 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, I'm looking for some advice. We ski ever year with a large group of mixed ability, we usually ski the big French Circus resorts, the skiing is more important than the night life.
This year there is a possibility that I can sneak an extra week in with my brother in law. So I'm looking for ideas of where to go. Because this will be a 3rd holiday in the year I need to keep the costs in control, I'm looking for recommendations for a resort with a good value ski pass and accommodation, needs to have blues and reds (not worried about greens or blacks). A couple of bars would be great, not bothered about style of accommodation.
Any ideas ? Where would you go ?
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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Any preferences for date and country? DIY or TO?
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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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| dobby wrote: |
| Any preferences for date and country? DIY or TO? |
Date will probably be end of January. DIY, so just looking for resort and/or accommodation recommendations. Open to ideas about country, but needs to be Europe rather than USA/Canada.Thanks
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Schladming. Good value. Mainly blues and reds. A few bars but not all out Après Ski, good value accommodation, easy transfer of about an hour from Salzburg.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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La Plagne or Flaine?
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Is sneaking away with the brother in law a clandestine clue on resort entertainment needed?
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| Cynic wrote: |
| Is sneaking away with the brother in law a clandestine clue on resort entertainment needed? |
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| Mosha Marc wrote: |
| La Plagne or Flaine? |
+1
or even Valloire and Valmeinier
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| Cynic wrote: |
| Is sneaking away with the brother in law a clandestine clue on resort entertainment needed? |
i wish 
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| Mosha Marc wrote: |
| La Plagne or Flaine? |
Go to Belle Plagne every year with family including BIL, looking for other options. Not been to Flaine since the 80's with school, will take a look. Thanks
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Don't forget the smaller (cheaper) villages around the Flaine ski area.
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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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I found some very good value DIY apartments in Le Grand Bornand via owners direct and got cheap flights into Geneva in the past. Another advantage is that it is a short transfer time keeping those costs down.
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In Les Sybelles there are some great deals in January which involve buying the ski pass and getting the accommodation thrown in for free. Les Sybelles is a less well known ski area in Savoie, but has 6 resorts that are linked creating 310km of linked runs. There are some really good areas for beginners such as St Sorlin d'Arves. Plenty of SC facilities, but no catered chalets to the best of my knowledge, but lots of good and relatively inexpensive restaurants. The bookings central Destinations Sybelles has English speaking staff who could assist in getting quotes.
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You know it makes sense.
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Heferrer, welcome to snowHeads - nice first post 
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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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Flaine or Les Contamines in France or somewhere near Innsbruck could be a good option.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| NickyJ wrote: |
| I found some very good value DIY apartments in Le Grand Bornand via owners direct and got cheap flights into Geneva in the past. Another advantage is that it is a short transfer time keeping those costs down. |
Or book direct with a French agent? These guys in La Clusaz were good when we used the three years ago.
http://www.arvis-immo.fr/fr/location/biens-en-location.html
There are bound to be others if you search immobilier and a resort. Also might be worth looking at youth hostels if you want cheapish. Fuaj.org, I think. One or two are in the mountains. You can ski out and very nearly back to the one in La Clusaz but it's a way out of the village and the bus stops early.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Flaine would certainly fit the bill - virtually guaranteed snow, nice small town with a few bars (white and black grouse probably 2 of the better ones), ski door to door most of them, cheap-ish apartments there too, right next to the lifts. Huge ski area with some cracking reds on it - cheeky wee faust anyone?
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wadgebeast, Faust is one of my favourite runs! 
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Thanks everyone, got half a dozen options now.
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What about Sainte Foy? Dinky little resort with cult off-piste, cheapish accommodation and what has to be one of the cheapest lift passes in the Alps. You'll ski it in a couple of days - but it's close to several of the biggies and your lift pass will get you a discount off day passes in Paradiski and the Espace Killy.
Otherwise, not off the beaten track but I know this place is available in last week of Jan: http://www.peakservices.co.uk/selfcatered_LesHameauxdeVal_Sleeps4.aspx
We've used Peak Services before, very nice apartments and they'll take good care of you. And I'm surprised by how much cheaper EK lift passes are than the other megaliths.
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