J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by karibuni_paul

Hi there

We offer short breaks and ski weekends in La Clusaz and the Aravis region, and have some availability over that period in January. We offer a package with airport transfers, catered chalet accommodation and your lift pass all included. There are no single supplements and the price is £420pp or £450pp.
Details can be found at http://www.skiweekender.com and please contact us for confirmed availability and pricing for your periods.

Many thanks

Paul

Hi Clare

We offer catered chalet Ski Weekends based in the Aravis Region of the French Alps - which includes the resorts of La Clusaz and Le Grand Bornand.
This region offers 220km of piste and is a fantastic ski area, plus very friendly and traditional alpine resorts.

Our trips run from Thursday to Monday and so should fit well with your flights, and will give you 4 full days of skiing.

Please visit our website at http://www.skiweekender.com and you can find full details of the chalet, skiing etc. Availability in Feb is filling up fast.

Hope that helps

Cheers

Paul

Bit of both really. The resort is certainly good for families and they have quite a bit going on in the village during the main holidays periods (Christmas and February particularly)

But - there is also a decent amount of nightlife too.

There are a number of really cool bars which are open until 2am, and 2 clubs which keep going until 5am. The resort is certainly not overrun by the English and its mainly a French feeling to the nightlife, but there are certainly choices to suit all tastes...sports bars, live music, cool funky wood cld lounges and nightclubs with glass dance floors over a mountain stream!

We offer catered chalet Ski Weekends and Midweek trips throughout the season. Perfect for a short break of 3 or 4 days, our packages include

- fully catered en-suite chalet accommodation
- transfers from Geneva airport
- your full Aravis region lift pass
- on site ski hire so always ready for 9am start!
- plus full services of our Ski Team in resort

Find full details at http://www.skiweekender.com

All our weekends are available to book now, and simply priced. Not dependant on last minute space or highly overpriced - a simple formula which works!

Suitable for individuals, couples, groups of friends or work colleagues. Whatever your reason for wanting a short break skiing we will ensure you get the most from your time away.

Please visit the website at www.skiweekender.com for full details
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Anyone looking for a last-minute and discounted break over Christmas or New Year??

Then check out the following short breaks and weekends over Christmas and New Year. we still have spaces in our catered chalet and so have now discounted the prices a little and added free ski hire!

With a short break of 3 or 4 days you can still enjoy all the party season, visit the family - but also squeeze some great skiing in as well!

Details of the weekends and short breaks can be found at http://www.skiweekender.com/christmas.htm

If you are still looking for a week long trip, then we can also help and full details can be found at http://www.karibuni.co.uk/ski_holidays/catered_chalet/specials_catered.html

Please contact us on info@karibuni.co.uk if you require any more information.

Many thanks

Paul

Yes you can ski right down to the village.

And although the village is 1100m the slopes and skiing is nearly all above the village, and so there are less issues with the snow quantity and quality than the village height might have you believe.

For example - there are green nursery and beginner slopes at 1450m on Beauregard Plateau, which is accesses by a high speed gondola and so you have a great area to learn on good snow.

Most of the skiing is above 1400m, and they do have a very good network of snow cannons to top up all of the key runs and slopes.
Last year was my 7th in the area, and certainly by far and away the worst. January was unseasonally warm (+10C when it should be -10C) and removed much of the good work that the resort had done with artifical snow etc.
Having said that - all of our guests that stayed with us skied everyday, and the reports back in the UK media were often far different from what was actually happening on the slopes!
It was certainly a tough year, and although its so hard to say - the start of this year is much more favourable. It has been cold (the ground is freezing) and we have had a few good snowfalls already, with the tops of the Aravis already very white. We have had snow in the village and the base on the upper slopes is looking encouraging already.

Apart from going to a real high altitude resort (Val Thorens etc) then I feel confident that La Clusaz will be as good (if not better) in snow terms than any of the other resort choices....

You can find details of the slopes and also a link to the webcam at
http://www.karibuni.co.uk/ski_holidays/aravis_region/aravis_slopes.html

Plus - also make sure you find the best slopes to ski on - again we have some details here of where is good to go.

Hope that helps, and you have a good time in La CLusaz

Cheers

Paul

Hi there

Both the links below will offer you advise and timetables of the bus service which runs from Geneva to La Clusaz.

http://www.saintjeandesixt.com/index.jsp?a=100546&aic=110178

http://media.skiinfo.com/images/dppic/f263230.pdf?c=42

Hope that it fits with your flight times... journey time is just over an hour on the bus and it comes direct!

Cheers

Paul

We do not enforce a single supplement on people coming to stay with us at our chalets in the Aravis region. With this we reserve the right to share people of the same sex in a twin room, although only if we are full and really have to.
If people wish to guarantee a single room then they can pay a supplement for this.

We find this to be the fairest way of doing it for all concerned, and as a result we do get quite a few people coming to stay with us and benefit from the sociable and relaxing atmosphere that a chalet offers.

Details can be found at www.karibuni.co.uk
Hope that helps.

Paul