3 Valleys Opening date
 

Does anyone know where I can find out what dates the lifts which connect
Meribel/Mottaret to Courcheval and Val Thorens open?

This year they opened on 12th December, and I was told that this was 1 week
earlier than usual. Can anyone confirm if this is correct.

(We had a very good weeks skiing 13-18 December.)

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Michael Chare

3 Valleys Opening date
 

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:18:22 -0000, "Michael Chare"
wrote:

Does anyone know where I can find out what dates the lifts which connect
Meribel/Mottaret to Courcheval and Val Thorens open?

This year they opened on 12th December, and I was told that this was 1 week
earlier than usual. Can anyone confirm if this is correct.

I think they just open as soon as there's enough snow, although
clearly not before teh main areas aer themselves open :-)

(We had a very good weeks skiing 13-18 December.)

Cool. It's been pretty good in Switzerland too, from the end of
November onwards. Regular moderate snowfalls rather than big dumps,
for the most part, with only one spell, IIRC, of above-zero
temperatures since that time. That's in Engelberg, but I think is
typical of other resorts in mid-Switzerland.

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Ace
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3 Valleys Opening date
 

Michael Chare wrote:
: This year they opened on 12th December, and I was told that this was 1 week
: earlier than usual. Can anyone confirm if this is correct.

I don't think so! I was there between 13th and 20th December and had always
expected the link lifts to be open (snow permitting!). They also were when
I last went to the 3-Valleys before Xmas 4 years ago on about these dates.

(Quite) a few other lifts (incuding Mt Vallon) were not open that week.

3 Valleys Opening date
 

On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:15:29 +0100, Ace squeezed out the following:

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:18:22 -0000, "Michael Chare"
wrote:

Does anyone know where I can find out what dates the lifts which connect
Meribel/Mottaret to Courcheval and Val Thorens open?

This year they opened on 12th December, and I was told that this was 1 week
earlier than usual. Can anyone confirm if this is correct.

I think they just open as soon as there's enough snow, although
clearly not before teh main areas aer themselves open :-)

Quite. The last but one time I went to Val Thorens (just before
Christmas) the links out weren't yet open, although VT itself was
reasonably well covered..

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Colin Irvine