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New Year-How Crowded?
Rod Jenkins wrote:
Take deep breath French Pyrenees. legs it out of side exit Not out of the question. We spent a summer holiday in Bareges. In June. It snowed the first night (Saturday) and the Tourmalet didn't open 'til the Friday. Having walked some of the pistes we do have a yen to go back to see what the skiing is like. It is remarkably extensive, linked as it is to La Mongie and they've upgraded a number of lifts and opeend up the Pic Du Midi now. Something like 50 lifts all told, including cable car, gondolas, funicular. I've been going there for years: adore the place. Take it to email if you want info of where to stay, etc. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F GN250 CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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I remember Bareges/La Mongie from the Easter of 1982 , Fantastic, the
1st & last time I ever stayed in a "chalet" style acomm, above the local post office. When I lived in the UK it was a bit of an adventure . Add in the Times £8 a night inclusive . Booked up & hitched all the way , well cheap ! Great place, amazing its still low key :-) Nigel The Older Gentleman wrote: Rod Jenkins wrote: Take deep breath French Pyrenees. legs it out of side exit Not out of the question. We spent a summer holiday in Bareges. In June. It snowed the first night (Saturday) and the Tourmalet didn't open 'til the Friday. Having walked some of the pistes we do have a yen to go back to see what the skiing is like. It is remarkably extensive, linked as it is to La Mongie and they've upgraded a number of lifts and opeend up the Pic Du Midi now. Something like 50 lifts all told, including cable car, gondolas, funicular. I've been going there for years: adore the place. Take it to email if you want info of where to stay, etc. |
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Nigel wrote:
well cheap ! Great place, amazing its still low key :-) It's still cheap. Our hotel bill, family of four in two rooms, eight nights half board, including a heroic bar bill, was just over 800 quid last year..... And with the cheap flights to Toulouse and Carcassonne.... -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F GN250 CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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"Rod Jenkins" wrote in message ... We have always skied off peak, usually last week Jan, first week of Mar. This year we are contemplating the week including new year. Is it very crowded all week? Any suggestions for where might be relatively quiet in Europe, assuming there is reasonable snow everywhere. La Thuile in the Aosta valley. Just wrap up warm. - Neil |
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On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 15:50:06 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote: Rod Jenkins wrote: We have always skied off peak, usually last week Jan, first week of Mar. This year we are contemplating the week including new year. Is it very crowded all week? Any suggestions for where might be relatively quiet in Europe, assuming there is reasonable snow everywhere. Clears throat, begs for silence Waits for crowd's murmurings and sneezin to stop Take deep breath French Pyrenees. You doing your normal, then? We'll be repping in Andorra for the whole period, if you fancy popping over... legs it out of side exit Too late. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) 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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Ace wrote:
French Pyrenees. You doing your normal, then? We'll be repping in Andorra for the whole period, if you fancy popping over... Blimey. A bit far, actually. We'll be out there Feb half term. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F GN250 CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:45:47 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote: Ace wrote: French Pyrenees. You doing your normal, then? We'll be repping in Andorra for the whole period, if you fancy popping over... Blimey. A bit far, actually. Ah. Not looked at a map. We'll be out there Feb half term. 'The whole period' meaning xmas & new year. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) 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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"PG" wrote in message ...
Of course it's incredibly busy Well, maybe not that busy. Although I normally try to avoid New Year week I went for a week 2 years ago at la Plagne and there were far fewer queues than in February despite less snow and fewer lifts being open. We had no problems getting an appartment for that period... it was actually harder to find a hotel in Val d'Isere the year after for the first week of January, which is traditionally very busy as the Forces and Unis are doing competitions there. Of course, I've seen the same figures as you and know that wrt visitor numbers by far the busiest time is the two weeks of the Paris winter school holidays. To be avoided at all costs. I'm normally ski touring then :-). That's 14th Feb to the 1st of March 2004 for those interested. With the RTT people are tending to spread their holidays more. Bruce makes a good point that all the schools are off over the Christmas/NY period and I can only suppose that people are spending time with families (most workers will only take 1 week, if that, and of course we don't get the 26th as a public holiday). Christmas is more a winter sun holiday time for the French - Club Med. in Marroco or somewhere like that. The slopes are generally viewed, with good reason, as having poor snow and being cold and grey. |
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"Rod Jenkins" wrote in message ...
We have always skied off peak, usually last week Jan, first week of Mar. This year we are contemplating the week including new year. Is it very crowded all week? Any suggestions for where might be relatively quiet in Europe, assuming there is reasonable snow everywhere. Cheers, Rod Jenkins UK Hi Rod, We consistently (last 20 years) go skiing in France for New Year, either in our own appartment in Samoens (Skiing in "Grand Massif" at Flaine, Morillon, Les Carroz or Samoens itself) or in another place (this year we are going to Oizans). I always felt there were a lot of people there, but less "skiing" than in February. The atmosphere is different, probably because people are also busy with the New Year's eve etc... We discovered that New Year's day was probably one of the best in the year to ski: normally good snow, all slopes that can be open are, but nobody until beginning of the afternoon (guess why ?). So we start early our New Year's eve, decide at 10:00 pm it is midnight (anyway, it is midnight somewhere !) and go to bed to be the first and (almost) only on the slopes at 9:00 am. So I think you should be able to find nice places to stay and enjoy... Dominique Foucart "Samoens que j'aime", skiing and hiking in Haute-Savoie http://www.samoens.int.ms info and booking: +32 (0)499 327415 |
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