I'm sick of the "blue runs" in Austria...............where to go for some gentle stuff in France?

Mel C wrote:Once again, thanks everyone for your thoughts and opinions.

Karen72 - i have gone for Chamrousse in the end. I gave up on Belle Plagne as the cost was just too much for us.

m0nk3y - i really liked the looked of L2A but am restricted to a preference for a short transfer time by my ski partner. You do sound like a similar standard skiier so i'd interested to hear where is next for you?!

To the more regular posters and experienced skiers - i guess my choice may seem a little disappointing but i had to severely compromise in the end on a combination of transfer time, cost and slopes. Personally i would have liked to have gone for Valmorel, Serre Chevalier or Montgenevre but hey ho the decision is made and i can't wait, just 8 and a half months to go :D

If you dont mind sharing the information, I'd be really keen to hear what you have paid for where you are going?

At the moment i've paid £75 - bargain! :-) sorry lame gag i know but deposit only at this stage.

The serious answer though is for one week SC, transfers, flight (traditional package ie. Crystal/Thomson) plus lift pass, boot and ski hire came to £515 and thats departing on the 30th Jan.

I would however mention that that includes about £75 of online discount and also a free lift pass so its deceptive really. It seems the lift pass is free with all the operators as i guess some kind of incentive to get more tourism there.

Many operators are doing free or 2 for 1 lift passes on resorts in January.
I got lift passes for £10 per person in ADH for next Jan.
That sounds very expensive for self catering to me. I hope its 5 star.

Obviously way after the fact but I thought I'd chuck a resort into the ring.
I know you've already booked but maybe one to consider for the future.

Flaine - Not one of the better known resorts and the nightlife isn't that great but in terms of runs it was pretty good.
It was only my wifes second trip and she found the blue runs nice enough to build confidence up on.
I seem to remember it having a fairly wide selection of runs and in terms of skiing it was one of the best I've been to.
There is one red run there called 'Jade' which has one steep part which is quite scarey.
My wife took a spectacular and long fall there which did shatter her confidence a bit so if you ever go there stay clear of that one.
It is one of the funnier stories we do bring up once in a while though :)

I have been bitten by the Austria bug though and I'd probably only go back to France for a weekend trip as its closer.
Resorts in France tend to have 2 to 3 hours transfer time which tends to bemuch longer thatn Austria.

I did go to St Johann and I though the runs were generally ok.
We went to Fieberbrunn for the day and we found the blues to be fine there too.
One of our party was a novice and got on ok.

Anyway good luck and have fun.