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| complete
beginners are well catered for with a free lift, or a local lift
pass for 11 lifts for FF57 per day, covering green runs only. full
lift pass necessary for those in the ski school. |
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| vast choice
of blue and red runs, with some of the best on Le Signal d'Homme and
Plat des Marmottes. no queuing is the norm. pass covers runs in
Serre Chevalier and Les Deux Alpes. Skiing available right to the
resort, even at season end. |
|
| confident
skiers should try the Sarenne, the longest black run in Europe, at
16km. once started, it must be completed as there are no exits on
the descent!. other black runs to try are La Fuma, the Tunnel and
the Super Signal mogul field. |
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| go in search
for powder in areas such as Gorge de Sarenne and the Glacier de
Sarenne. free-stylers will find an impressive pipe and snowboard
park. an abundance of natural kickers and rollers around the resort. |
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| 5
cable
cars | 9 gondolas | 24 chairlifts | 46 drag lifts | 1
bucket lift |
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number of lifts
|
|
| 85 |
|
uphill capacity per hour
|
| 90,000 |
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direction of slopes
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|
S,W,N |
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summary
|
good
|
average
|
poor
|
|
nursery slopes
|
m
|
|
|
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off-piste / ski touring
|
m
|
|
|
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cross country
|
|
m
|
|
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snowboarding
|
m
|
|
|
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tree level skiing
|
|
|
m
|
|
summer skiing
|
|
m
|
|
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children's facilities
|
m
|
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|
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snow making facilities
|
m
|
|
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total length of pistes |
| 220km |
|
piste type and number |
|
easy |
|
38 |
|
intermediate |
|
61 |
|
difficult |
|
13 |
|
longest run |
| 16km
Sarenne Glacier |
|
number of snow cannons |
| 480 |
|
mountain restaurants |
| 16 |
|
cross country trails |
| 54km |
| night
skiing? |
| 3
nights per week |
|
number of ski instructors |
| 280 |
|
usual hours of instruction |
| 0925-1225
or 1420-1650 sun-fri supplement for morning lessons |
|
photo required for lift pass? |
|
yes |
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