It doesn't really have the blacks you require, but for long green runs meandering through forests nowhere I've been in Europe beats Serre Chevalier. It's also a pretty big area, would take longer to explore thoroughly than some of the more well-known French resorts.
It has a different feel to other French resorts. Far more trees. Accomodation in real towns.
Just make sure when you go there's enough snow to ski all the way down. (I think the snow there is generally pretty good, if I remember correctly the mountains are north facing and whatever falls tends to last.) On my second visit the only open run back to the particular village was a black. (There were still greens higher up the mountain that could be used, wife had to take a bubble back.) Don't get me wrong, I think it's good for having snow when other resorts don't, it's just that you may not get the full benefit of those long greens if you go in April.
Villeneuve is probably the best base, with Le Monetier and Chantemerle also OK. The city of Briancon at one end is to be avoided - that portion of the ski area relatively isolated from the rest, and I think you'd need transport to get to and from the single lift at the bottom.
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Ski chalet ski holidays for friends and families | Chilled Mountain | Oz en Oisans
another contractors plan d.
Beautiful catered chalets, view breathtaking can't vouch for the skiing.Leave a comment:
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Not having a go as Sasguru since others are more experienced...Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostOr better still, why not get her a 2-week placement working in the on-site creche? That way she can combine looking after the sprog with earning herself a salary, which will cover most of the cost of your cheapskate holiday? On her day off she can come and video you doing your best "Jackass" impressions!!
That's classic shaunbhoy
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Or better still, why not get her a 2-week placement working in the on-site creche? That way she can combine looking after the sprog with earning herself a salary, which will cover most of the cost of your cheapskate holiday? On her day off she can come and video you doing your best "Jackass" impressions!!Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
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1) Your child is too young to start skiing. 3 is the youngest age they can start lessons at. What you really mean is, "I want a skiing holiday before the little chap is old enough to know what he is missing".
2) Are you going to spend all day skiing whilst your missus looks after the kid? In which case, why not stick with Meribel? The gondola goes all the way down the hill to the town (forget what it's called now) so if she's spending a day baby sitting then you're covered, she can go to the pool, the shops, the spa etc.. You can also drive there quite easily.
3) If you want something new, Soldeu in Andorra is a nice resort, with a spa hotel right next to the gondola. It is also in a valley so has walking opportunities.Leave a comment:
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An attribute that sits comfortably, cheek by jowl, with most of the others you display so ubiquitously on the forum.Originally posted by sasguru View Post
So you have been skiing since you were a kid, yet have no idea about where to take your own kid skiing? Not terribly quick on the uptake are you?
Your Missus is not interested in it, your sprog can barely walk yet, but you are insistent upon taking them off to the mountains just so you can practice your snowplough turns on the intermediate slopes! What a piece of work!!
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Sure, sure, sure.Originally posted by sasguru View Post
You determine your ski-ing holiday according to your wallet. I tell you what, Milton Keynes has a lovely little slope for skinflints like you. Leave the proper resorts to those of us who do it for the adrenaline.Leave a comment:
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And here we were thinking that a gentleman of your means <cough> wouldn't be concerned with the price of his accommodation.Originally posted by sasguru View PostLeave a comment:
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Why not try www.skinflintskiing.com then?Originally posted by sasguru View Post
I am sure they have relatively gentle slopes there that will not be beyond your "ability"!!
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Are you another one of these cretins who jumps in feet first without reading a thread?Originally posted by Incognito View Post
I have been to Meribel for approximately the last 9 times I've been skiing for the simple reason that I can get free accom. there. I like it well enough but its not family friendly, more for a single person.
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Been doing it since a nipper and you don't even know what resort to head to? Right then. Unless you're just finding another reason to flounce on the web.Originally posted by sasguru View PostNot having met you i can't say what your skiing is like.
Suffice to say you'd have to be very good to "best" me seeing as I've been doing it since I was a nipper.
You keep eating your pies, patting your paunch and dreaming.
There are plenty of other Walter Mittys on here to keep you company.
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Not having met you i can't say what your skiing is like.Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post, it was just another activity that I would doubtless be able to best a weakling like you at. I seriously doubt you have the physique for downhill anyway.
Suffice to say you'd have to be very good to "best" me seeing as I've been doing it since I was a nipper.
You keep eating your pies, patting your paunch and dreaming.
There are plenty of other Walter Mittys on here to keep you company.
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