SkiSet ski hire

From Mark
Le Chamois Sports, Rue Blanche, 73300, La Toussuire.
Appears to be building 121 at grid reference B2

http://www.skiset.co.uk/skisetpassuk/

use discount code skisetpassuk

(Snowrental prices appear to have gone down by a few euros)

La Toussuire 2009

The region's homepage http://www.la-toussuire.com 

Map of the town: Plan De La Station  I think we are 132B grid reference B2.5!

Snowrental offer 7 day hire:  

Premium (black)	€84.14 with boots	€63.45 without
Standard(red)	€72.41 with boots	€54.48 without
Low (blue)	€60.69 with boots	€45.52 without

from the "Les Tryoskys - l Ouillon" shop.  116 (C2) on Plan De La Station  

Ski 2009 Options

Right, I’ve come up with 4 options:

• Nendaz
• La Tania
• La Toussuire
• Oz-en-Oisans.

The first I mentioned at the ski tea, interesting because it’s cheap and in Switzerland. La Tania is one of the lower resorts linked to the 3 valleys, which makes it affordable (well, as much as any ski holiday is affordable).

La Toussuire is part of the linked resorts that we went to in April a couple of years ago. We stayed at St Sorlin, but La Toussuire is more central.

Finally Oz is based on a suggested by Steve. He suggested Vaujany, but I can only find 2* apartments in Vaujany, so thought I’d try a linked resort.


I attach a summary spreadsheet. You’ll find further details on the Ski Independence website for all except Oz, which you can find on the Lagrange website:

If anyone has any better ideas, then let me know.


I think the plan is still to go in Feb, but we will probably be missing some university aged kids

As before I suggest we have a vote to decide, so can you let me have your votes (4,3,2,1)


If you know of anyone else who wants to go let me know, likewise if you don’t plan to come next year let me know.

Love
Colin

Result

 

Only 1 broken wrist and 1 sprained wrist. Not bad!

Flaine Weather forecast

Take your own towels (or queue up to rent some!)

Lesley

On the Pierre et Vacance website, there is no mention of towels in the general description:

Prices in euros per unit per stay including : accommodation, sheets, 1 pillowcase per person per week, 1 dishcloth per apartment, end of stay cleaning (except for kitchen area and washing-up). According to our general and specific conditions of sale, they do not include a supplementary administrative charge of 15 euros per booking. Local taxes to be paid on site by client.

Deposit : € 200 per apartment (cheque or bank card) paid on arrival and refunded upon departure.

Arrival / Departure : Single-week stay : arrivals after 5 p.m., departures before 10 a.m. ; Short stay : arrivals after 2 p.m., departures before noon.

so I assume that they are not included. 

In the extras section:

BATHROOM LINEN - €8 (£5) PER PERSON PER WEEK
Bathroom linen Kit includes:
- 1 hand towel per person
- 1 bath towel per person
- 1 bathmat per apartment

 

Taxes appear to be 1 Euro per day

Tourist tax (Adults and children over 13): €1.00 / day / person

Graham

Steve has been skiing!

See below an email I received from Steve on 11 Jan 2008. Is this fair? Should it be allowed? Should Steve be made to make all of our beds when we arrive "in resort" as he won't need to get his ski legs back?

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Hi, In Sweden this week - managed to get a couple of hours evening skiing with colleagues at the local small slope

Steve

Cheap Travel Insurance

http://www.direct-travel.co.uk/

Under £70 to cover the whole family on multiple trips within Europe, including skiing... Under £100 for the whole world!

First Time Blog

Here is my first blog entry - EVER! It all started when I noticed a "Send to Blog" link on the right click menu within IE7. I guess it's the google toolbar and associated baggage that has put it there, but there it is and clicked it I did and here I am...

The idea here was to string together all the research for the annual skiing trips, with a side-line of finding out whether blogging is worth it or not!

Which Ski Pass to buy?

Are you going for the full Grand Massif ski pass? I was going to order ours online and have it delivered to the UK, but just wanted a sanity check from someone else before I part with so much money! The options are here
http://www.grand-massif.com/hiver_2007/shop_tarifs.php?lang=en&station=flaine

Useful Maps of Flaine

Interactive map of Flaine

Another map of Flaine showing location of The Flaine Sport SkiSet shop

The Main Flaine site: http://www.flaine.com/en/

Hiring skis in Flaine, France 2008

Best bet so far appears to be http://www.snowrental.net/

Premium Skis : : Noir € 78.46
Standard Skis : : Rouge € 69.23
Standard Skis and boots : : Rouge € 92.31

From the Flaine Super Ski Foret shop which appears to be just a few 100m down the road from the Pierre et Vacances Foret appartments.

Price Comparison (for 7 days)

Rossignol Bandit B83
ROSSIGNOL Bandit 83 BMP TPI_ at SkiSet are Platinum skis and are €142.50
ROSSIGNOL Bandit 83 from Snowrental they are Noir (Premium) and are €78.46

(I don't know if the BMP TPI_ bit is significant!