FIRST TIME SKIING - COURCHEVEL IN FRANCE

I am taking my 13 year old on a skiing trip to Courchevel in April.

Both have never skied before but are are having lessons on a nearby
dry slope before we go.

Has anybody been there and could offer advice or where to eat, things
to do and avoid, etc.

Any useful websites would be handy

Well you need to be more specific about where you are going, there are three
/ four different resorts called Courchevel, which height of resort are you
heading for?

"kegs" wrote in message
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I am taking my 13 year old on a skiing trip to Courchevel in April.

Both have never skied before but are are having lessons on a nearby
dry slope before we go.

Has anybody been there and could offer advice or where to eat, things
to do and avoid, etc.

Any useful websites would be handy

(kegs) wrote in message om...
I am taking my 13 year old on a skiing trip to Courchevel in April.

Both have never skied before but are are having lessons on a nearby
dry slope before we go.

Has anybody been there and could offer advice or where to eat, things
to do and avoid, etc.

Any useful websites would be handy

Have you tried
http://www.courchevel.com/
http://www.les3vallees.com/

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Hywel

"kegs" wrote in message
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I am taking my 13 year old on a skiing trip to Courchevel in April.

Both have never skied before but are are having lessons on a nearby
dry slope before we go.

Has anybody been there and could offer advice or where to eat, things
to do and avoid, etc.

There are two excellent British run ski schools in Courchevel. These
will be a much better option for you than the ESF. You can find their
websites at:
http://www.skinewgen.com/
http://www.supremeski.co.uk/

Regards

Rob



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"kegs" wrote in message
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I am taking my 13 year old on a skiing trip to Courchevel in April.

Both have never skied before but are are having lessons on a nearby
dry slope before we go.

Has anybody been there and could offer advice or where to eat, things
to do and avoid, etc.

There are two excellent British run ski schools in Courchevel. These
will be a much better option for you than the ESF. You can find their
websites at:
http://www.skinewgen.com/
http://www.supremeski.co.uk/

Regards

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Also www.magicinmotion.co.uk we had group sizes of 3 and 4 over Christmas,
excellent for the kids.

Bar le Jump does reasonably priced lunchtime nosh, just opposite the Forum
centre near the lifts.

Bill

On 1 Feb 2004 00:11:30 -0800, in

(rec.skiing.resorts.europe) (kegs) wrote:

I am taking my 13 year old on a skiing trip to Courchevel in April.

Both have never skied before but are are having lessons on a nearby
dry slope before we go.

I did my first ever skiing in Courchevel - staying at 1550, but did
most of our skiing at 1850+

I loved every second of it. I'd not even done any dry-slope skiing
before I went.

I had two one-hour one-on-one lessons with ESF on the first day, while
waiting for the rest of our group to arrive at the resort. After that
I, and one of the others, booked ourselves into group ski-school in
the mornings, and pottered around on the green slopes with the others
in the aftenoons.

I was very impressed with the resort, and particularly the teaching
from ESF (I'm involved in teaching scuba diving, so I recognise good
instruction technique), although that's possibly more down to the
individual instructors than the the organisation as a whole - I don't
know. We were also lucky enough to have good snow throughout our
stay.

The end of the first week saw me parallel-turning, tackling some of
the easier red runs, and dealing with the blue runs with reasonable
confidence.

Have fun!


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Charlie