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UCPA 23 March
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Chamonix or Tignes for an off piste course?
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kioksor,

It really depends on what you want and what level of off piste-skier you are. You need to decide what you want to achieve from your trip. The skiing on offer is quite different.

Chamonix and Argentiere UCPAs are in the valley and a good distance from the skiing. Tignes UCPA is at 2000 metres and is ski in ski out.
I have skied about nine weeks of the UCPA off-piste stages. I have experienced Tignes/VDI and Chamonix/Argentiere (among others.)

You have a variety of Freeriding and Steep Skiing courses available in Chamonix/Argentiere. If you want to ski some serious steep and at times exposed off-piste then Cham/Argentiere maybe for you. I dislike the queues for the Grandes Montets, the poor bus services and the infrastructure in the Chamonix valley. I seemed to spend more time waiting around, travelling, on the train, walking, and queiing rather than skiing. Yes you can ski some of the classic ‘steep’ off-piste descents, and the scenery is amazing, but I prefer other places.

The Tignes off-piste stage I was on did not have the same level of off-piste skier as the ones in the Chamonix Valley. There is some great easily accessible off-piste in EK and the UCPA centre is ski in ski out. The snow conditions in Tignes are usually excellent. Chamonix and Argentiere are not ski in ski out. There are some brilliant off-piste descents in EK. If you get fresh snow you should get lots of powder skiing in. If it has not snowed for a while then you will have to climb and work for your snow – as is true of any popular freeriding/off-piste destination.

It is also worth considering that the off-piste skiing in EK is now getting super super popular. Fat skis seem to be enabling lots more people to be able to ski off-piste. You see many more people skiing off-piste now in EK, than say 7 years ago.

In summary Chamonix UCPA for classic ‘steep’ skiing, ski mountaineering and large descents. Tignes/VDI for easily accessible off-piste from a ski in ski out base.

I hope this helps.
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JayDub, good comparison, thanks.
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Thanks JayDub

Was there a snowheads discount code for booking via action outdoors?
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