saint foy lift pass

Hi

My first time posting here.
We, being husband and two children (17 and 14) are off skiing in two weeks .

Can any one advise if it is worth buying the saint Foy lift pass for 6 days or buying the one that covers Tigne and Val d'Isere . Are there any discounts for families

Thanks

bollinger wrote:Hi

My first time posting here.
We, being husband and two children (17 and 14) are off skiing in two weeks .

Can any one advise if it is worth buying the saint Foy lift pass for 6 days or buying the one that covers Tigne and Val d'Isere . Are there any discounts for families

Thanks

I love Sainte Foy and there is plenty to keep me interested.

Depends what you like to ski and how you like to ski it.

Sainte Foy lift pass gets you money off the other 'local' day passes.

Just back from Ste Foy.

Unless you plan to do lots of off-piste, you may get a little tired of the runs in S-F itself. They are long, and varied, but when it comes right down to it, there's 4 lifts... the scope for O-P is massive and it can be done in a non-scary way too, with some areas linking up with the pistes so you can be a bit of a novice like me but never think oo-er, where the hell am I.. that said, there is some hairy stuff too, probably more Pablo's territory...

So, to cut to the chase, you might want to ski elsewhere too. But like anywhere in the mountains, what looks to be a quick hop always takes longer... we went to la Rosiere and it didn't exactly blow my hair back. In all we probably spent two hours in faffing about getting there, getting our passes, getting oriented, getting up the mountain, only to run into the infamous local wind and have a terrible time on the pass to La Thuile with two young kids. meanwhile back in Ste Foy conditions were 'perfect'

Val is further up the valley; we skied there last year and it's pretty well organised, but busy.

Re the 'money off' other passes, it amounts to a few euros. And it's not available in every outlet - there is a list when you buy your old-style paper pass at the office at S-foy, and if for example you want to ski Les Arcs I think you have to get yr discounted ticket at the main office in Bourg (could be wrong on precise detail but something along those lines..)

I didn;pt see a family ticket on offer - the prices are on the Sainte Foy website tho.

have fun - eat at Maison a Colonnes.

thanks for your replies.
We are hiring a car fro Lyon airport so will have use of a car all week. What is the journey each morning by car to either Tignes, Val and other local areas . Is parking okay

If the snow is good - depending on what and how you ski - you won't want to travel anywhere. The off-piste is second to none.

Maybe half an hour/forty five minutes. It is a half hour to La Rosiere, don't waste your time.

Hi,

The nearest resort to you from Ste-Foy is Les Arcs, you can get into the Les Arcs lift system by going to Villaroger/Le Pre instead of driving down to Bourg-St-Maurice.

From Ste-Foy ski station/resort drive down to the main valley road, and turn left and drive on to Saint-Foy-en-Tarentaise village, as you enter the village the road will bend to the left and then to the right, on this bedn there is road off to the left signed Villaroger....take this road.

Follow the road down into the gorge and over the bridge (take car at the bridge as the road can be a little icy) carry on up the road into Villaroger, drive through the village square and out the otherside ,the road then forks....take the left fork up the hill to the apex of the next bend where you will see a sign that says La Ferme/Le Pre....take this track.

A little further on you will see a car park, you can park here, or carry on up the road to the main car park round to the left, the ski lift into the Les Arcs system is about 50yards or so from here, you are also near the bar/restaurant La Ferme.

With a full pass for Ste-Foy it includes either a free day in Les Arcs or a discounted days skiing ( you will have to check i am afraid as it's a while since i have done both).

If you PM me your postal details i have a spare Ste-Foy resort information brochure i would be happy to drop in the post to you if you would like.


All the best

jon.

doh!


sorry it's late ...... I meant to put at the bottom of the road from Ste-Foy turn right not left.....

.....it's been a long day

....what a numpty :D :D


jon.

Hi again,


You may well need snowchains to do the above drive to Villaroger, the roads are usually kept clear but there is a lot of snow about at the minute and the road is only a minor one.You can pick up a reasonably priced set of chains in SuperU in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the chains are near the far right corner as you go in, you will just need to make a note of your tyre size and then get the corresponding chains.....diamond pattern chains are better and have more grip than ladder pattern.

All the best,and have a great time

jon. :thumbup: