Messages posted by : SusanR
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Has anyone taken the train from Turin airport to Verres ? How often do they run and how long does the journey take? :?:
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Check out the new company ski secrets for Champoluc, managed by Carole McKenna who has been based there for many years with crystal and esprit. They have great offers for weekends and pre christmas!Well worth a look !amazed
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see champoluc reply
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Sorry have no idea, however if you can get to verres ( by Train) you can get a bus from there . Also I think that there is a ski bus transfer from Milan to Aosta during the winter -
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Sorry do not know appartment.For a ski guide there is always the world champion speed skier, simone origone who is based in Champoluc, he would deft. ski the pants off your more adventurous skiers ( however do remember he can ski at just over 162kms per hour!) His brother Jean Noel Origone is also there and speaks perfect English.Enjoy yourselves - We will be returning from Champoluc on 12th Feb and then returning on the 5th March so I'll try to let you know what the conditions are like
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My husband and I have been skiing in Champoluc for the last seven years, generally for a month in January and the going back for a couple weeks in March ( I know life is hard). There was only one year when the snow was very limited however we still managed to ski every day as the snow making facilities coped well, as you will know you have just got to get on with it. Apart from Sundays when at peak times there can be a build up at the bottom of crest (compaired to other resorts though its maybe max. 10mins to get on).We stay in Champoluc as this is what suits us, entertainment at night is generally bars, rest. rather than partying to 4 in the morning ( thank god !)If you are still looking for appartments let me know.
The ski bus system is a little "Italian" my advise is ask someone, reading the bus time table is iteresting.Also if you are stuck on the wrong side of the valley from where you are staying it will be a very expensive taxi ride, be careful! Please, please if you are going off piste take a guide there were several deaths last year, even people who have skied there a lot have problems, and now being relly old and stade I spoke to one of the guys who had to go down and collect the bodies and it is not funny,(Seing the wife returning home with three kids, when the father had died two days previous makes you think)The on piste safety is fantastic one of the few resorts where you are virtually guarenteed to be air lifted and in Aosta in 20mins(and not receive a huge bill when you return home) Enjoy your ski Susan |
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My husband and I have been skiing in Champoluc for the last seven years, generally for a month in January and the going back for a couple weeks in March ( I know life is hard). There was only one year when the snow was very limited however we still managed to ski every day as the snow making facilities coped well, as you will know you have just got to get on with it. Apart from Sundays when at peak times there can be a build up at the bottom of crest (compaired to other resorts though its maybe max. 10mins to get on).We stay in Champoluc as this is what suits us, entertainment at night is generally bars, rest. rather than partying to 4 in the morning ( thank god !)If you are still looking for appartments let me know.
The ski bus system is a little "Italian" my advise is ask someone, reading the bus time table is iteresting.Also if you are stuck on the wrong side of the valley from where you are staying it will be a very expensive taxi ride, be careful! Please, please if you are going off piste take a guide there were several deaths last year, even people who have skied there a lot have problems, and now being relly old and stade I spoke to one of the guys who had to go down and collect the bodies and it is not funny,(Seing the wife returning home with three kids, when the father had died two days previous makes you think)The on piste safety is fantastic one of the few resorts where you are virtually guarenteed to be air lifted and in Aosta in 20mins(and not receive a huge bill when you return home) Enjoy your ski Susan |
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My husband and I have been skiing in Champoluc for the last seven years, generally for a month in January and the going back for a couple weeks in March ( I know life is hard). There was only one year when the snow was very limited however we still managed to ski every day as the snow making facilities coped well, as you will know you have just got to get on with it. Apart from Sundays when at peak times there can be a build up at the bottom of crest (compaired to other resorts though its maybe max. 10mins to get on).We stay in Champoluc as this is what suits us, entertainment at night is generally bars, rest. rather than partying to 4 in the morning ( thank god !)If you are still looking for appartments let me know.
The ski bus system is a little "Italian" my advise is ask someone, reading the bus time table is iteresting.Also if you are stuck on the wrong side of the valley from where you are staying it will be a very expensive taxi ride, be careful! Please, please if you are going off piste take a guide there were several deaths last year, even people who have skied there a lot have problems, and now being relly old and stade I spoke to one of the guys who had to go down and collect the bodies and it is not funny,(Seing the wife returning home with three kids, when the father had died two days previous makes you think)The on piste safety is fantastic one of the few resorts where you are virtually guarenteed to be air lifted and in Aosta in 20mins(and not receive a huge bill when you return home) Enjoy your ski Susan |
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