Monchavin is beautiful-was there at easter and had a fantastic time-if my memory serves me right, there is one lift that feeds about 4 blues runs and a dribble of off piste kind of runs where you can parallel turn or play in any fresh snow til your hearts content!
However I have heard La Rosiere is nice too
La Rosiere v Montchavin
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Started by Dixie dean in France 14-Oct-2009 - 16 Replies
Rossyhead
reply to 'La Rosiere v Montchavin' posted Oct-2009
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Edited 1 time. Last update at 15-Oct-2009
Dixie dean
reply to 'La Rosiere v Montchavin' posted Oct-2009
Right Folks, the issues are these, going in January:
La Ros:
Pros - south facing, sunny
Cons - windy, oily drag lifts, no (or few?) blue runs through trees for the wife
Montchavin:
Pros - pretty village, lots of runs through trees, more interesting landscape,
Cons - lack of snow lower down, may be icy due to lack of sun
The wife is concerned about the drag lifts are La Rosiere (she has cream ski pants!)
Can any tell me what type of lifts these are, i.e. button, T bar or some other type?
Would we be better going to either of these resorts in early March?
What might the snow be like then on an average year?
Cheers for all your answers
La Ros:
Pros - south facing, sunny
Cons - windy, oily drag lifts, no (or few?) blue runs through trees for the wife
Montchavin:
Pros - pretty village, lots of runs through trees, more interesting landscape,
Cons - lack of snow lower down, may be icy due to lack of sun
The wife is concerned about the drag lifts are La Rosiere (she has cream ski pants!)
Can any tell me what type of lifts these are, i.e. button, T bar or some other type?
Would we be better going to either of these resorts in early March?
What might the snow be like then on an average year?
Cheers for all your answers
Edited 1 time. Last update at 16-Oct-2009
Rossyhead
reply to 'La Rosiere v Montchavin' posted Oct-2009
I can not speak for La Rosiere but Montchavin had one drag lift to the left of the restaraunt half way up and that was it. The rest as far as I remember were chair lifts. I presume you would be going over to La Plagne as well??
Iglu have a very good snow history part to thier website-http://www.igluski.com/snow-history so maybe you can find more info there?
Iglu have a very good snow history part to thier website-http://www.igluski.com/snow-history so maybe you can find more info there?
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Dixie dean
reply to 'La Rosiere v Montchavin' posted Oct-2009
Thanks rossyhead - I'll have a look there
Edited 1 time. Last update at 16-Oct-2009
Bandit
reply to 'La Rosiere v Montchavin' posted Oct-2009
La Rosiere is all button drag lifts, no T-Bars AFAIR. I prefer black ski trousers, which hide all sorts of grubby marks )
Your wife may be a bit unhappy if chairlift grease/oil drips off a pulley onto her lap.
Your wife may be a bit unhappy if chairlift grease/oil drips off a pulley onto her lap.
Dixie dean
reply to 'La Rosiere v Montchavin' posted Oct-2009
thanks bandit - we do regularly use the button lifts at the Chillfactore but have never had a problem with those, but some many people have mentioned them at La Ros that they may be a real issue
Dixie dean
reply to 'La Rosiere v Montchavin' posted Oct-2009
Thanks for everyone's input - we have finally decided to go on a 40's and 50's trip at Montchavin (I'm at 56!!) on 26 February for a week.
Hopefully, with snow falling at several resorts already, this winter is going to be very white, and there should be plenty of snow even down into the village, with even a bit of sun coming over the tops of those peaks.
We're also going back to our favourite ski area at Jungfrau in early Feb so it will be interesting to compare the 2 areas.
Hopefully, with snow falling at several resorts already, this winter is going to be very white, and there should be plenty of snow even down into the village, with even a bit of sun coming over the tops of those peaks.
We're also going back to our favourite ski area at Jungfrau in early Feb so it will be interesting to compare the 2 areas.
Rossyhead
reply to 'La Rosiere v Montchavin' posted Oct-2009
nice one-let us know how it goes!
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Topic last updated on 19-October-2009 at 17:12