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La Thuile closed today due to wind

Thu, 5 Mar 2015 16:15:17 GMT

First day of four in La Thuile and it shut every lift at 9:30!
High winds were making the piste icy and I managed two runs before it was all shut. Euro40 for two lifts was not a great start to the holiday.
I'm hoping tomorrow is a bit better.

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Thu, 5 Mar 2015 16:56:00 GMT

Bad luck!!!
Windy tomorrow but not like today and getting much warmer.
Then glorious and sunny and mild for Saturday and Sunday.
:)

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Thu, 5 Mar 2015 17:13:18 GMT

Thanks Andy, hope you are right.

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Thu, 5 Mar 2015 17:17:24 GMT

Valloire was closed earlier in the week.

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Thu, 5 Mar 2015 23:11:19 GMT

Alp D'Huez lifts closed, 90kph wind.

Time to hire touring skis.

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Thu, 5 Mar 2015 23:35:29 GMT

Hope the wind calms down, we are off to La Thuile on 8/3, was even hoping to get a couple of runs in before the lifts close on Sunday. Not sure if forecasted warm weather is good or bad?

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 07:44:58 GMT

Bit of a problem in Val Gardena as well!
Tree fell onto the gondola cables......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31760605

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 08:54:25 GMT

Must've been a terrific experience for the people, so glad everybody's safe.

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 12:17:15 GMT

Was on that gondola only a couple of weeks ago :shock:

Glad I wasn't on it when this happened, though I suppose it would be quite a talking point. Not sure I'd ever the OH back on a lift if it happened to her :oops:.

Great that nobody was hurt :D.

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 13:19:40 GMT

I think drag lifts are much better than chair lifts or gondolas in high winds.

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:45:57 GMT

Nothing is good in high winds.

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 17:17:21 GMT

If they don't close lifts in high winds, you get situations like this: http://news.sky.com/video/1439840/dramatic-ski-resort-rescue

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 21:53:27 GMT

Someone farts in France they close the lifts

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 22:28:47 GMT

Great day today, sun and no wind.
Funny mountains all the best skiing is close to the resort, three excellent black runs all close enough to the bottom.
In saying that we had the whole resort skied by lunch time.
The Planibel is excellent and the food is very good but so far La Thuile is a bit crap.

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Sat, 7 Mar 2015 11:44:13 GMT

You must have missed a lot if you reckon you can ski the resort out in half a day. Red 4 takes about an hour on its own! Also stakes of more hidden runs over to the left , red 33 etc leading down to red 6. there are also a couple of runs, a red 4a and black 5 off blue 12 to join with red 4. You must ski faster than AllyG :lol:

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Sat, 7 Mar 2015 18:20:17 GMT

We do tend to go quick enough.
Found more today on the way to La Rosiere which was far better. We preferred the skiing in Ros too and covered over 50kms today including a very long button lift back up to La Thuile.
Bald Eagleman, red 4 takes about twenty mins!

Re:La Thuile closed today due to wind

Mon, 9 Mar 2015 19:00:50 GMT

I reckon I was wrong about the skiing in La Thuile.
We ended up with three great days skiing in the spring sun and its a place that I would certainly return.
There was five or six good and steep black runs that were always good and plenty of handy enough red and blue piste to cruise on. We preferred the far side of the mountain on the way over to La Rosiere too.
I still feel it would be limited for a full week but was great for a few days.