Val d'lsere info

Its the lads first time in Val d'lsere.
On that basis I am interested in gaining any information you can give me with the following:-

1 Apres Ski - Where's good and at what times of day. like live bands etc
2. Any reviews / experiences of anyone who may have stayed at the Chalet Saffron
3.The one thing thatis not to be missed during our stay.

go to tignes for a day skiing at least and stay away from the val disere glacier

booze wise its all bloody excellent but pricey!

Tignes - we'll give it a go , why not the glacier ?

We'll be looking good - 10 mid fortyish lads looking the part in baggy pants

VDI is one of my favourite resorts and I'm kind of jealous (though we're off to 3Valleys so cant complain!)

A day in Tignes checking out stuff like the Aguille Perce (rock with a hole in it) and heading all the way down to Tignes les Brevieres (snow permitting but I see no reason why not this winter)

Bars in town are great with plenty of choice - we liked Bananas at the bottom of the face run - free WiFi too! as well as Cafe Face (opposite the legendary Dicks Tea Bar which is eye wateringly expensive so bit unfair that the reps sometimes have their welcome mettings there.....) Cafe Face has good happy hours and live music most of the time

Can't help you with a review of that chalet though I'm afraid

Andy

VDI is a massive area, the three times I have been have all been in January & conditions have always been excellent. As stated by previous posts the espace Killy area of Tignes is excellent. Favorite run for me is the OK piste/orange piste into La Dallie, if you watch Eurosport tomorrow morning you will see the ladies FIS downhill skiers ski these runs. Its pretty cool skiing into the finish area & there is a good cafe bar at the bottom. It can be a bit of a scrum at the end of the day trying to get on the bus fom La Dallie to VDI so try & plan your day so you end up on the Solaise side of VDI.
Après ski is what ever you want it to be from chic cafe bars to jumping music bars. Only down side to VDI is it's very commercial & unfortunately expensive, don't expect the personal touch you get from some of the other less commercial stations.

Thanks for the info, getting exited now counting the days Ye Ha !

Finn wrote:Favorite run for me is the OK piste/orange piste into La Dallie

Oh yes - well mentioned - a great run that is manageable by any intermediate but is all about how much you want to push

Lots of fun :D

Check put the saloon bar, its great crack at night time and the price for drinks isnt too bad. Another place to go for food is either the Lodge(best steak ever) and also quicksilver roxy cafe where they have free wifi if you have the laptop. Then once the bars close, just head up to dick's tea bar and you will have a savage time. Theres another nightclub beside's the Village of children but i cant remember the name of the club. Its across from the lift that goes up to the solaise area, its quite good club and the live bands are pretty good.

If you want to watch a match, head to the pacific bar where they show all the matchs and have cheap drink aswell. They have 3 60 inch tvs so you will have plenty of view, i watch the barcalona and Real Madrid match in there and it was savage

If your in the mood for a student night, head to Moris bar where theres a lot of young people and generaly theres a band playing aswell. Theres some mighty crack in there and they are not too scabby with the drink.


The skiing is pretty good, personaly i think the solaise and the val galicer is pretty good and theres a chair lift in the solaise side that if you ski a lot in val you know when to hope off the chair lift onto a savage off piste, be careful though you may get your lift pass taken off you if you are caught.

Val's side is pretty good skiing personaly, thats where i go ever year to do a performance course with a level 4 basi coauch that knows the area very well(savage to know if you want to go off piste on powder days) and also where i did my level 1 and will be doing my level 2 in april. I really cant find anything wrong with Val to be honest

Tignes have some sweet area's and its great freestyle park, best time to go is half way through march when they have the europen x games which is great fun.

anyway theres plenty of more stuff, but i only know the val side and its mostly about cheaper accomindation and always always email the tourist board in val and see if you can get half price lift pass for the escape killy. Been getting them two years running :D

p.s.
best run ever is either the Grand Prix or Borsat