Portes du Soleil snow at march/april

You liked Flaine Numpty?

This is a good place for April skiing Diogocyrineu if you haven't considered it yet.

Hi Dids,

Yes enjoyed Flaine. Snow was marvellous, tho' visibilty (& consequently skiing) was limited for a couple of days due to heavy falls.

We got three and a half days good weather and I managed to suss out just about everywhere in the area. I have to agree with you that Samoens and Morillon (+ to a lesser extent Les Carroz) are much more attractive, plus have the better runs of the whole area.

The rest of the party, four of whom had been in Livigno last year, were impressed with the scenery and variety of skiing in Flaine, altho' they all agreed that the architectural aesthetics were definitely inferior.

I would go back again, but poss stay in one of the villages for a change. The virtual ski in/ski out location of our apartment in Flaine was very good, plus the very close proximity of our ski hire and access to pubs. supermarkets and descent to the the Forum area added to its favour. It has to be said that eating and drinkies were quite limited in comparison to other places I've been, but we didn't let that get in the way of a good time.

Thanks for your help prior to the trip.

Dave.

Just hold off untill nearer the time just to see who has the best snow :thumbup:

Thanks Numpty for the feedback... I guess we will stick to Avoriaz exactly because of the conditions of snow right now. (as u pointed) The probability to go from great conditions right now (better than any of the last 4 years) to lack of snow late march is very low so I think we will take that low risk. Will talk to my girlfriend this morning (04:20am here right now) when she arrives from work (7:00am, yeah crazy turns) and probably see u on the montains! :D

The problem Ian, is that the options on acomodations are getting worst. I cant find a studio with double bed anymore for the whole period. Will reserve now and take my chances

You should be OK. Just re-read you original post and noticed that you are going last two weeks in march and not first two weeks in April. I would certainly go again in mid-March. Not sure I would be quite so brave if I were coming over from Brazil with all the extra costs. Keeping fingers crossed for you -) . Have a good one :thumbup:

Numpty1, glad you enjoyed flaine.

Evening Snapzzz.

I'd like to give a public acknowledgement to yourself and Aplews for the very helpful and informative heads-up you both provided prior to our trip to Flaine. The group undoubtedly benefited from it.

It won't be long before I'm approaching some unsuspecting veteran forum poster with requests for similar tips for Avoriaz. Perhaps there is an equally comprehensive Snapzzz-style review of the resort lurking out in the forum or poss some experienced readers of this thread that may enlighten Diogocyrineu & myself on the hidden charms of Avoriaz & PDS.