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Registration's totally free, of course, and makes snowHeads easier to use and to understand, gives better searching, filtering etc. When you register, you get our free weekly -ish snow report by email. It's rather good and not made up by tourist offices or people that love the tourist office and want to marry it either We don't share your email address with anyone and we never send out any of those cheesy 'message from our partners' emails either. Anyway, snowHeads really is MUCH better when you're logged in - not least because you get to post your own messages complaining about things that annoy you like perhaps this banner which, incidentally, disappears when you log in Username:- Password:. Or: Register to be a proper snow-head, all official-like! Prev topic :: Next topic. Poster: A snowHead. Glad you enjoyed your trip today ,undiscovered and hidden gem that ship sailed long ago! I would like to add that every run is pisted daily we are very proud of our piste prep team. Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person. Pamski , Rob Mackley , thanks very much! Piste grooming was indeed excellent so agree that the piste prep team do a great job. Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? Thu 1 Feb - Courchevel Piste map here. Today was our 'spare' ski day - all the new resorts on our list had been allocated days elsewhere in the week. Originally I'd had a vague plan to head back to the Espace Diamant - which we visited in and enjoyed immensely - but snow conditions low down aren't great at the moment. The Mini Pass is designed to allow you to 'safely ski green runs at an affordable price'. That sounds prohibitively limited, but that is not the case. The pass covers the lifts serving the easiest areas above each separate village base, but crucially these lifts often also serve several other pistes, all the way up to a couple of blacks. The following description will only make sense if you're familiar with the Courchevel piste map, or have one handy. We parked in a layby 2-mins walk away from the La Tania gondola - as far as I know, La Tania is the only remaining lift base with free parking. In this zone, the Mini Pass principally covers the La Tania bubble and Bouc Blanc chair, giving m vertical spread between green, blue and red runs. This is possible in this direction only - the lifts back to La Tania are out of bounds. Saulire from Loze Est green Above , the Verdons and Jardin Alpin gondolas are covered, plus the Pralong chair and several drag lifts. Conveniently, the 'access lifts' to from both and Le Praz are also included, opening up the longer runs down to these lift bases too, and a vertical of nearly m. Plantrey green through towards the lower villages Brigues red to Le Praz Le Praz Tovets blue to Top of the Grangettes gondola Having last been here 20 years ago, I was unimpressed that none of the three gondolas out of have been upgraded, and even the countless drag lifts are still present. The gondolas had annoying 5-min queues at times, and so did the Pralong chair and the Vizelle bubble, not on our pass. Snow conditions were good down to , hard packed to but deserted , and sugary artificial stuff down to Probably my favourite runs in this area were Dou des Lanches red down to , and a reasonably quiet Biollay blue along a minor ridge off the Pralong chair. Views towards from Biollay blue Saulire from the top of the Pralong chair Verdons green to At 2. The Easy Pass here is a bit more stingy, with only the long Ariondaz gondola included plus insignificant drag lifts. But the hill was almost completely deserted - what a contrast! Indiens blue is the same fun run I remember, through a miniature canyon; Marquis blue has become the main home run, modified by a new luge and major reorganisation of the pistes since I was last here. After Ariondaz closed, we had a couple of easy runs off the Belvedere drag. We then skied through the tunnel to take the Praz gondola down to , but noticed the pisteurs hadn't yet put the barrier across the red run down - so had a cheeky last run down to instead, in fading light. Then the bus to La Tania. The weather had been cloudy but dry for most of the day, but a little light rain began to fall on the drive down the mountain. It seems surprisingly good value for a ski area that is by French standards famously expensive, and covers a large area when all the different zones are added together - more than you could cover in a day. Obviously the highest lifts are excluded, but there's a good mix of run grades and 1,m vertical on offer. Our planned pizza takeaway for tonight was unexpectedly shut, so we headed down the road to Albertville to find some dinner there. You need to Login to know who's really who. Sounds loads of fun. Since we've moved to Austria i've found a new love for small ski areas, so your type of holiday sounds great fun! Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. Great that you found some quieter pistes as well - was it noticeably busier than the other areas you've skied this week? If so, a massive plus for finding smaller areas You'll need to Register first of course. A lovely read, thank you. Then you can post your own questions or snow reports Your navigation skills are impressive, denfinella , as is your recall! After all it is free. Dou des Lanches is the black off the same named chair above La Tania, you can't have got up there on the mini pass. No surprise there! Don't be quite so quick to dismiss the drags, some of them give you access to largely ignored pistes that are a great escape when it's busy. Two of my favourite practice carving pitches in Courchevel are both off drags but it sounds like you missed both of them which is not uncommon - that's exactly why I like them! The three gondolas in are supposed to be being upgraded next year, in conjunction with recommissioning the Saulire cable car. If scruffy Jim hadn't thrown so much money buying a share of Man Utd's debt, he could have chucked some more at Courchevel and just called them the Ineos lifts. He allegedly paid for the massive new Club des Sports building in that you must have