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Going to PdeS (Les Lindarets) tomorrow and seeing the weather forecast for
heavy/medium snow for the first few days was hoping for some tips about where to ski in poor visibility. Hopefully clearing later in the week so I will have no excuses for not attempting the Wall :-[ -- Paul Schofield Time flies like an arrow Fruit flies like a banana |
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"Paul ( Skiing8 )" wrote in message ... "Paul Schofield" wrote in message .. . was there last year in poor conditions, mostly stayed around avoriaz as we were staying there. There is plenty of trees to ski through if you look, we had poor visibility but found lots of slopes lower down that were good... even though it was raining lower down Do you mean the run under the cable car (Prodain?) or perhaps the runs beside the road (Super Morzine) or those towards Chatel? (I think that is Les Lindarets)? -- Paul Schofield Time flies like an arrow Fruit flies like a banana |
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"Paul Schofield" wrote in
: Going to PdeS (Les Lindarets) tomorrow and seeing the weather forecast for heavy/medium snow for the first few days was hoping for some tips about where to ski in poor visibility. Hopefully clearing later in the week so I will have no excuses for not attempting the Wall :-[ If you're based in Lindarets you're already in a good place. From the top of the Ardent telecabine take the chair on the right - not the one continuing up the valley, but the one which goes up the side towards Avoriaz (name, anyone?). There's easy tree skiing in the woods under the chair. There's also a nice bump run where the Poma used to be that was removed when the chair was put in. Jeremy |
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"Paul Schofield" wrote in message .. . "Paul ( Skiing8 )" wrote in message ... "Paul Schofield" wrote in message .. . was there last year in poor conditions, mostly stayed around avoriaz as we were staying there. There is plenty of trees to ski through if you look, we had poor visibility but found lots of slopes lower down that were good... even though it was raining lower down Do you mean the run under the cable car (Prodain?) or perhaps the runs beside the road (Super Morzine) or those towards Chatel? (I think that is Les Lindarets)? I think he means the runs you can access from the Prolays and Lindarets lifts; gives you access to a couple of reds and 3 or 4 blues. Enjoyable but not demanding. Actually, you can't go far wrong around Avoriaz unless you attempt to cross over to Chatel or into Switzerland when it can get a bit more interesting when the weather is bad. I did both last week when the weather was excellent (but the snow was lacking!). But don't forget to go down to Morzine and go up the other side and cross into Les Gets. I've been many times and found that it's often quieter around the Les Gets 'bowl' and there are some great runs there. |
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:43:10 GMT, Greg Hilton wrote:
"Paul Schofield" wrote in t: Going to PdeS (Les Lindarets) tomorrow and seeing the weather forecast for heavy/medium snow for the first few days was hoping for some tips about where to ski in poor visibility. Les gets is great in heavy snow, lots of trees to break up the vis, hardly any people!! You're not wrong. Had a great powder day there a couple of years back - 1m of fresh right down to the village, and nobody skiing it! Well, apart from us, obviously :-) -- Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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"Paul Schofield" wrote in
: Going to PdeS (Les Lindarets) tomorrow and seeing the weather forecast for heavy/medium snow for the first few days was hoping for some tips about where to ski in poor visibility. Les gets is great in heavy snow, lots of trees to break up the vis, hardly any people!! |
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:11:04 -0000, "Paul Schofield"
wrote: Going to PdeS (Les Lindarets) tomorrow and seeing the weather forecast for heavy/medium snow for the first few days was hoping for some tips about where to ski in poor visibility. Lindarets itself is about the best place on the Avoriaz/French side - lots of pistes through the trees, so the vis isn't bad. Only downside is it's a little low, so if the freezing level isn't below you, you end up skiing in the rain. -- Champ |
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"Paul Schofield" wrote in message
.. . Going to PdeS (Les Lindarets) tomorrow and seeing the weather forecast for heavy/medium snow for the first few days was hoping for some tips about where to ski in poor visibility. Hopefully clearing later in the week so I will have no excuses for not attempting the Wall :-[ -- Paul Schofield Time flies like an arrow Fruit flies like a banana was there last year in poor conditions, mostly stayed around avoriaz as we were staying there. There is plenty of trees to ski through if you look, we had poor visibility but found lots of slopes lower down that were good... even though it was raining lower down Paul |
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