J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by smartski

For just one week? Nope not for me. If I take them then they would always be skiing full time

If the kids missing a week of school would affect them then I wouldn't do it. If it was an 'important' year then they won't go [I would go alone ) ]


Also I'm not entirely sure about the rules, but I would have thought if they are not in 'proper' school then they would be marked as absent anyway.

khjr wrote:

smartski wrote:Bit of a challenge - don't miss the last lift back!

Excellent route! When I'm there next week, I'll have to try a variant of that starting from my chalet at the base of Bruyeres 1 in Reberty Val Thorens.

Great stuff (BTW Reberty is Les Menuires (just below Val T)).

From top of Bruyeres 1 & 2 you can start with "Lac de la Chambre" and come back to do Val T & Masse at the end, so you'll finish back on the door step of "Reberty" lift.

Have a fantastic trip.

AllyG wrote:Smartski,
Well done for the write-up :D

I think I've skied all the pistes in your 'challenge' but not in one day! You must have been going pretty fast to get around all of those.

Ally

No coffee breaks and just skiing as a pair is the trick.

It's more about being focused on where you want to go, I just hate 'faffing around' and having a democratic debate on which run the group would prefer at every junction. So follow me or see you later ) .

Interesting (sadly?) I had a GPS with me for the first time so could track cruise speeds which were about 30mph (steady & controlled for quiet pistes). Max speed 56mph on an empty run.

Iceman wrote:

OldAndy wrote:Berangere

Where? :roll:

Off to search Google in the meantime ;)

(Berangere = L2A)

Tarrentaise refurbished at the bigging of season by the looks. Very tidy & smart. Berangere was literal ski-in/ski-out but Tarrentaise the boot room was at the front and the slope at the rear...had to walk the full width of the building - shocking )

Otherwise menu and arrangement identical to each other.

Iceman wrote:SmartSki I think you have covered off everything I did when I was there.

Damn, thought I was the first :shock:

Iceman wrote:
Is it pricey? I had lunch there a couple of days (at the bottom of the blue "ours") and it cost be a fair few quid!

er, yes..most I've ever paid :oops: . But not as bad as Courchevel ... paid £18 for a pancake & sprite ..nearly died.

Snapzzz wrote:
Who is this with? i'd be interested in that.

If I disclose that to you, you'll nick the space...I tell after I've reserved! :mrgreen:

biki17 wrote:HiSmartski,
Is the 4th valley worth visiting?

Don't bust a gut getting over there, but if you've got up to the top of "Grand Fond" then why not. It's just a small 2-run extension to Val T really.

Bit of a challenge - don't miss the last lift back!

Starting on the first lift (9:10am) taking "Plattieres" from Motteret to the top of station 2, short drop to "Cote Brune" lift…this is the access point at 2800m into Val T, then taking "Pluviometre" (lovely first thing, wide blue to warm up – crowded at the end of the day) into Val T 2300m . Next taking "Funitel Peclet" and "Glacier" lifts to about 3100m.

Take "Tete Ronde" (blue) and turn onto "Christine" (red) which is a fast fun run down to "Moraine" lift and the short "Col" lift to 3130m (Glacier de Thorens). These are often cold windy lifts so wrap up).

Next drop down "Genepi" (blue) to "Portette" & "Thorens" lifts which take you back up to about 3000m. Next is "Chocard" & "Fond" & "Plateau"(blues) to "Grand Fond" lift. Straight back to 3000m again. Off here there is a short road (blue) to the "4th valley" Orelle (somebody can't count!). "Gentianes" (blue) or "Mauriennaise" (red) are the next runs in to the Orelle area.

Orelle is small but worth a look with a couple of nice runs (blues & reds). Two lifts up, "Peyron" followed immediately by ""Bouchet" and you're at the highest point of my day - 3230m. The runs back down are named after the two lifts. Here you are now heading back out to Val T on the "Rosael" lift.

"Falaise" (red) into "Gentiane" (blue) passes back under Grand Fond and onto "Cime Caron" lift (bit of a queue expected here). Now you have a 5 mile continuous run from 3200m to under 1800mm. "Col de l'audzin" (red) into "Gentiane" (blue) into "Bvd Cumin" (road with some flat parts unfortunately).

Bubble "Masse 1" with a good snack bar and deckchairs for quick lunch stop at the top. Short drop to "Masse 2" bubble to 2800m, with a lovely run "Fred Covilli" (red) past Masse 2 again, and into "Les Enverses" cutting back to the bottom of Masse 1 again. "Doron" lift is the fastest out into Les Menuires and straight onto "Mont de la Chambre" lift and say good bye to this valley.

"Lac de la Chambre" (red) is a nice run if quiet, apart from the very last section which needs some speed to avoid poleing to reach "Mont Vallon" lift. Then my favourite run "Combe de Vallon" (red), which is sadly rapidly spoilt when it turns into "Ours" (blue) which unless like me you can carry a lot of momentum (I mean body mass!) this will be a pole back to Mottert. (or you can opt to avoid "Ours" by going via "Mures Rouge" & "Plan des Mains" lifts & "Sittlle" (blue)).

In Motteret take "Pas du Lac" to the top (2 stations). "Cruex" (red) is a lovely wide run except can be busy toward the end of the day. "Chanrossa" lift gets you 2734m and the last peak to aim for in the tour. "Jean Pachod" (red) and "Marmottes" lift get you high enough to get back into Mottert, (blacks & reds to choose from).

If that doesn't earn you a beer then nothing will. Estimated about 70 miles, 10 peaks, lots of lovely runs!!