On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:28:03 -0000, "Paul S" PAULatSONIFEXdotCOdotUK
wrote:



Ace, do you know how the 2 ski club reps at Tignes work - are they based at
the different bases (Lac & Val Claret)

No. They're both based in le LAc, social hour at the Alpaka. Meeting
point will switch, normally between the Funiculaire (Val Claret) and
the Aeroski (le lac) on different days, so you need to check in
advance. I'm not sure exactly which times there are two reps there
anyway - last time I was aware of it it was for busy periods only.

or do they have different programmes
offering different skills or degrees of difficulty?

If there are two reps, then in practice they tend to have a slower and
a faster group, although the single program, as published on the
website, will always be adhered to. But for example on intermediate
days the chances are that one group, depending on ability levels, will
do more advanced stuff than the other.

The official line is clear though - the rep must stick to the
advertised standard for the day - so if you just turn up without
pre-registering, assuming there aren't too many for the group, you can
be sure of only doing what the program says if that's what you want.

On which note, it's definitely worthwhile pre-registering and/or
contacting the rep in advance, because it can be very busy. One time I
was there, before the system was tightened up and before there were
two reps, the incumbent rep looked at me in relief when I said hello
and asked plaintively - "please will you take out the fast group for
me? I'm getting 20+ per day turning up and I'm absolutely knackered".I
was happy to oblige, although not in any official capacity of course.
Had a great couple of days with a new bunch of mates.

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Ace
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