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| theio wrote: |
| You've got the Sauze/Sansicario/Sestriere half, and you've got the Montgenevre/Claviere half. Sansicario's the most central of the villages, but the best spot would be in Sestriere near the Fraiteve gondola. |
we've stayed at the Uappala in Sestriere a couple of times. its good value but defo not luxurious - a pair of the big ugly fiat towers, but it is almost ski in ski out (bar the icy steps and crossing the road!) close to the Fraitieve gondola, so convenient
people say Sauze has a bit more apres life, although Sest isnt too bad for that either.
If you wanted to eliminate the terminal bore of crossing from S/S/S side to Mg/C side and back then actually basing yourself in Cesana would be the answer and then either going upto Sansicario and beyond or heading towards MontG a couple of days would work.
The downside would be having to drive or bus to the gondola / chair both ends of the day and it may be quite quiet of an evening there, being a small "normal" town vs a ski town/resort. Makes the transfer from Turin airport a bit shorter also as saves a drive up the hill to Sauze or Sest.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| t44tomo wrote: |
| bart_bdv wrote: |
| Does anyone know, if you have a mont de la luna skipass in montgenevre there is two days of sestriere included. Can we just go by car to cesana and there enter the lifts with our skipass? Or do we need to get another skipass at the skipass office? |
Its automatically on your card so just pitch up to Cesana and off you go. Doing it that way also saves the boring long & cold chairs transfers across the valley. |
yes did that and worked perfectly. Even went up to Sansicario to park so we didn't need to take the gondola down
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| t44tomo wrote: |
| theio wrote: |
| You've got the Sauze/Sansicario/Sestriere half, and you've got the Montgenevre/Claviere half. Sansicario's the most central of the villages, but the best spot would be in Sestriere near the Fraiteve gondola. |
we've stayed at the Uappala in Sestriere a couple of times. its good value but defo not luxurious - a pair of the big ugly fiat towers, but it is almost ski in ski out (bar the icy steps and crossing the road!) close to the Fraitieve gondola, so convenient
people say Sauze has a bit more apres life, although Sest isnt too bad for that either.
If you wanted to eliminate the terminal bore of crossing from S/S/S side to Mg/C side and back then actually basing yourself in Cesana would be the answer and then either going upto Sansicario and beyond or heading towards MontG a couple of days would work.
The downside would be having to drive or bus to the gondola / chair both ends of the day and it may be quite quiet of an evening there, being a small "normal" town vs a ski town/resort. Makes the transfer from Turin airport a bit shorter also as saves a drive up the hill to Sauze or Sest. |
Sauze does have a decent bit of nightlife plus it's the cheapest, went last year and stayed at a budget hotel near the Clotes lift - but it is the far end of the area and Sestriere had the best snow.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I guess now Bardoneccia is also on the lift pass "bonus days" then Sauze is the handiest for that either by car or the buses mentioned up thread.
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Sauze fans might find Episode 294 of The Ski Podcast of interest - I was joined by James and Sinead from SauzeOnline. They talk about the area and how they ended up there.
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Stopping in Montgenevre from 8th for a week and I see the pass has a day in Serre Chevalier. Does anybody know if there's a service bus from Mongenevre to Briancon?
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| stevew wrote: |
| Stopping in Montgenevre from 8th for a week and I see the pass has a day in Serre Chevalier. Does anybody know if there's a service bus from Mongenevre to Briancon? |
Isnt it BArdoneccia that got added in this year, not S.C? see upthread re dedicated buses from Sauze. Also train from Oulx goes to Bardo.
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| t44tomo wrote: |
| stevew wrote: |
| Stopping in Montgenevre from 8th for a week and I see the pass has a day in Serre Chevalier. Does anybody know if there's a service bus from Mongenevre to Briancon? |
Isnt it BArdoneccia that got added in this year, not S.C? see upthread re dedicated buses from Sauze. Also train from Oulx goes to Bardo. |
Not sure about Bardoneccia but from Montgenevre that will be too long a haul, that's why I was interested in Serre Chevalier
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| stevew wrote: |
| t44tomo wrote: |
| stevew wrote: |
| Stopping in Montgenevre from 8th for a week and I see the pass has a day in Serre Chevalier. Does anybody know if there's a service bus from Mongenevre to Briancon? |
Isnt it BArdoneccia that got added in this year, not S.C? see upthread re dedicated buses from Sauze. Also train from Oulx goes to Bardo. |
Not sure about Bardoneccia but from Montgenevre that will be too long a haul, that's why I was interested in Serre Chevalier |
Ah I was thinking Italian side of the Via Lattia - they include Bardo as an extension, the french side pass includes SC, which makes sense. There will be a bus - google maps is your friend
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Briançon bus line 5 takes you from Montgenèvre to a stop 300m away from the Prorel Gondola (Sainte Catherine) from where you access all of Serre Chevalier. It's quite easy.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| balso wrote: |
| Briançon bus line 5 takes you from Montgenèvre to a stop 300m away from the Prorel Gondola (Sainte Catherine) from where you access all of Serre Chevalier. It's quite easy. |
Thanks, that looks quite easy.
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How are conditions looking? Heading out this weekend and getting a bit nervous with the warm weather we've had and the lack of new snow in the foreseeable forecast.
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You know it makes sense.
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Also interested to hear how conditions are. Not arriving until the 13th of this month but if conditions are bad we may go elsewhere.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Also interested to hear, albeit I am headed that kind of area 28th so a lot longer away. I bet it will be fun anyway, spring skiing on a very deep base.
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