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"Ace" wrote in message news On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:18:50 -0800 (PST), Excess wrote: On Jan 29, 10:35 am, BrritSki wrote: I am picking BrratSki up in Les Arcs tomorrow and to avoid me driving all the way up the mountain we are intending to meet up in Bourg St. Maurice, but I can't google up a piste map that shows me where the link up from Bourg arrives in Les Arcs. Can someone advise please ? Ace, this means you It's definitely a good idea to use public transport! I was there just a week ago and I was shocked to see that you now have to pay for all public parking spaces- just at 1800 and 2000 I think. There is a gate on the road below 1800 for instance where you take a ticket and then you pay on your way out. Think it cost ?70-?80 Euros per week so not cheap Did you check the parking at the bottom of the funicular? I know it always used to be free, so I'd hope they'd leave it so to encourage people to leave their cars down there. Is the funicular free - or at least free with a lift pass? Paul S |
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:51:54 -0000, "Paul S" morespam@nothanks
wrote: "Ace" wrote in message news On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:18:50 -0800 (PST), Excess wrote: On Jan 29, 10:35 am, BrritSki wrote: I am picking BrratSki up in Les Arcs tomorrow and to avoid me driving all the way up the mountain we are intending to meet up in Bourg St. Maurice, but I can't google up a piste map that shows me where the link up from Bourg arrives in Les Arcs. Can someone advise please ? Ace, this means you It's definitely a good idea to use public transport! I was there just a week ago and I was shocked to see that you now have to pay for all public parking spaces- just at 1800 and 2000 I think. There is a gate on the road below 1800 for instance where you take a ticket and then you pay on your way out. Think it cost ?70-?80 Euros per week so not cheap Did you check the parking at the bottom of the funicular? I know it always used to be free, so I'd hope they'd leave it so to encourage people to leave their cars down there. Is the funicular free - or at least free with a lift pass? Covered on the lift pass, yes, which of course you can buy at the ticket office at the bottom of the funicular. |
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Ace wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:18:50 -0800 (PST), Excess wrote: On Jan 29, 10:35 am, BrritSki wrote: I am picking BrratSki up in Les Arcs tomorrow and to avoid me driving all the way up the mountain we are intending to meet up in Bourg St. Maurice, but I can't google up a piste map that shows me where the link up from Bourg arrives in Les Arcs. Can someone advise please ? Ace, this means you It's definitely a good idea to use public transport! I was there just a week ago and I was shocked to see that you now have to pay for all public parking spaces- just at 1800 and 2000 I think. There is a gate on the road below 1800 for instance where you take a ticket and then you pay on your way out. Think it cost €70-€80 Euros per week so not cheap Did you check the parking at the bottom of the funicular? I know it always used to be free, so I'd hope they'd leave it so to encourage people to leave their cars down there. I was shocked on arriving at Arc 1600 before Christmas to see all the cars parked there and thought the resort must be full to bursting. It wasn't. It appears that since they have introduced the toll road to 1800 people just drop their bags off at 1800 and then drive down, park in the Plan Devin car park and nip onto the free shuttle back to 1800. Over the New Year week it was almost impossible to park in 1600. I wonder what it will be like this month. Though it was announced that car parking at the funicular in Bourg will be charged it appeared still to be free at Christmas. Probably to stop all the roads in Bourg being clogged with parked cars. The pistehors website had an article on the dispute and the legal battle being fought over the impossition of toll charges on a public road (the road through 1800 carries on to Vallandry and Nacroix. |
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:18:50 -0800 (PST), Excess
wrote: On Jan 29, 10:35*am, BrritSki wrote: I am picking BrratSki up in Les Arcs tomorrow and to avoid me driving all the way up the mountain we are intending to meet up in Bourg St. Maurice, but I can't google up a piste map that shows me where the link up from Bourg arrives in Les Arcs. Can someone advise please ? *Ace, this means you * It's definitely a good idea to use public transport! I was there just a week ago and I was shocked to see that you now have to pay for all public parking spaces- just at 1800 and 2000 I think. In a similar vein, I'm just back from Flaine (finally switched off the car engine at about 1AM this morning) and was a bit shocked at the parking charges there - there is a free car park but it's deep in the bottom of the resort and I was up in Foret, and I was warned that they can be a bit tardy in clearing the snow. I'd simply assumed that parking would be free, as it is (err, or was a couple of years ago) in Mottaret and Alpe d'Huez. -- -Pip |
