 Poster: A snowHead
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I am going to buy ski pass on line for les arcs and the local pass is 68euro cheaper the the discovery which is all week in les arc and 1 of those days in laplagne. which has me thinking is there an option to buy a 1 day ticket where you can use the VE and 1 day in La plagne?
I have also posted on another board so sorry to all those peeps who may think i am cluttering up the message boards. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've looked into this before (albeit the other way round - staying in La Plagne and one day in Les Arcs) and the discovery pass seemed to be the only valid option unless you've got you're own transport then you could drive by road from one resort to the other, but even then you've still got to get the additional one day pass so there would be little or no saving.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I stay in Les Arcs frequently (about 15 days a year) and rarely go over to La Plagne, but when I do, I just ski to the lift pass office by the Vanoise Express and buy a day's extension. It is very simple and only takes a few minutes. I am sure we pay much less than 68 euro. IIRC it is 25 euro per person per day. Are you sure the 68 euro does not refer to a paradiski pass? Also check just what you mean by a local pass. There are local passes covering, for example, the Vallandry area only but you probably only see these in the lift pass office.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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JohnE the les arc web site currently has the 6 day discovery at 210euro which has a 15 % discount if purchased before end of october. The les arcs locol pass is 142euro hence the 68 euro difference. If it is only 25euro to add the one day extension to ski la plagne for a day AND it includes the VE to get there then that is probably the way i will go.
For anyone going to Les arc this season the web site has 15% discount on all tickets purchased on line before end of october.
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Yer €68 sounds a lot, it was only €30 IIRC for a day extension when I did my season out there.
Would recommend doing 1 day in the other resort though, just cos it's interesting.
In fact I'm going on holiday to Les Arcs this year off the back of a couple of day extensions while I was out there!
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pauljames, If you're an 'interimidiot' or above then it's a crying shame to limit yourself to only half of that amazing area.
Sensible of course to explore the cheapest option but my strong advice is to have at least one day over in La Plagne.
After all when you're on your death bed, looking back on your life, you're unlikely to say "I'm so glad I saved 30€ by only exploring half of Paradiski"
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lol, i think i would class myself more than an intermidiot!. i was in les arc during the winter olympics 20 years ago and we went back in feb this year and had the discovrey ticket. had a great day in la plagne and over by champagny. We were always going to spend a day over in la plagne but i was exploring the cost options as daughter and bf are with us this time and they are keen to save a few ££'s if possible. having said that it is not a deal breaker either.
on a slightly different topic i went to the NEC ski show yesterday, EB took up a large % of the floor space and a lot of chalets spreading their word - apart from that there was not a lot else. Rossy Atomic and Head had very small stands and quite honestly they did themeselves no good by having such tiny stands or next to no products on show. left feeling very dissapointed. Atomic stand had limited lighting and if i remember correctly they had 4 ski's on the stand - not pairs!!
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pauljames, I thought you had your sums wrong, but I just checked the webpage. Last season the one day discovery pass was only about 30 Euros more than the Les Arcs full pass so I am surprised there is so big a difference. It might be worth calling the Les Arcs office to find out how much an upgrade for a day costs if bought at the Vanoise Express this season as it might now be a cheaper option.
It is still worth going over the la Plagne side for a day if you are an ok skier. It gives you a real feeling of a long trip, but it is easy with all the fast lifts now. 
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pauljames, gotcha - enjoy yourself, it's a great area, I'm over there soon myself 
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| pauljames wrote: |
JohnE the les arc web site currently has the 6 day discovery at 210euro which has a 15 % discount if purchased before end of october. The les arcs locol pass is 142euro hence the 68 euro difference. If it is only 25euro to add the one day extension to ski la plagne for a day AND it includes the VE to get there then that is probably the way i will go.
For anyone going to Les arc this season the web site has 15% discount on all tickets purchased on line before end of october. |
That €142 price is 15% off €167 for the first week of the season. It goes up to €222.50 or €189,50 with the discount if the pass starts on 22/12 or later.
The discount is available on all the tickets - so I'd get a Paradiski Unlimited for €223.50 if I were you.
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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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agw, your correct and i am not sure how i got that wrong - I will be booking discovery pass before end of oct now that the prices make sense.
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You know it makes sense.
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| pauljames wrote: |
| agw, your correct and i am not sure how i got that wrong - I will be booking discovery pass before end of oct now that the prices make sense. |
Cool - fanatastic ski area. Recommended lunch stop on the La Plagne side is Chalet Hotel Graciosa at the top end of Plagne Centre. It's a Ski Olympic place but the bar is open to the public. Last season the chef was doing proper cooked-from-scratch pasties, lovely. Soup's good, too. Get to it by skiing down the track from Aime-La-Lagne.
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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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agw, I also like eating at the Graniosa, hope they have the same chef as last year. Send me a Pm if you fancy meeting for a beer and maybe a ski when you are out.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| snowcrazy wrote: |
| agw, I also like eating at the Graniosa, hope they have the same chef as last year. Send me a Pm if you fancy meeting for a beer and maybe a ski when you are out. |
That would be good except that we'll probably be going elsewhere this year. Mrs agw's skiing days are over due to her second nasty calf muscle tear in four years so we need somewhere with more non-skiing stuff. Might start a new thread for that...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Discovey pass booked online with 15% discount. hopefully the postie will deliver them to the house in the next week.
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