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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. I thought it would be handy to pull together the key information about how to this all in one place. I'm hoping others who have travelled out by train will add to this Inboard , Arctic Roll and I can edit this first post as necessary to keep the info in one place. I 'blogged' about my first trip by train here , which includes some photos. Since then I've done 3 more trips and learned some new tricks. I've always chosen to travel over to Paris on the Friday night and stay near Gare de Lyon, which I can easily do as I don't work Fridays and gets me up to resort generally early enough for a couple of hours' skiing. You can do the journey in a day, though, and I do on the return. It's always been worth me buying a Carte Avantage even for just one solo trip. As soon as there's 2 people travelling or you're doing more than one trip it really pays off. Using an Interrail pass It's worth checking if you can save by using a 4 days in a month Interrail pass. Depending on dates and how late you book, this could save money. It also has the advantage of covering the UK legs to and from St Pancras so long as they're on the days you enter and leave the UK. You can check in advance if there are Interrail spaces lefts on the Eurostar and TGVs before you buy the Interrail pass, using this website and this website respectively. Getting to St Pancras This was a part of the journey that always put me off. If you're using an Interrail pass, then it's covered. The London International CIV tickets seem to be one of the most closely guarded secrets in train travel. Their basic advantage is that you're covered by the International Conditions of Carriage, but they're often cheaper off-peak fares during peak times. Annoyingly, the only way I've found to purchase a ticket to London International CIV is in person at a ticket office, so I'm very glad they're not closing. Luggage I've taken my skis on every trip. It's best to pack them separately, in a simple bag, as then they fit in the overhead luggage rack. I travel with a holdall with wheels, a small rucksack and my skis in a bag with a shoulder strap. On most of the TGVs I've been on, skis are too long to fit in the luggage spaces at the end of the carriage, so there's nowhere to put the big 'coffin' bags. Getting across Paris This is the bit that seems to really worry some people and I'm still not sure why. It's 2 stops on RER D and is no more difficult physically than getting a transfer bus from the car park at an airport. There's a good guide here. The little paper tickets for the metro can still be purchased on the Eurostar at the moment, but they're only in use until after the Olympics. The new system is to use a Navigo Easy card - this is a bit like an Oyster card. You can purchase a Navigo Easy card for 2eur at vending machines in Gare du Nord and other major metro stations - look for a machine marked 'Ici, vente de passes Navigo Easy'. They look like this. The machines helpfully let you choose a language up front, so you can do the process in English or at least something not wholly dissimilar to English. Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person. You can get to quite a few ski resort in France really easily by train. Snowcarbon have published a map of the resorts you can get to and the relevant station. Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? Not much to add - Interrail is a great tip especially for those of us whose trip starts a long way from London. You need to Login to know who's really who. Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. You'll need to Register first of course. Good post. I agree, the crossing of Paris is an absolute piece of duff. They say you need an hour to do it, but the first time I went, it took me under 20 mins from the Eurostar arriving in PGdN to me standing on the right platform at PGdL. That was one of the best tips I got from The Man in Seat A friend of mine swears going via Lille, so if anyone has experience of that, that could be a good addition to the post. Then you can post your own questions or snow reports I had seen the app but I'm trying to avoid it if possible. Having to have a different apps for so many things frustrates me, and is a barrier for those who are less technically able. I also don't like my phone getting clogged up with lots of apps. After all it is free. Sometimes for skiing sometimes for other trips. If you are crossing Paris to Gare de Lyon you are best off allowing at least an hour between trains if you have ski gear and kids in tow. That allows for short delays with Eurostar, the rer journey and finding your way up from the rer to the right part of Gare de Lyon which has two departure halls. Then grabbing a decent coffee before joining the train if you like a proper latte. Bear in mind the RER is fine at quiet times but if you hit rush hour it can be so packed you might not get on the first train. I personally prefer having a stopover in Paris on the way out as that means you can arrive in resort by lunchtime. Coming back we take the earliest train from the alps, put our gear in left luggage at gare du Nord and spend an afternoon in Paris and can still get home that day but we are in the south east. We paid for standard premier and two seats were wide enough to have a child between us. Tickets are much cheaper if you can buy them the day they come out and this means buying eurostar first and then the french part later. Sometimes non changeable first class tickets for the tgv are not that much more than second class tickets but bear in mind the non changeable bit. I went to Toulouse by train this summer eurostar plus tgv and it was most enjoyable. It is only 3 hours from Paris to Bordeaux and then another hour or so to Toulouse. You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. However if you need to change trains at Chambery it is very straightforward. Ski the Net with snowHeads. It is ok if you have the right number to have a compartment to yourselves. However I have read that there is an issue on the TGV line near Modane this year so it might be a good year to try the Briancon sleeper service instead. And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. My daughter in law spent a lot of her young life in France and is very environmentally conscious and has become something of an expert on French trains. Today she had to book the family to Avignon, when school breaks up for Christmas. She said it took her quite a while, even though she is good at it. They are going to Lille, then a five minute walk from one Lille station to the other, then direct train to Avignon. She said it was a lot cheaper doing it that way than by Eurostar. I wouldn't know where to start. 