Johnny Brown
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That doesn’t affect 2 Alpes, they’re not linked except by touring.
New lift at 2Alpes is the upgraded Jandri to high speed bubbles.
New lift at 2Alpes is the upgraded Jandri to high speed bubbles.
Wasn't aware of the Le Grave lift closure but his is a great idea! Been looking at a week in Serre Chevalier as it looks pretty decent and the skipass includes 2 days in Le2Alp and Huez if we get bored!Surely this year is the perfect opportunity to get a guide and access la grave over the glacier from the top of Les duex alpes. Would be worth the cost of a taxi back from la grave to access the massive and I would assume relatively untouched playground (compared to normal years when the lift is open)...
Flying to Grenoble - then Ben's bus... If we get the place I'm looking at it'll be all in for around £650 inc passes - if we then have access to decent shops it could be a pretty sweet gig...At least a bit more going on in the town. FWIW Serre Che is pretty low, quite far south and almost exclusively south facing, so suffers a bit with ice / slush. Are you going to fly to Chambery?
Isn't Serre Che predominantly north/north west facing? Unless I was totally disorientated last time I drove along that valley, which is also possible...At least a bit more going on in the town. FWIW Serre Che is pretty low, quite far south and almost exclusively south facing, so suffers a bit with ice / slush. Are you going to fly to Chambery?
That's what I thought... It's definitely not as high as Les Arcs but does look good and the access to the other 2 resorts seems to make it quite attractive...Isn't Serre Che predominantly north/north west facing? Unless I was totally disorientated last time I drove along that valley, which is also possible...
Anyone been to Are (Sweden)? Heading there for a long weekend in March and know nothing about it.
My knowledge is some years old, but I have stayed in Bourg-St-Maurice and it worked well (we had a car). Skied at Sainte-Foy as well as Les Arcs. I never liked Serre Chevalier, but presumably they’ve updated lift infrastructure? I was last there in 2008 and it was tedious.That's what I thought... It's definitely not as high as Les Arcs but does look good and the access to the other 2 resorts seems to make it quite attractive...
Have made a preliminary booking for Bourg-St-Maurice, hopefully they'll accept the booking... Frothing!
Sorry, you are right, my memory is from climbing in the valley about 20 years ago, must have been disorientated! We are staying just outside Peisey from Thursday for 6 days with a car. Planning Les Arcs for Thursday if forecast is correct, and need to pick someone up from Aime on Friday night, so keen to ski somewhere else, reckon there will still be freshies to be had at St Foy? Never been, is the good stuff obvious? Other option was La Rosiere. Keen to go to Espace Killy too, but the guy we are picking up on Friday wants to go too, so will save for later.Isn't Serre Che predominantly north/north west facing? Unless I was totally disorientated last time I drove along that valley, which is also possible...
Brilliant info thanks, chilled weekend sounds idealYes but I have a memory like a sieve so I'll see what I can dredge up...
It is all pretty mellow I think, mid week nice and quiet and the modern chairs were decent and fast - I don't remember many queues although the second weekend we were there was a lot busier (but nothing compared to France in school hols). There were nice runs between the trees at lower elevation so sheltered from wind and better vis and there were bits of off piste between the trees here. Top bit could get pummeled by wind so the week we were there the off piste up high was horrid. We did find some mellow quiet glade skiing out right somewhere. Obv not hard to get around the whole resort as compared to big euro destinations it's pretty small. I don't think we ate out or partied at all. We had a few days with mixed vis and I got the impression this not unusual.
It was a nice place as well and felt dif to normal euro resort.
We then got the train (and plane) over to Stranda in Norway (cool train through remote snowy areas) which was a bit more exciting resort but not really of any use to you unless you can squeeze in an extra week and have a bunch of £ spare.
I think the plan was we would get a decent, kinda guaranteed week in Are with reasonable amount of terrain etc before going to Stranda which was a bit more hit and miss (it was great)
https://www.powderhounds.com/Europe/Norway/Stranda.aspx