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Hi All
currently out in Les Arcs 1800, contemplating our next ski trip, have come to the conclusion that both my OH and I love skiing at tree level, rather than at 3000m off a glacier. (perhaps its the current very very cold temps affecting us!)
as an example we are finding Peisey/Vallandry is very good for this, with likes of following reds: Morey, Aigle, Ours and blues of Foret and retour Plan Peisey.
What resorts do you recommend for Tree Lined skiing and which runs are your favourites for this type of skiing?
(am open to travel anywhere in France, Austria, Italy or Switzerland)
cheers
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Best resort for tree skiing? Have look at Japan..... 
Plenty around in europe, I'm not that up on the French resorts in this respect, ones that do spring to mind that I've skied are Les Arcs, Areches-Beaufort, Serre Chevalier, Sainte Foy, the tree line is lower in Austria so I'd be looking more in that direction. I'm assuming from your post that you want pistes that cut through tress rather than skiing through tree off psite style? have a look at Schladming, I think the makority of runs are tree linned. Some good areas in the Pyreness too, all the others I can think of are smaller areas.
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Morzine-Les Gets is almost entirely tree lined blues and reds, but think the snow quality can suffer a little accordingly. But Avoriaz is easily accessible if you want to go higher.
Keep in mind I've never been anywhere else though!
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Red Mountain, Canada - best trees in the world.
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Canada is best for tree sking, both tree lined runs and glade skiing
Course it doesn't necessarily come with the warmer temps that you want.........
But mid to late march would be warming and it often has the best snow then
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| fatbob wrote: |
| Red Mountain, Canada - best trees in the world. |
^^^ +a really big 1 (though doesn't quite meet the OP's geographical criteria!)
Last edited by After all it is free  on Fri 18-01-13 5:59; edited 1 time in total
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Indeed it does have slow chairs (in fact a few years back they replaced the old 3 seater fixed grip with a new, errr, 4 seater fixed grip!), but go skiing there and you will see why this really isn't a problem.
Like cruising the kms - probably best not bother.
We knew it would be special on the first day we turned up. Sat in the lodge at the bottom trying to match up the map to the slopes - the bunny slope would be a black anywhere else! 
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Whistler/Blackcombe  Unreal tree runs, and great lift system!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Most of Austria.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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dare i mention la tania, lots of lovely cruising runs there
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dare i mention la tania, lots of lovely cruising runs there
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You beat me to it.
also all the runs down to Le Praz.
IMHO, you've probably found the best French tree line skiing that gets reasonable snow in Les Arcs, also the other side of the valley round Montchavin and then across round montalbert. Serre chevalier someone else has mentioned was quite nice for that, probably as good as Arcs now I think of it. I found Hochfugen to be rather nice this christmas and Zell am Ziller too, although not quite as treey. Don't have any experience of the rest of austria.
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Fri 18-01-13 9:30; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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Nearly all of les carroz runs are tree lined, lower part of samoens to vercland (but a bit low) and most of morillon
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Nearly all of les carroz runs are tree lined, lower part of samoens to vercland (but a bit low)
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Yes, I'd forgotten those, quite pretty they are.
Anyone spotted the recurring theme? "Low", hmm, snow doesn't always like that.
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Poster: A snowHead
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stuarth, I did think it looked a lovely place. I have a relative who lives on Salt Spring Island - one day I might manage a trip out there!
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Anyone spotted the recurring theme? "Low", hmm, snow doesn't always like that.
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Yes, well, trees don't like "high". That's why you really need somewhere with a mix of different slopes, different altitudes, different aspects. So you can choose your itinerary according to the weather.
Not that the presence of absence of trees is just about altitude. In the Arly valley, for example, the ski slopes are on the "shady" side of the valley which is why they will mostly be open till 12 April - sometimes great snow till end of season, sometimes pretty grotty conditions by then. But the sunny side of the valley, at the same altitude, has far fewer trees as it has been settled and farmed for centuries, and is mostly open pasture. No ski slopes on that side (though there are, further down the valley in Combloux, and very fine ones too if you are lucky with snow conditions)
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Risoul in France is supposed to have lots of tree lined runs. Going in a few weeks so will report back on tree-ness.
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Having just come back I'd say the Sella Ronda area, especially this area around San Cassiano...
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kitenski, that looks rather nice. 
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Frosty the Snowman, +1, Kitzbuhel especially good
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Sauze has plents of tree lined runs as does the majority of the Milky way.
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Risoul in France is supposed to have lots of tree lined runs.
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Just wondered why Risoul gets mention on these discussions, but never its larger partner Vars rarely does.
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About 50% of the pistes in Sainte Foy are tree-lined. Tree-line is at 2000m here.
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| kitenski wrote: |
Having just come back I'd say the Sella Ronda area, especially this area around San Cassiano...
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Agree with that having also recently been there.
Quite like Serre Che too.
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johnE, probably because UK TOs go to Risoul more than Vars. And people seem to ski both areas from each of Risoul and Vars. Would agree that Vars looks good from the tree POV, too.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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soberade, Serre Chevalier has lots of tree-lined runs. Largest larch forest in Europe is staring at me from my terrace this afternoon where I am clearing up our stuff before we head home tomorrow.
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You know it makes sense.
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AlpineAddict, some info from my trip to Arabba
The sH Birthday Bash has been to Arabba for a few years now - I'm sure there'll be loads of info via the search function.....if you can get around all the drinking and banter 
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Poster: A snowHead
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kitenski, Is San Cassiano a good base for the Sella Ronda area, or would you suggest being closer into it all, like in Arabba for example?
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AlpineAddict, no idea, only ever been there once and we didn't do the circuit so have nothing to compare it against
Someone we spoke to in the hotel said you could do the circuit from SC in approx 5 hours.
I chose San Cassiano as I was taking a very nervous friend and the whole immediate area is made up of easy blues!
regards,
Greg
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kitenski, Thx for this buddy... Have been eyeing the Dolomites up for yrs but my friends are very much 'French' resort goers... Think it is time to persuade them... :)The whole place looks lovely...
PS. soberade, Sorry for the thread hijack... I'll shut up now
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The Les Gets side of Morzine has plenty of trees, and a pass there is much cheaper than the whole of the Portes de Soleil pass.
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The best trees are on the lower slopes.
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Selva/Val Gardena - spent 3 days there last week due to better visibility and shelter in the trees.
AlpineAddict, Sella Ronda is easily doable from San Cassiano - it takes about half an hour or so to get into the circuit from there.
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Empty tree lined runs in Val Cenis Today; probably tomorrow as well ! Ski pass 130 euro !
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Thanks everyone for their responses, plenty of food for thought there.
have done Morzine/Les Get before, liked that side, very interested in Austria or Italy...
Been looking at the piste map: http://affiliate.skiamade.com/en/winter/skiresorts/slopespanorama?zoom=79
Looks good, realised that when i was 7 I had my first ski trip and that was to Radstadt.
How do you link between the different areas of the mountains where there is no obvious link, was it by bus, and was it a case of selecting one area to do for the day, then select another for next day, rather than try to bus two areas in a day?
Re Slope grading in Austria - I see a lot of reds on the piste map...are they more like easy motorway reds, low gradient (graded as tricky blues elsewhere) as opposed to steep Reds?
have the OH to think of
cheers again everyone, am also taking a look into Grand Massif, and Sella Ronda...
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I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Megève (until now).
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I hadn't heard of Red Mountain and looked it up. I see it has "painfully slow chairs" in common with some parts of the Arly Valley. 