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You don't often get gondolas serving nursery slopes...
Nearly all nursery slopes are very small, and very flat. It is almost as easy to walk up them (at least in board boots). I think that wherever you go you will have enough draglift nursery slopes to satisfy.
Only visited Arinsal once and remember it being quite a small resort. This is in your favour.
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Started by Debtony in Ski Chatter 06-Mar-2008 - 5 Replies
Debtony posted Mar-2008
) Hi, thinking of going Arinsal for easter ski holiday. Do not laugh but am scared stiff of chair lifts are there plenty of drag lifts or gondolas for nursery slopes? and is it good esort for children. :-) Deb
Caron-a
reply to 'andorra, arinsal' posted Mar-2008
don't know about arinsal but alpe d'huez has tons and tons of button lifts and nursery slopes
caron
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ILoveSkiing
reply to 'andorra, arinsal' posted Mar-2008
debtony, When I was there a few years ago the one and only gondola took most people up to the ski area. There is also a road going up to a car park at top. There is also a chairlift or two from resort level to the ski area but I never used those.
If you don't like chair lifts it's difficult to avoid them if you want to reach the top of the bowl and ski down. A couple of chairlifts take people part way up the bowl while another one right to the top from the nursery slopes. Once at the top there are blue runs leading down and there's a shortish button bar ride at the top should you want to ski the same part of the blue a few times.
Any good for kids? I've been to other resorts which appeared to have more to offer kids but having said that the ski schools and instructors are excellent and the princess parc hotel has a few indoor leisure facilities( swimming pool, bowling alley,games room, etc). I don't know what else the resort has to offer kids though. It's a very small narrow thin resort stretching along a mountain road.
One more thing, the beginners area has a netting enclosed area served by a magic carpet. Beginners of all ages use it including ski school so it does get crowded.
If you don't like chair lifts it's difficult to avoid them if you want to reach the top of the bowl and ski down. A couple of chairlifts take people part way up the bowl while another one right to the top from the nursery slopes. Once at the top there are blue runs leading down and there's a shortish button bar ride at the top should you want to ski the same part of the blue a few times.
Any good for kids? I've been to other resorts which appeared to have more to offer kids but having said that the ski schools and instructors are excellent and the princess parc hotel has a few indoor leisure facilities( swimming pool, bowling alley,games room, etc). I don't know what else the resort has to offer kids though. It's a very small narrow thin resort stretching along a mountain road.
One more thing, the beginners area has a netting enclosed area served by a magic carpet. Beginners of all ages use it including ski school so it does get crowded.
Edited 1 time. Last update at 06-Mar-2008
Chaletslovakia
reply to 'andorra, arinsal' posted Mar-2008
You don't often get gondolas serving nursery slopes...
Nearly all nursery slopes are very small, and very flat. It is almost as easy to walk up them (at least in board boots). I think that wherever you go you will have enough draglift nursery slopes to satisfy.
Only visited Arinsal once and remember it being quite a small resort. This is in your favour.
Debtony
reply to 'andorra, arinsal' posted Mar-2008
:mrgreen: Many thanks for replies.
Deb
Deb
ILoveSkiing
reply to 'andorra, arinsal' posted Mar-2008
About chaletslovakia's comment, in case I wasn't clear, the gondola takes skiiers to the sking area and once there the beginners area is the first available skiable terrain.
Topic last updated on 06-March-2008 at 23:37