J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Timeforabeer

I was back in Les Gets / Morzine from the 14th. I'd say we got plenty of snow!

Also - we were in Megeve which was a washout, but Les Contamines was good and going under Mont Blanc to Courmayeur the snow was plentiful, totally like a different world to the French resorts. Probably too far to go but as Admin says more is on the way. Hope so as we are back out to PdS next week.

Dropped son off there yesterday - the Pleney side looks like mid-summer, totally without snow. The Super Morzine side (on up to Avoriaz), the course leaders said was OK. Obv the higher you go and more north facing the better. Snow forecast tonight.

To get onto the Eurotunnel train you'll need to show your vaccination QR code. I did this last Saturday. For the PLF back to England you need the QR code o your NHS pass as well. You also have to upload your French declaration and again that has to be checked by Eirotinnel before you travel. So if you're not vaccinated you're going to find foreign travel a wee bit tricky.

To get onto the Eurotunnel train you'll need to show your vaccination QR code. I did this last Saturday. For the PLF back to England you need the QR code o your NHS pass as well. You also have to upload your French declaration and again that has to be checked by Eirotinnel before you travel. So if you're not vaccinated you're going to find foreign travel a wee bit tricky.

As far as I'm aware you're allowed to transit through France. Second, from GVA you could go to Swiss resorts in Portes de Soleil. And let's face it you're not going to get stopped on a plate if you happen to stray towards Avoriaz or Abondance for a lunch.

I wouldn't stay in Selva. It's OK but a bit of a one street town and access not fantastic. If I went again I'd stay in Corvara or Colfosco. If you get good weather you won't ski anywhere more picturesque

Just went with a mixed group (including total beginners) at New Year. We stayed in La Chapelle d'Abondance at the excellent Le Dragon chalet, but because the schools all go from Pra la Joux we spent a lot of time over there.

We felt the resort was in general steeper than others in PdS, especially Les Gets and Morzine; ask about specific runs before you attempt them. For example one of the runs down to Plain Dranse offers a steep but wide red, or a chute into a narrow blue where it's virtually impossible to turn, so the red is the lesser of two evils...

On the last day when we ditched the newbies we went to the bowl from the Super Chatel lift and it was great - very gentle runs for beginners, open and safe.

BUT watch out for the long and surprisingly tricky way over Torgon and on to the Panthiaz lift above the west end of La Chapelle - old, steep drags and when we went some browned-out and badly marked runs (plus I fell badly on a steep track that was the only way down with one of the connecting pistes closed by the Ski Club de Torgon).

There's been more snow and it's a lot less busy so things may have improved over there - hope so!