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. Maybe she is comparing this journey to the direct eurostar which used to run from London to Avignon. You know it makes sense. Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:. She specified that the London - Lille train is a tgv. Not sure whether that is different from Eurostar Lucywuk wrote: sugarmoma , quick Q when you book your Friday evening Eurostar, how much it it? Breakfast is served from , which works fine for catching the The price of hotels near Gare de Lyon is quite variable, presumably depending on what's on at the Accor Arena. SNCF will have tickets available from this Wednesday, November 15th, for train journeys in France up until 24th March for anybody thinking of travelling by train. And details of the daily low cost train from Paris to the Tarentaise stations. I have travelled to Les Arcs for 9 years on the trot - always using the train. Either Eurostar direct to Bourg or to Paris and changing. Tips: Drive to Stratford International and park in multistorey - its a short train or tube into Kings Cross from there and much cheaper for parking. If travelling to Paris and Changing to Gare de Lyon - buy your metro tickets on the eurostar to save time in the train station buying tickets at the machine. They are available in packs of 10 and dont have an expiry date. Eurostar direct is no where near as comfortable as changing onto a TGV which have better leg room and more comfy seats. Take Bungie cords for strapping ski bag into luggage rack or standing it up and strapping it into the luggage area. Take an extension cable with 4 plug availability and all your chargers in for various electronics if with a family as this enables easy charging on long train journeys On arrival if travelling to Les Arcs you can use the funicular for free if you show your train ticket at the funicular ticket office your lift pass will give you access also if you are skiing that day. Once in Arc you can utilise free shuttle busses to get to all the Arcs Directions for return journey: When arriving in Gare de Lyon Hall 2, head towards Hall 3 and follow signs to metro. Head up the stairs following these signs going up 2 floors and walk all the way round to the left. Eurostar is up a final set of stairs. It takes minutes from arriving at GdL on the train from Bourg, to being in the Eurostar queue. The queue can sometimes take a long while compared to London. It takes 11 minutes timed it from arriving into London St Pancras and getting across onto a train out of Kings Cross back to Stratford. Macker13 , your tip about buying metro tickets on the Eurostar won't work any more or will stop working very soon. See my opening post. Are you sure they are being phased out. Great thread. Very helpful. One tip for getting metro tickets in the station is to walk straight past the huge queues of people at the first set of ticket machines in Gare de Lyon. There are more machines further along and they are almost always empty. Still not as easy as getting on at Ashford and off in Moutiers or Bourg - oh I wish proper ski train was back! French train unions are calling for strikes over the Xmas and New Year period - nothing formal in place currently but something to be aware of maybe. Dippy , yes, park up at Dover then overnight in couchettes. I used enjoy it. Macker13 wrote: It takes 11 minutes timed it from arriving into London St Pancras and getting across onto a train out of Kings Cross back to Stratford. Basically same level as Eurostar, but on other side of fence. About 1 every 15 minutes. Dippy wrote: Still not as easy as getting on at Ashford and off in Moutiers or Bourg - oh I wish proper ski train was back! Does anyone know when the direct Paris-Bourg trains go on sale? We are going 6th April and I was hoping the direct Saturday train would be on sale for that, but at the moment it's just showing a change at Lyon and I'm now worried there won't be a direct train then! I'm driving out to Les Arc with an old buddy on the 27th of March, whilst our wives and kids are taking the Eurostar to Paris on the 28th. They then spend a couple of days enjoying Paris whilst we have a couple of days 'proper' skiing before they get the TGV down to Bourg on the Saturday. I've booked the travel out and return for them on the Eurostar and am patiently not so much waiting for the TGV tickets to be released, which I'm told is 3 months in advance, sop around the end of December, start of January. The funicular is only a short walk from the station, and the two are connected by a foot bridge. Thanks all! However I have read that there is an issue on the TGV line near Modane this year so it might be a good year to try the Briancon sleeper service instead Wont be back in service until 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. You then just tap the Navigo Easy card at the gates at either end of the journey like you do in the London Underground. Getting from the station to resort Altibus operate bus service between many valley stations and resorts. The prices are very reasonable For e. I'd recommend booking in advance, as the buses are popular. Alternatively, there are generally local taxi firms who will get you up to resort for a reasonable price. Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri ; edited 2 times in total. After all it is free After all it is free. 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:. Lucywuk wrote:. Macker13 wrote:. Dippy wrote:.

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