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Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?

Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?

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Started by Michellea20 in Beginning Skiing - 34 Replies

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Bandit
reply to 'Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?' posted Oct-2009

tino_11 wrote:


Tignes, France - Funicular to Rocher de Belvarde at 2827m, red, blue and greem to bottom.


As Rocher de Bellevarde is in Val D'Isere, not Tignes and the green runs in that resort are notoriously steep, I can't agree with your suggestion :lol:

Tino_11
reply to 'Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?' posted Oct-2009

bandit wrote:
tino_11 wrote:


Tignes, France - Funicular to Rocher de Belvarde at 2827m, red, blue and greem to bottom.


As Rocher de Bellevarde is in Val D'Isere, not Tignes and the green runs in that resort are notoriously steep, I can't agree with your suggestion :lol:


My bad on the resort, and come to mention it the grading up there was a wee bit questionable.
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Dave Mac
reply to 'Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?' posted Oct-2009

Niederau is good for beginners. Slopes are 30 metres from hotel. There are 3 drag lifts on the beginner slopes. It might be better to ski down at the bottom all week.

The problem with a gondola not going up, you can usually see just a 20ft drop. Coming down, you are looking at a 2000ft distance.

The fear of heights can be overcome in many, but not all cases. Familiarisation is a key factor. A prospective member of my family had this problem, so I worked with her to overcome her fear, and also with her skiing, she is now competent, and quite fearless. Had to do this before I could let her marry my son! :shock:

Ian Wickham
reply to 'Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?' posted Oct-2009

How about cross country skiing, might solve the problem 8)
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Jonah690
reply to 'Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?' posted Oct-2009

No cross country boarding!!!! after 5 mins of that he will be begging to get on a nice sitty down lift. :)

Der_Bomber
reply to 'Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?' posted Oct-2009

Pablo Escobar wrote:Scotland has lifts you don't even need to take your skis off for and your feet are on the ground at all times ;)


I was going to say Nevis Range... :lol: :mrgreen:

Chris1
reply to 'Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?' posted Oct-2009

Hi there,
In Bansko there is a green run at the top of the gondola and when you have mastered that, there is a 9km blue run down to the town with a drag lift about half way down on a very nice blue section (There's also a bar here which is handy.
There are a few restaurants and cafe's at the top of the gondola too, so meeting up for lunch is no problem.
We have had quite a few guests who have been scared of heights and they have been fine in the enclosed gondola.
There's also a very short chair lift that does not go very high which is a great next step for anyone who is nervous but wants to have a go at a small lift.
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Caron-a
reply to 'Is there anywhere that has Green/Beginner Slopes with Cable car access?' posted Oct-2009

michellea20 wrote:So my question is this: Does anyone know of a resort where there are beginner/green slopes that have either those drag lifts or fully enclosed cable carts to reach the top of those green slopes?


Alpe D'huez does exactly this. There are, I believe, 4 button lifts servicing the huge expanse of greens (I'm sure I've read that these lifts are now free) and once he's progressed he can get into a gondola that'll drop him at the top of these very long greens. It'd be perfect for him (I know from experience, I'm afraid of heights too).

Good luck :thumbup:

Topic last updated on 14-December-2009 at 14:01