skiing?
Do any resorts have discounted early bird season ticket offers?
Are non-consecutive day lift passes ever cheaper?
Any advice greatly appreciated
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Season passes seem to start around 500 Euro (with earlybird/local etc discount) and up depending on resort. I suspect you're on the cusp of it becoming possible but not quite breakeven. Swiss and Austrian places do seem to do the 20 day anytime type passes.
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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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If you get a Pass tignes - you can purchase full Espace Killy Passes - you immediately get a discount (sadly only 5% I think) but you do earn bonuses to be spent next season - you only need to come to tignes the first time to collect the card - after that you could stay in tignes or Val as the passes are charged electrnically. you can also buy family passes which may be cheaper
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dhorst,
Last couple of seasons Grand Massif passes have been around €400
Chamonix passes get you access to Courmayeur and Verbier (MBU, discounted if bought early, Verbier limited to 8 days this season, Courmayeur unlimited).
Most resorts have early bird discounts.
Can't see non-consec days beieng cheaper.
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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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Espace Diamant (180kms of piste, all linked) was about 380 euros if bought early (before 02/11) for last season. You could look at Mont Blanc Evasion too - a good value pass which covers a variety of resorts, not all linked. Non-consec passes are generally slightly more expensive IME.
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You will struggle to beat the Grand Massif (265km skiing) season pass (if bought before about 10th December 2012) at about 425 Euro per Adult. I'll be buying mine early again.
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Thanks for the info.
The GM pass looks real value at the same price as 2 x 6-day adult passes.
Time to start finding accommodation and get booking.......
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Got an Eski-mo pass last season, covers Val Cenis, Valfrejus, La Norma and Aussois. Can't remember the exact cost but 2 adult season passes and 2 child passes was about £800 (including 50% early bird discount). We got 4 full weeks out of that so it worked out at £50 pppw!
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Wow, that's tempting aswell.
We skied Val Cenis & La Norma at half term this year and conditions were great, if a bit cold for the start of the week, and the half term queues were non-existent.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Many resorts offer season passes. A family (2 +2 up to 17s) for Paradiski whole area was €2139 last year if purchased before 30/11/11. The break even point is a shade under 3 weeks. Might be a winner once your children are adult price.
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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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dhorst, with the Grand Massif pass you can also get insurance for the whole season at Eur 29 which is also a bit of a bargain.
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