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Looking at a fab chalet here for next year,anyone have any info about getting to the ski lifts by bus and the amenities in Verchaix itself?thanks 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The ski bus doesn't go to Verchaix, you'll be reliant on your hosts to take you to and from the ski lifts. Verchaix really doesn't have much in the way of facilities. From memory, I think there is one, maybe two, restaurants and that's about it. For any more life you'd need to go into Samoens, which is a beautiful real (ie not just ski-driven) town.
Which chalet are you thinking of?
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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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Mmm, we thought so but the chalet is just what we are looking or but from what you say I think it's too remote,thanks
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Not sure which chalet you were thinking of, but in Samoens La Vieille Ferme is well worth looking at http://www.la-vieille-ferme.co.uk/
We didn't stay there, but visited during our stay at a chalet in Verchaix looking at it as an option for a future visit, having been very disappointed by our choice in Verchaix. We would certainly stay at La Veielle Ferme if returning to Samoens.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks.
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Hmmm. This is, I think, somewhat reflective of a trend I perceive in recent years of chalet owners/companies/etc. advertising rather out of the way locations as ski resorts. st Jean d'Aulps for instance.
Verchaix is a sweet little place, but it is not a ski resort, rather a sleepy hamlet vaguely near but a drive from some ski resorts.
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Yea, I think you may be right,some websites are done very well,entice you and then you have to keep asking questions regarding just how steep is the little hill back !! The small problem we have is that it is a big birthday for one of our party ands she has always wanted to rent a chalet with a hot tub and that ain't cheap !
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Have you tried Alps Accommodation website? They have lots of chalets with hot tubs. Samoens is great, lots going on in the evenings in season too, shops, cafes, restaurants etc. but not too noisy or busy.
If you want to be car free then stay in Samoens as you can walk to the lift from some properties, if you rent kit from extreme glisses at bottom of gondola. Verchaix is nice but you really would need to drive everywhere.
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Thanks and after hours of trawling the Internet, asking questions, We have found a fab chalet in Chatel, for the first week in Jan. Sorted. 
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Glad to hear you're sorted Kiters, but for anyone else considering Verchaix, there is a free ski-bus that runs down to the lift station at Morillon and then goes on the the lift station in Samoens. It's pretty regular and goes from the bus stop outside the school. In previous seasons, it only ran in peak holiday weeks but now it runs all season.
Not much else happens in Verchaix though - there is a hotel/restaurant called La Terrasse run by an English couple (good reviews on TripAdvisor) - but not much else. A lot of ski chalets are even further up the hill from the village, so a car would be essential.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Is there anything else e.g. boulanger in Verchaix? We're looking at renting a chalet there. I don't mind getting a ski bus to the slopes but would like to be able to nip out firth thing for fresh bread.
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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 don't mind getting a ski bus to the slopes
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see what sj1608 said above - it seems there isn't one.
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You know it makes sense.
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get a car and drive each day
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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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