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It's 12 years since I last skied in Claviere and it appears the Montquitaine lift was upgraded to 4 man last season but it is very hard to get a fix on where the departure point is now. Is it still just behind the Hotel Miramonti or has it moved?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Blimey I didn't think there was any skiing question someone on Snowheads couldn't answer 
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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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gravystuffing, blooming heck, surprised too. I'm going to Claviere for a day next week (maybe), it's a while since we've been over.
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It wasn't running last January when we were there. Don't know why not...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Mystery on mystery 
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gravystuffing - The new Montquatine lift was running last season.
My husband skied down to it and came back up on the lift - he thinks it starts by the Club Vacances au Soleil hotel.
The blue Montquatine piste was very icy when we skiied it first thing in the morning late season last year. It was after a period of very hot weather and the deep slush had frozen solid overnight making it feel more black than blue. I managed to fall fairly near the top and for the only time in my 20 yr skiing history walked back to the top of the piste. It was really hard going walking uphill on ice carrying a pair of skis. Won't be trying that again  I'm sure that blue piste would be fine in normal (less icy) conditions.
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The new Monquitaine lift definitely starts at Club de Soleil. The reason is that it was paid for by Montgenevre, and Club de Soleil is the last bit of France, so they helped the French.
This means that people staying in Claviere can't get over to the Bois de Suffin area of Montgenevre and down to the Serre Thibaud, Tremplin or (at a stretch) the Chalvet bubble in one lift. They now have to go up Col Boeuf on the other side of Claviere and down to Serre Thibaud or Tremplin.
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In 2010 i did the Baisses piste but agree that the final 200m to the Montquitaine lift was very icy and steep.
The baisses was virtually deserted when we were on it.
The col boeuf was useful for the return to Montgenevre and there was only a 30m stretch across the black no 99 run other than that i guess it was deemed red as it only a cattle track width most of the way
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