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| Raven wrote: |
Yesterday while waiting in the line in Arc 1600 for the bus to Bourg I met a friendly Dutch couple. The first thing the husband asked me was ‘what do you think about the Aborigine situation’  I was lost for words. I am not used to such bluntness and I suspect most Dutch people would also consider it a ride thing to ask. I mumbled something about it being close to Australia Day and something I’d rather not talk about. |
That is rather in your face. And I would suggest not bus stop discussion. I would have been as taken back as you were.
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@Raven, Dutch could be very direct. That is how they operate.
Hope your travel issues will be solved soon. Also second a suggestion of a day trip to St Foy (taking a bus please go to St Foy Station, not St Foy Village)
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As an Aussie, I would have just laughed and asked about the Dutch Slave situation
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Used to be able to years ago. There was a mutual agreement between La Ros/Espace Killy/Les Arcs/St Foy
I think it got scrapped when St Foy village and ski area expanded significantly and Les Arcs git the lift link with La Plagne.
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@Kenzie, @PeakyB, If you have a six day pass for Les Arcs , La Plagne , Val or Tignes you get a day pass in Ste Foy for €25 , if you have. Season pass in any of the above you get two free days .
You can buy a cheap ticket in Ste Foy on Sat and Wed with a Super U receipt I don’t know the charge around about 25 ish I think . It is quiet and the piste are in superb condition in Ste Foy however there were too many ski touring from elsewhere for my liking today .
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Wheres sbooker gone? I thought this was his adventure?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| ster wrote: |
| Wheres sbooker gone? I thought this was his adventure? |
Sorry, didn’t mean to take over and scare him away.
I’m keen more Aussie adventures from him as well
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@ster, fyi he posted two days ago, he’ll be back
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You know it makes sense.
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@Raven,
That’s bad luck with the funicular. I’m sure you’ll have a great time anyway.
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I went with a guided group to Courmayeur yesterday. I didn’t know where we would be going until just before the van left the Companie Des Guides office in town at about 8.45am.
I informed the office when booked that I was an intermediate skier. The guides (Flo and Lambert) asked the group of 5 if we were open to be challenged a bit. All said they were.
The group was a couple from Denver who have parents that live in Steamboat. They were good skiers. Another Australian fellow from Melbourne who has skied extensively in the northern hemisphere and been an almost lifetime member of a ski club in Thredbo (he used to live in Sydney). He was a good skier too. Thankfully there was an English chap who was about my level but a bit older.
We arrived in Courmayeur with dazzling sunny skies. The guides found us pockets of fresh snow. I was doing my best to keep up so I didn’t take many photos to look back on unfortunately. We then skied some steeper chutes.
The guides took us to a quaint restaurant with outside tables in the sun. The food was pretty magnificent. I had a pasta with wild boar ragu. Only 13 euro.
After lunch was where it got difficult. I now know I can’t ski in steep terrain with tight trees and obstacles in and under the snow. I really struggled as did the others in the group. (The guides attached a rope to the English fellow when he was really having a challenging time. I don’t know the full details on that as it was happening above/behind me). I fell a number of times. The guides showed a lot of patience though.
I was so exhausted at the end of the day and was relieved to be back in the van in one piece. I completely forgot to talk with the guides about the Vallee Blanche as I intended. I will follow this up more today but I had dinner with the guided group last night and someone commented the rope on the arete is not up yet.
As for the girls they went on the luge and did some shopping yesterday. Just a relaxing day.
After yesterday I need a recovery day so we’re all heading off to check out the town of Annecy today.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Rob Mackley wrote: |
| @Kenzie, @PeakyB, If you have a six day pass for Les Arcs , La Plagne , Val or Tignes you get a day pass in Ste Foy for €25 , if you have. Season pass in any of the above you get two free days |
I never knew that the season pass entitles you to a couple of days, do you have to request anything else at the different resorts, or will the passes simply work for a couple of days? (Myself and the family have Paradiski season passes)
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You don't get free days any more in the other resorts with the Paradiski season passes. Confirmed to me and my husband separately by ADS
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Kind of with @BobinCH they should be taking it down a notch in the afternoon if anything.
Tight trees on steepish ground is certainly a challenge as suddenly where you turn and how tight you turn is dictated to you. And of course getting it wrong has painful consequences. Not that I've done loads. A lot of places I've tree skied has been more mellow. I've usually found it fun but for sure have had incidents lol.
Can't see why the roping up would be required to be honest. Thought they'd only do that where there are crevasses as we did once when doing a VB variant.
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Fri 27-01-23 17:48; edited 1 time in total
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@Raven,
You weren't on the replacement bus last night were you? See chocksaway's post today in the Tignes snow report thread.
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| Gilly76 wrote: |
| Rob Mackley wrote: |
| @Kenzie, @PeakyB, If you have a six day pass for Les Arcs , La Plagne , Val or Tignes you get a day pass in Ste Foy for €25 , if you have. Season pass in any of the above you get two free days |
I never knew that the season pass entitles you to a couple of days, do you have to request anything else at the different resorts, or will the passes simply work for a couple of days? (Myself and the family have Paradiski season passes) |
Used to be that you showed you lift pass and its receipt at the Foy lift office, they clipped your receipt & gave you your day pass.
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@Gilly76, as above I believe
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@Kenzie, no, I arrived Tuesday evening. Will check that post out.
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@Kenzie,
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@Raven,
You weren't on the replacement bus last night were you? See chocksaway's post today in the Tignes snow report thread.
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You mean this?...
'Ironically, last night one of the buses on the replacement service burst into flames in the middle of Bourg!'
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| I never knew that the season pass entitles you to a couple of days, do you have to request anything else at the different resorts, or will the passes simply work for a couple of days? |
Bought our first ever Tignes/Val D season passes this winter. Shocking that they don't issue anything to tell you what (if any) perks you get 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@sbooker, how has your last week been?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| mountainaddict wrote: |
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| I never knew that the season pass entitles you to a couple of days, do you have to request anything else at the different resorts, or will the passes simply work for a couple of days? |
Bought our first ever Tignes/Val D season passes this winter. Shocking that they don't issue anything to tell you what (if any) perks you get |
Probably because you don't get much/any nowadays. It used to be 2 free days in each of 3Vs, Paradiski and Ste Foy.
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You know it makes sense.
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@mountainaddict, Yes you do and we , Sainte Foy season pass holders , get a free day in Val/Tignes
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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