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Manston wrote:should I wait and buy proper socks then

No. Do not wait. Tony's avatar shows the only valid use of a tube sock.

If your puppet-fabrication skills are deficient then a sensible alternative is just to burn them. Please.

Treat your feet to foot-shaped socks; it just makes sense. 8)

Hi Michael, welcome to J2Ski (and Europe!).

All the areas you mention have masses of accommodation within an easy walk of a lift. They are all vast and comprise many individual villages / resorts, however, so you will need to do a bit more research and decide what suits you best.

All are pretty well interlinked in terms of lifts; Espace Killy less so perhaps but the two main areas of Tignes and Val d'Isere are each pretty big. Of course - be careful about being on the right side of the mountain when the lifts close! 8)

if you stay in Tignes, you are trapped with nowhere to eat at night because everything is in Vd'I

No - there's loads of eateries and drinking venues in Tignes (more so in Tignes le Lac, but still enough for most people in Val Claret - 15 minute bus ride between the two at night).

Early to mid-March will be perfect timing and you'd be very unlucky to encounter any serious crowds at all. PdS is popular for day trippers but you'll not notice that except maybe on Sundays; Saturday is the most common changeover day for tourists, and some French schools have lessons on a Saturday morning - so the families tend to come out on Sundays.

Most importantly, how long is your trip, what level of skier are you, and how important is nightlife?

You're not going to go far wrong with any of your options but if a European "Big Mountain" experience is what you're after then Les Arcs and Tignes would be my choice - you could easily do both as they're close enough for day-trips either way.

My wife and a friend had private lessons with ESF in Flaine a couple of seasons ago; both instructors were brilliant. I'd avoid ESF Group Lessons, but if you're thinking of Private then definitely worth considering.

No knowledge of the other schools there, sorry - great skiing though.

Just in time for some snow, you can now choose...

Snow Reports for Glencoe and / or Nevis

...by e-mail.

Go to your My Profile page and select them from the drop-down.

8)

Pablo Escobar wrote:Just keep it ski themed...

:thumbup:

rossyhead wrote:love this topic but wish i knew how to embed videos to the thread!

When you edit a message there's a row of buttons at the top (right under the subject). Click the Youtube button to open a [ youtube ] tag, paste in your URL and click the button again to close the tag. Job done.
:D

Tony_H wrote:...no sign of any change.

You're not looking... 8)

Check the wigglies man, the wigglies... The Wigglies for Geneva

Looks as if the t-shirts will have to be put away after Thursday.

But pretend you haven't noticed.

Welcome to a whole new world! 8)

For an idea of what you need, some of our more experienced folk are discussing What do you take for a week skiing. If there's anything you're not sure of, or don't understand then please ask.

Steve's comments w.r.t. base-layers are spot-on; you're going to get hot and sweaty, and then cold!