Courchevel Lift Operators on strike today!

My son has just texted me this news so checked it out - apparently
they are and due to poor working conditions - poor sods!!! Meribel is
open but I should imagine the bus and lift queues are horrendous.

Just got back from the 3V yesterday and I feel sorry for all those
people who had just arrived with big smiles on their faces.

The week was great in terms of sunshine but there is definitely more
snow needed. It was also so warm that in the afternoon we were skiing
in SLUSH! Saturday I wore just a fleece and many others had the same
idea - some even wearing t-shirts and shorts!!

PSC

ParalyticSkiCrazie wrote:
My son has just texted me this news so checked it out - apparently
they are and due to poor working conditions - poor sods!!! Meribel is
open but I should imagine the bus and lift queues are horrendous.

Just got back from the 3V yesterday and I feel sorry for all those
people who had just arrived with big smiles on their faces.

The week was great in terms of sunshine but there is definitely more
snow needed. It was also so warm that in the afternoon we were skiing
in SLUSH! Saturday I wore just a fleece and many others had the same
idea - some even wearing t-shirts and shorts!!

Heh, two women, dressed only in ski pants and bras, whizzed past me at
Meribel. My, they can fairly bounce on skis.

On Feb 25, 8:07*pm, Higgins wrote:
ParalyticSkiCrazie wrote:

Heh, two women, dressed only in ski pants and bras, whizzed past me at
Meribel. My, they can fairly bounce on skis.

There's an Olympic demonstration sport there somewhere.

Never mind the lifties, I want to know why God's gone on strike. I'm
really holding out for one of the storms that closes the road between
here and Bourg. I actually considered cutting the lawn outside my
apartment this morning. If it wasn't for all that snow in Novemeber
and December I'd hate to think where we'd be right now.

Matt

ParalyticSkiCrazie wrote:
My son has just texted me this news so checked it out - apparently
they are and due to poor working conditions - poor sods!!! Meribel is
open but I should imagine the bus and lift queues are horrendous.

Just got back from the 3V yesterday and I feel sorry for all those
people who had just arrived with big smiles on their faces.

The week was great in terms of sunshine but there is definitely more
snow needed. It was also so warm that in the afternoon we were skiing
in SLUSH! Saturday I wore just a fleece and many others had the same
idea - some even wearing t-shirts and shorts!!

PSC

Yup they did do that. We arrived on Sunday (24th Feb) and it was all
very confused, no one seemed to know whether it would happen or not.
However, when we took the free bus up to 1850 just about every lift
operator in the valley was outside the Crosette (sp?) protesting.

No one seemed to know whether they would work on the Tuesday but in the
end they did. We got 63 Euros back on a 6 day family pass (Which cost
570) so GOK what formula they were applying.

Fortunately (!) for us we were skiing with 2 children that had never
skied before so its unlikely that we would have used Monday in any case.

Rob

"LittleRob" wrote in message
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ParalyticSkiCrazie wrote:
My son has just texted me this news so checked it out - apparently
they are and due to poor working conditions - poor sods!!! Meribel is
open but I should imagine the bus and lift queues are horrendous.

Just got back from the 3V yesterday and I feel sorry for all those
people who had just arrived with big smiles on their faces.

The week was great in terms of sunshine but there is definitely more
snow needed. It was also so warm that in the afternoon we were skiing
in SLUSH! Saturday I wore just a fleece and many others had the same
idea - some even wearing t-shirts and shorts!!

PSC

Yup they did do that. We arrived on Sunday (24th Feb) and it was all
very confused, no one seemed to know whether it would happen or not.
However, when we took the free bus up to 1850 just about every lift
operator in the valley was outside the Crosette (sp?) protesting.

No one seemed to know whether they would work on the Tuesday but in the
end they did. We got 63 Euros back on a 6 day family pass (Which cost
570) so GOK what formula they were applying.

Fortunately (!) for us we were skiing with 2 children that had never
skied before so its unlikely that we would have used Monday in any case.

Rob


Very interesting, we were there 23rd onwards and part of a big group the
head rep, allegedly married to an ESF instructor.....
A, knew nothing about the 'strike' until the day it occured, (we saw the
signs the day before),
and B, thought we were joking when we asked for a refund on our 3 Valleys
pass, which is the most expensive I ever payed for in twenty six years,
ahem, BTW!
I will forward this to others in my group. Cheers.

David

David Gibbon wrote:
"LittleRob" wrote in message
...
ParalyticSkiCrazie wrote:
My son has just texted me this news so checked it out - apparently
they are and due to poor working conditions - poor sods!!! Meribel is
open but I should imagine the bus and lift queues are horrendous.

Just got back from the 3V yesterday and I feel sorry for all those
people who had just arrived with big smiles on their faces.

The week was great in terms of sunshine but there is definitely more
snow needed. It was also so warm that in the afternoon we were skiing
in SLUSH! Saturday I wore just a fleece and many others had the same
idea - some even wearing t-shirts and shorts!!

PSC
Yup they did do that. We arrived on Sunday (24th Feb) and it was all
very confused, no one seemed to know whether it would happen or not.
However, when we took the free bus up to 1850 just about every lift
operator in the valley was outside the Crosette (sp?) protesting.

No one seemed to know whether they would work on the Tuesday but in the
end they did. We got 63 Euros back on a 6 day family pass (Which cost
570) so GOK what formula they were applying.

Fortunately (!) for us we were skiing with 2 children that had never
skied before so its unlikely that we would have used Monday in any case.

Rob


Very interesting, we were there 23rd onwards and part of a big group the
head rep, allegedly married to an ESF instructor.....
A, knew nothing about the 'strike' until the day it occured, (we saw the
signs the day before),
and B, thought we were joking when we asked for a refund on our 3 Valleys
pass, which is the most expensive I ever payed for in twenty six years,
ahem, BTW!
I will forward this to others in my group. Cheers.

David



Getting the refund was no problem. We needed the receipt and the pass
(though others in our group used 1 or the other). We even had people
with 3V passes that had used them (taken a Bus to Meribel) and still got
a refund.

They just wrote on the passes with an indelible pen, looked up a figure
of a sheet, and paid out - In cash.

Rob