seen above the croisette, just so they'd accept his daughter into race training. You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. Nice catching up on last few days, Areches Beaufort and Pralognan are both just super, I never remember or pay attention to the name of a run so have enjoyed your detail! Looks like more of the mega areas are all staring to offer these mini area passes. Great for beginners etc or locals with just a few hours to spare. I hope its not at the expense of the tiny areas tho. Ski the Net with snowHeads. I don't mind drags. Skiing in the Arly Valley you get used to them! FranzKlammer , cheers. Je suis un Skieur , sorry yes Dou du Midi! The green down to La Tania was fun as well. Unfortunately the red was shut and so was Eclipse. Which are your favourite carving runs? Glad to hear the gondolas might be getting an upgrade. The mini pass is unusually generous in Courchevel - as far as I know, most other big resorts don't include such a large area for that sort of price. Origen , I very much like drags, such as in the Espace Diamant as you say. But there's not much point in using them if they're doubled by longer lifts which will get you to the same runs but faster often with some extra vertical thrown in for food measure. And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. Rather than drive all the way down to La Balme, we parked at the Combe des Juments lift still free. The sun has returned, though it looked cloudier over towards the Mont Blanc massif. There hasn't been much change in snow conditions since we visited a week ago. The main difference is that the link runs between Etale and Manigod are now broken, so a circuit isn't possible. We first headed up to Beauregard the only morning-sun slopes around La Clusaz town and lapped the blues off the gondola a few times. This is a busy lift, with a few minutes' wait at times. I was a bit underwhelmed by this sector: the lift system on the SW facing side of the ridge above Combe des Juments is ancient and the piste network poorly laid out, resulting in one really overused red Aiguille from the top which is currently closed below mid mountain, and a deserted blue but with an awkward sideways camber Jument Aiguille slopes View from the Aiguille chair Aiguille red Good views to L'Etale The 'front' of the mountain overlooking La Clusaz, despite having fast lifts, was also disappointing - little more than a single extremely wide blue which was rock hard in the morning and then seemed to instantaneously transform to being lumpy and cut up. The sun reached La Balme at about 1pm and we loved this sector. The latter faces directly north so we waited until 4pm for it to soften. Made it with a few minutes to spare, leaving a lovely seated descent facing the sunset. Sunset descending Combe des Juments Overall thoughts about La Clusaz: one of the most varied mid-sized ski areas I've ever visited; each sector has a different character, almost feeling like separate ski areas. But the lift system needs serious work from mid mountain upwards where many of the best pistes are , and more snowmaking wouldn't go amiss. On the way back to the Airbnb we stopped for a look around Albertville seemed quite nice, bit of a weird mix of architectural styles , then had dinner at Buffalo Grill. We've been to Buffalo Grill a few times over the years and always feel a little underwhelmed - note to self, must stop visiting Albertville. 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. Must be one of the best home runs in the world. Whatever day you've had, it's pretty hard not to go home off Folyeres without a smile. But Colorado's full of slow skiing signs and piste patrol wanting to take away your lift pass for not snow-ploughing so that kind of negates it. Would be interested to know what home runs you think are comparable to Folyeres from your vast experience? The Moretta red down to the LT gondola is shut for half the season every year - there's no snow making on it. Assuming you parked on the new car park on the right as you entered LT from Le Praz, then that's the replacement car park for La Saz that was the car park at the bottom of Moretta. It's being turned into a hotel, apartments and underground car park for Snow making is finally meant to go in too as part of the project. I'll believe it when I see it. I like Pralong and Creux for carving but depending on how high up you let the skis go the speeds can get insane and it can be dangerously busy. Glad you found Sources, that's one of the drag lift carving pistes - great for a warm up first thing when it's fresh corduroy and there are queues at Biollay. The other is Granges in You may have skied that, it's on the pass. Bit more gradient and some fun rollers but you can scope out who's on it first and then admire your tracks on the drag back up. The other run that I really like, not for carving but for sheer prettiness and a brief bit of solitude, is Cospillot, from the bottom of Pralong through the trees to mid-way above Also not much used - did you discover that? You know it makes sense. Je suis un Skieur , oooh I'm not sure I have vast experience but I'll have a think. Otherwise I think you'd need to look to Italy. We actually parked a little bit closer to the gondola than the 'new' car park - there are a couple of gravel laybys just beyond. We took the last space in the one closest to the gondola. We did indeed ski the little Granges blue and used the drag , as well as Cospillot plus Jardin Alpin which is similar, and even better for fur-coat spitting. Cospillot was one of my favourite runs when I was learning to ski as a child The Biollay chair was broken for the middle part of the day which added to queues at Pralong. Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:. If we're on great home runs, the red run back in to Pozza di Fassa in the dolomites is up there with the best of them. I was expecting the pistes to be busy with weekenders, but that wasn't really the case; there were a lot of ski clubs, but they were all confined to a few competition zones and stayed off the main runs. Le Chinaillon from the Floria chair There's been almost zero change in snow cover since 9 days ago, with all the main runs open apart from the blacks still. It seemed less icy too, though the temperature really shot up later on, giving us our only experience of widespread afternoon slush this trip. We skied all our favourite pistes from last time The blues off the Prarian and Almet drags were lovely and quiet and still had good, grippy snow after lunch. Unfortunately my partner had a fall on a comically tiny kid's jump an XXS one! Photo point at the top of the Terres Rouges chair Chardons Blancs red Prarian snow park Somehow the sunny Envers red to the village at m is still going strong, with a deep artificial base, though it was predictably very slushy in places. Some French mountain restaurants clearly still offer reasonable value for money! Combe de la Tolar red off the Floria chair, down a gully - best just after lunch at this time of year when the sun briefly pokes above the surrounding terrain. Called it a day just after 4pm, then dropped off hire skis before driving back to Geneva. Hopefully shouldn't be a problem. Seems to be a major improvement, with no queues this evening. I'm typing this from the departures hall; our flight currently has a min delay. I'll post again in a couple of days with final thoughts, cost breakdown and all-important photos. It's also not long until our next trip, to Italy Trip summary An enjoyable 10 days' skiing, with pleasant sunny weather probably outweighing below-par snow quality. On these trips there often ends up being a 'dud' ski area which I enjoy less than the others, but not sure I could name one this time. Comparing the different areas, there is currently a gulf in piste conditions between resorts around Geneva fairly poor for the time of year , and those further south in the Tarentaise perfectly acceptable. Altitude is one factor, but I think recent rain events are the main culprit, which were significant in the far NW Alps but only gave inneralpine regions a glancing blow. Of the areas we visited, La Clusaz is suffering the most: a shame as it took the gloss off what is really an amazingly varied, quirky area. I reckon in better conditions it could top the list from this trip. Good: Wide variety of ski areas, all with their own special appeal. Weather was lovely with 8. Some good lift pass deals. Accommodation was great, especially our main Airbnb in Esserts Blay. Good restaurant food and generally reasonable menu prices. Not so good: Snow conditions hard pack, some ice, some slush resulted in most black runs being closed, and anything ungroomed was unpleasant unless directly south facing. Crowded pistes in Courchevel took the shine off this supposedly world-leading area. La Clusaz's lift system needs improving, and snowmaking needs extending. Cost breakdown Prices are for 2 adults, 11 days halve for per person prices. Not included: food costs, insurance. Everything else cost roughly the same as other French trips from the last few years. Any questions about deals etc. Sorry to hear C took a tumble it's always on something embarrassing like a baby jump Will look forward to reading about Italy! Pics now added to each day's post. Sorry for the delay, had a few issues with Imgur but have found a workaround now. Great read, thank you. Loads of informative photos - great. Some of them, particularly the ones of Areches-Beaufort, show the importance of aspect and the contrast between the sunny 'adret' and the shady 'ubac' side of the valley. Normally not so marked till much later in the season. Flattsix , thanks! Origen , cheers. Agree re. For our next trip they're much more expensive - French small and medium sized ski area are consistently much better value for lift passes than elsewhere in the Alps. ElzP , yes, it's always the baby jumps or innocuous green runs! He's mostly better now thanks, took several days of painkillers and not being able to lift anything though! Mixed conditions yes, but weather was great and have definitely skied on worse. New Topic Post Reply. Snow Snow Snow! Solo Skiers v Groups - Orga Archives Lost and Found Ski Club of Great Britain To one side secret Mountain Hideout snowShops You cannot post to forums until you login You cannot read some forums until you login Read about snow conditions : snow conditions And leave your own snow report : snow report Find advice to help plan your ski holidays : ski holidays The snowHeads Ski Club : Ski Club 2. Terms and conditions Privacy Policy. Snow Reports. Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? After all it is free After all it is free. Thu 1 Feb - Courchevel Snow conditions were good down to , hard packed to but deserted , and sugary artificial stuff down to Probably my favourite runs in this area were Dou des Lanches red down to ,. We've been to Buffalo Grill a few times over the years and always feel a little underwhelmed - note to self, must stop visiting Albertville Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. 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 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. Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:. Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sun ; edited 1 time in total. Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Sun ; edited 3 times in total.

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Buying blow La Clusaz

Sunday 25th April was the official winter season end, meaning that as we got up on Monday morning and ventured to the bakery everything had shut up, everyone had left town overnight! The busy hustle and bustle of winter had been replaced by a solitary cat and a lot of closed shutters. And so it will stay until the start of June when things get in gear again for the start of the summer season. One bakery, the 8-a-huit supermarket, the tabac, pharmacy and post office are all open as well as one restaurant. Having lived life in London before moving to the Alps I must admit I struggle with the reduced service between seasons. Add to that the fact that during May there are no less than 4 bank holidays too and you really do have to think twice and plan ahead before going out to do your daily errands!

Buying blow La Clusaz