On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:52:17 +0100, Ace squeezed
out the following:

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:00:06 +0000, in
, Colin Irvine
wrote:

Shamelessly borrowing the thread, we can see why you rate Flaine.
We'll definitely be going back, quite likely staying in Samoens again.

x-posting for interest

Glad you enjoyed. Care to share the highs and lows?

Highs - huge choice of wide and easy red and blue runs , good snow for
late season, Samoens is a nice village with friendly locals.

All the people we chatted to staying in Flaine itself were families
who really rated it as a family resort. Kids could have lunch with the
ski school meaning parents had all morning and lunchtime to ski off
somewhere. Lots of easy blues, ski in and out. And for better skiers,
I don't think I've ever seen so much off-piste availability.

Lows - Samoens not ski in or out, last part of tourmaline blue link
into Flaine narrow and very crowded, had a long trek from Flaine back
to Samoens one day when weather closed in to 20 ft visibility!

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