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On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:50:02 +0000, Pip Luscher
wrote: In a similar vein, I'm just back from Flaine (finally switched off the car engine at about 1AM this morning) and was a bit shocked at the parking charges there - there is a free car park but it's deep in the bottom of the resort and I was up in Foret, and I was warned that they can be a bit tardy in clearing the snow. I'd simply assumed that parking would be free, as it is (err, or was a couple of years ago) in Mottaret and Alpe d'Huez. Well you could have asked, you know. |
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On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:32:23 +0100, Ace wrote:
On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:50:02 +0000, Pip Luscher wrote: In a similar vein, I'm just back from Flaine (finally switched off the car engine at about 1AM this morning) and was a bit shocked at the parking charges there - there is a free car park but it's deep in the bottom of the resort and I was up in Foret, and I was warned that they can be a bit tardy in clearing the snow. I'd simply assumed that parking would be free, as it is (err, or was a couple of years ago) in Mottaret and Alpe d'Huez. Well you could have asked, you know. It simply didn't cross my mind because the two other places I've been were free. -- -Pip |
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On 8 Feb, 18:06, Pip Luscher wrote:
On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:32:23 +0100, Ace wrote: On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:50:02 +0000, Pip Luscher wrote: In a similar vein, I'm just back from Flaine (finally switched off the car engine at about 1AM this morning) and was a bit shocked at the parking charges there - there is a free car park but it's deep in the bottom of the resort and I was up in Foret, and I was warned that they can be a bit tardy in clearing the snow. I'd simply assumed that parking would be free, as it is (err, or was a couple of years ago) in Mottaret and Alpe d'Huez. Well you could have asked, you know. It simply didn't cross my mind because the two other places I've been were free. -- -Pip Just like mentioned above I am surprised that the parking in Arc 1800 is not free. The last time I went to Arc 1800 (2 years ago) all the out side parking was free. We even managed to park on the road outside our apartment. As I understand it from above there are barriers at the entrance to Arc 1800 and there you take a ticket and pay for the hours on your way out. How does this work if you have pre- paid for covered parking? Can you just turn up and use covered parking? On one web site there was a suggestion of a free car park just outside the barriers. Is this true? Or are there alternative places to park which are free? Thanks in advance for any help. Brian |
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On Feb 11, 7:24*pm, wrote:
On 8 Feb, 18:06, Pip Luscher wrote: On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:32:23 +0100, Ace wrote: On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:50:02 +0000, Pip Luscher wrote: In a similar vein, I'm just back from Flaine (finally switched off the car engine at about 1AM this morning) and was a bit shocked at the parking charges there - there is a free car park but it's deep in the bottom of the resort and I was up in Foret, and I was warned that they can be a bit tardy in clearing the snow. I'd simply assumed that parking would be free, as it is (err, or was a couple of years ago) in Mottaret and Alpe d'Huez. Well you could have asked, you know. It simply didn't cross my mind because the two other places I've been were free. -- -Pip Just like mentioned above I am surprised that the parking in Arc 1800 is not free. *The last time I went to Arc 1800 (2 years ago) all the out side parking was free. *We even managed to park on the road outside our apartment. *As I understand it from above there are barriers at the entrance to Arc 1800 and there you take a ticket and pay for the hours on your way out. *How does this work if you have pre- paid for covered parking? *Can you just turn up and use covered parking? *On one web site there was a suggestion of a free car park just outside the barriers. *Is this true? *Or are there alternative places to park which are free? Thanks in advance for any help. Brian- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - No escaping other than parking quite at a distance as far as I could see other that parking at 1600 or further down. Did not see any free parking before the barriers or it was just a handful of spaces if there was. Obviously if you are pre-paying for underground parking at one of the residences like Les Alpages de Chantel you won't have to pay twice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XS Peak Retreats http://www.peakretreats.co.uk Ski Collection http://www.skicollection.co.uk |
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