J2Ski group holiday to Tignes January 13th 2013

OldAndy wrote:Prediction ......
Totally grey by end of January 2013.
:mrgreen:

I will do my best -)

Sorry everyone, I just want to re-post this to make sure Bedrock Barney sees it, because I want to know where that second cafe is - it looks really lovely.

AllyG wrote:Thanks BB :D

And is this one your second restaurant, Le Bar de L'Ouillette?

http://www.restaurant-altitude.com/fiche_restaurant.php?id=42

bedrock barney wrote:
This is our regular stop in Val d'Isere as mentioned earlier in the thread. Great salads and quiche. Loads of people were also tucking into the barbeque food. Got very busy though so we tried to be in the queue by noon to avoid the crowds.



I'll do more reconnaissance when we are in Espace Killy 10 days before you lot. No charge!

Ally - that restaurant is at the top of the Solaise above Val D'Isere.

OldAndy wrote:Ally - that restaurant is at the top of the Solaise above Val D'Isere.

It is. The lift you can see in the picture is the Madeleine. Unless the planet suddenly lurches closer to the sun or international travel is banned, we will be having lunch there on Monday 31st December 2012. :D

OldAndy wrote:

Tony_H wrote:AT LAST!!!!


Ally G exposes herself on J2ski

If you see what I mean......

So she says but that pic could be of anyone!!
Only her word for it.
:roll:

You have a point

Thanks Andy :D

Edit
Sorry, my message crossed with yours, BB. Thanks for your help

I've just noticed that Bedrock Barney actually SAID it was the Bar de L'Ouillette (the one in my link) and somehow I just didn't notice :oops:

That link says it IS on the top of the Solaise at the foot of the Lac chairlift. And looking on the piste map I can see that if you go directly up from where it says Val d'Isere the cafe is slightly to the right, under where it says 'Ski Tranquille'.

I think I was ski-ing up there and it's somewhere near the flat rope tow along the top, but I'm not sure exactly how you get there (it all looks pretty flat and I'm not sure what is up and what is down - if you see what I mean!). Anyway, it looks like it's on the green Madeleine piste.

If you click on the piste map it gets bigger.

This might help a little:



The piste you can see on the other side of the lake is Madeleine (green). The piste to the left hand side of Madeleine is a blue and I think starts out as Marais but splits in two part way down. It is very easy to see the restaurant when you are at the top.

You can get the Datcha chair which brings you out just below the top of the Madeleine chair. From here you can go down the blue Marais or blue Fourche. There are some little connecting chairs at the top of the Solaise, one of which is called Lac which presumably will get you over to the restaurant but I don't think we ever used that lift.

From the top of the Madeleine express you can ski down a short distance and by keeping to the left hand side you can get to the red Arcelle piste which is great fun. The un-pisted Marmottons run also leads from here . That looked like a right pig of a run from the chair lift!

Thanks very much BB - most informative :D

At least I know now which way the Madeleine piste is going! And what a lovely photo :thumbup:

I think the Marmottons is one of the new 'naturide' pistes - ungroomed but secured. I think they're a very good idea, because you get to feel you're ski-ing off-piste but you are reasonable safe from avalanche.

Anyway - I will think about pistes another time, we are currently thinking about restaurants.

I haven't been able to find a menu or some prices for this mountain restaurant, but Trip Advisor ranks it 9th out of 70 restaurants in Val d'Isere. The comments say that it gets very busy around 1 p.m. and to try and get there either earlier or later.