Val D' Isere 2006

Whomp · 13-06-2005, 22:40

In 2004, it was Kitzbuhel. Awesome!!!
We made lots of friends from all over Europe. Especially the little Romanian girl at the Londoner.

In 2005, we did Whistler. Snow sucked and nightlife was just ok. It was no Kitzbuhel.

My friend Karen works for SAS and gets us good deals.
Thoughts?

SKI VAL D' ISERE, FRANCE --FEBRUARY 17-25, 2006

Hi Everybody,
Time goes so fast and Ski season will be here before we know it. I have 2
quotes for 2006,
Val D' Isere France and St Anton Austria. Val D'Isere is a LUXURY RESORT and
all the skiing you can manage, please see quote below:

$1922.00
VAL D' ISERE February 17-25,2006
Price includes:
*** Round Trip Air Transportation from Chicago-Geneva-Chicago
*** Private Ground transfers from Geneva Airport - Val d'Isere - Geneva
Airport
*** 7 nights hotel accomodations at Hotel Tsanteleina
*** Double occupancy with private bath
*** Breakfast and Dinner Daily
*** All Taxes

SKI FACTS about Val d' Isere:
Altitude of Ski Resort: 6,070 Feet
Vertical Drop: 4,290 Feet
Number of Lifts: 120
Number of marked Runs: 186 Miles

Ski Lift: 6 Day Ski Pass for Val D' Isere approximately $190.00

DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR VAL D' ISERE RESORT THE HOTEL IS REQUESTING A DEPOSIT
OF $330.00 PER PERSON BY JULY 6TH. Please let me know who is interested,
Thanks Karen

Shabbaman · 13-06-2005, 22:41

Is that $1922 per person?

Whomp · 13-06-2005, 22:44

Yep. Air fare/hotel. It's about 30 of us from US and Norway that go.
She told us that Val d' Isere is the most expensive of the ski trips we'd take but the best place to go too.

col · 13-06-2005, 23:30

St Anton is pretty but mostly tough skiiing. Upper class and expensive. Typically Austrian.

Val is huge but concrete with lots of good bars. Cheap and full of boozers. Typically French.

Schip · 13-06-2005, 23:57

Val rocks. Price is not to bad, and snow is always good. Lots of students go there (if they can afford it), the night live is really good.

Socrates · 14-06-2005, 00:29

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by col

Val is huge but concrete with lots of good bars. Cheap and full of boozers. Typically French.

Err... I tend to disagree a little, but you're really right when you talk about the concrete style that was so French during the Trente Glorieuses (1945-1975). I hate it so much, but it gave us something after the war, uh ? I myself go skiing not far from Val D'Isère, in a little station called Peisey-Vallandry, inside the newly regrouped resorts Les Arcs and La Plagne (all of this in the Vanoise part of the Alps, like Val d'Isère). Our little station isn't made of concrete bars at all, rather a few hotels and many, many wooden houses, more of family style. Almost no night life, but when you got friends, you can do what you want, like walk to the big parts of Les Arcs actually, where you'll find your share of night life.

But I agree on the description of Val D'Isère, though I've never been skiing there (too luxurious for our family style), I've just walked through there once in summer.

Happy happy skiing in France if you make it !

EDIT : And please talk in meters, pleeeaaase !

Shabbaman · 14-06-2005, 07:38

La Plagne is nice indeed. I'll be in Val Thorens again this winter, most likely. It won't cost me such an obscene amount of money though.

Whomp · 14-06-2005, 16:51

I think I'll pass. From what you guys are saying and since I'm getting emails back from my crew and they'd prefer scuba diving this year over Val D'Isere. I have a friend with a house in Steamboat, Colorado so maybe this year's ski trip will be on the cheap side.

I'll save for a trip to the Amalfi Coast instead. One place in Europe I've always wanted to go to. (Maybe the Italians will break off from the EU and I'll be able to pay in lira instead)[

]

Krys--Sorry I copied straight from her email.
The cost would be approx 1596 EUR.and 157.81 EUR for lift tickets.
The mountain has 299.34 Kilometers of runs, 1850 meters high with a 1307 meter vertical drop.

Thanks for all of your advice. I've been to Europe quite a few times and I'm always interested in the locals thoughts. We're not the touristy tourist types.

Stapel · 22-06-2005, 13:42

I've been to France, Switzerland and Austria for skiing, several times.

It's really hard to say when&why to go where. In general, Austria has traditional villages where 90% of all housing has been remodelled into hotels and the like. 10% persists in collecting cattle...... Some of these villages are indeed the family friendly snob collectors (I wouldn't say upper class, I prefer snobs).
St. Anton is not too bad! Lech and Serfaus are worse!
Many french villages are totally new (lots of concrete indeed). Most French areas are huge and have a wide variety of slopes.

