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Chamonix to Tignes Les Brev
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

I need to get from Chamonix to Tignes on Sat 13 April and am struggling with public transport options. I do not want to go back to GVA then shared transfer to Tignes as this will cost me c. €130 for the round trip.

To avoid returning to Geneva airport or sitting around in empty train stations, I am considering trying to ski / bus it in a single day via Cormauyer and La Thuile.

Bus Chamonix to Cormauyer, arriving at 9.30
9.30 - 11.00 lifts to top of Cormauyer lift system (Tete D'Arp)
11.00 - 12.00 ski Cormauyer to La Balme via Vallone Di Youla (off piste)
12.00 - 13.00 hitch / walk La Balme to La Thuile
14.00 - 15.00 lifts to Col du Petit St Bernard
15.00 - 16.00 ski down to La Rosiere
16.30 hitch / bus La Rosiere to Seez
17.30 hitch / bus Seez to Tignes Les Brevieres (last possible bus is at 19.19)

Hoping for some advice from team Snowheads please..

Does this seem feasible to complete in a single day or will 2 days be better.
Will the La Thuile / La Ros link be open this late in the season (can use touring gear if not but will add many hours on to the trip).
Is the Vallone Di Youla to La Balme a feasible route?
If not possible to complete the route in a day, what is the best option for a budget overnighter in La Thuile?

Thanks.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

There's a bus from Courmayeur to La Thuile which only takes 25 minutes or so, if timing is more of an issue than skiing - you'll spend more time on the lifts getting up to to Tete d'Arp than on the bus getting directly to La Thuile. You would miss out on the off-piste descent, but you;d also avoid waiting for a bus / lift on the road up to La thuile (it's the same bus from courmayeur to la thuile that you'd take either way)
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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?

There is a good chance you will find someone in Chamonix while you are here that happens to be driving that way. You won't know closer to the time, unfortunately.
There is a good car sharing website set up for just this sort of journey: www.mountainrideshare.com
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Do you have a lift pass that covers all of those lifts?

If you are thumbing the last sections, why not thumb it all?
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