Sometimes there are different types of villages in one area. In the trois-vallées the difference between Courchevel and Val Thorens is immense.

col · 22-06-2005, 13:59

Yeah - I've skied Les Trois Vallees several times. I stayed in Courchevel. Val T is modern concretey and like a moonscape being above the tree line.

13-06-2005, 22:40	#1
Whomp King Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago. Posts: 2,388	Val D' Isere 2006 In 2004, it was Kitzbuhel. Awesome!!! We made lots of friends from all over Europe. Especially the little Romanian girl at the Londoner. In 2005, we did Whistler. Snow sucked and nightlife was just ok. It was no Kitzbuhel. My friend Karen works for SAS and gets us good deals. Thoughts? SKI VAL D' ISERE, FRANCE --FEBRUARY 17-25, 2006 Hi Everybody, Time goes so fast and Ski season will be here before we know it. I have 2 quotes for 2006, Val D' Isere France and St Anton Austria. Val D'Isere is a LUXURY RESORT and all the skiing you can manage, please see quote below: $1922.00 VAL D' ISERE February 17-25,2006 Price includes: * Round Trip Air Transportation from Chicago-Geneva-Chicago * Private Ground transfers from Geneva Airport - Val d'Isere - Geneva Airport * 7 nights hotel accomodations at Hotel Tsanteleina * Double occupancy with private bath * Breakfast and Dinner Daily * All Taxes SKI FACTS about Val d' Isere: Altitude of Ski Resort: 6,070 Feet Vertical Drop: 4,290 Feet Number of Lifts: 120 Number of marked Runs: 186 Miles Ski Lift: 6 Day Ski Pass for Val D' Isere approximately $190.00 DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR VAL D' ISERE RESORT THE HOTEL IS REQUESTING A DEPOSIT OF $330.00 PER PERSON BY JULY 6TH. Please let me know who is interested, Thanks Karen __________________ If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.--W. C. Fields

13-06-2005, 22:41	#2
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,494	Is that $1922 per person? __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

13-06-2005, 22:44	#3
Whomp King Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago. Posts: 2,388	Yep. Air fare/hotel. It's about 30 of us from US and Norway that go. She told us that Val d' Isere is the most expensive of the ski trips we'd take but the best place to go too. __________________ If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.--W. C. Fields

13-06-2005, 23:30	#4
col King Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Sandwich Islands. Posts: 1,529	St Anton is pretty but mostly tough skiiing. Upper class and expensive. Typically Austrian. Val is huge but concrete with lots of good bars. Cheap and full of boozers. Typically French. __________________ I can't be arsed.

14-06-2005, 07:38	#7
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,494	La Plagne is nice indeed. I'll be in Val Thorens again this winter, most likely. It won't cost me such an obscene amount of money though. __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

13-06-2005, 23:57	#5
Schip Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 289	Val rocks. Price is not to bad, and snow is always good. Lots of students go there (if they can afford it), the night live is really good.

14-06-2005, 16:51	#8
Whomp King Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago. Posts: 2,388	I think I'll pass. From what you guys are saying and since I'm getting emails back from my crew and they'd prefer scuba diving this year over Val D'Isere. I have a friend with a house in Steamboat, Colorado so maybe this year's ski trip will be on the cheap side. I'll save for a trip to the Amalfi Coast instead. One place in Europe I've always wanted to go to. (Maybe the Italians will break off from the EU and I'll be able to pay in lira instead)[] Krys--Sorry I copied straight from her email. The cost would be approx 1596 EUR.and 157.81 EUR for lift tickets. The mountain has 299.34 Kilometers of runs, 1850 meters high with a 1307 meter vertical drop. Thanks for all of your advice. I've been to Europe quite a few times and I'm always interested in the locals thoughts. We're not the touristy tourist types. __________________ If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.--W. C. Fields

22-06-2005, 13:42	#9
Stapel Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 3,196	I've been to France, Switzerland and Austria for skiing, several times. It's really hard to say when&why to go where. In general, Austria has traditional villages where 90% of all housing has been remodelled into hotels and the like. 10% persists in collecting cattle...... Some of these villages are indeed the family friendly snob collectors (I wouldn't say upper class, I prefer snobs). St. Anton is not too bad! Lech and Serfaus are worse! Many french villages are totally new (lots of concrete indeed). Most French areas are huge and have a wide variety of slopes. Sometimes there are different types of villages in one area. In the trois-vallées the difference between Courchevel and Val Thorens is immense. __________________ Vrooooooooooommmmmm Stapel doesn't like cricket

22-06-2005, 13:59	#10
col King Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Sandwich Islands. Posts: 1,529	Yeah - I've skied Les Trois Vallees several times. I stayed in Courchevel. Val T is modern concretey and like a moonscape being above the tree line. __________________ I can't be arsed.