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  1.5 of 5 07/01/2003 @ 13:35:46 |
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| Price Paid |
| £300 |
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| Booked Trip Through |
| IGLU |
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| Times Visited |
| Just Once |
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| Review Detail |
Went to Soldeu first week in Feb 2002.
Lucked out with a huge dump of powder on night 2 ... which meant we had tons of slopeside powder and beautiful pistes to play in for the remaining days.
Unfortunately and very frustratingly the whole 'left hand side' of the resort remained closed for pretty much two days because the management/staff didn't get round to digging out the lifts and getting the chairs running ... what's that all about. Excuse me ... lift pass ... cash ... get to work!!!
Some of the lift lines were a pain ... with the usual nonsense of skiers walking across my board *grrr* All in all IMO the hill's just too small for the number of people trying to ski/ride it.
Also, LOTS of beginners littering the pistes in various states of exhaustion/distress. Very funny seeing how many people would take on the run under the gondola when they were nowhere near good enough to ride or ski it.
Soldeu itself was a bit of an armpit.
Probably good for taking your first steps, but I'm always amazed when I see people saying it's not just a beginner's resort. Oh yes it is. |
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| Strengths |
Lucked out with lots of fresh fluffy stuff.
Helpful staff in the snow/ski shops.
Good for beginners. |
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| Weaknesses |
Way too small.
Too many other people.
Dull town.
Ibiza on ice. |
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| Similar Resorts Visited |
Mt Baker
Mt Hood
Mt Bachelor
Heavenly
Kirkwood |
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 2 of 5 26/11/2002 @ 13:45:42 |
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| Price Paid |
| 300 quid? |
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| Booked Trip Through |
| Thomas Cook |
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| Times Visited |
| Just Once |
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| Review Detail |
Best thing is the cheap beer (though you'll find it cheaper, eg. Livigno, Italy).
Ok resort for beginner or intermediate (I was intermediate at the time). Went mid-late Jan but snow was icy.
I shalln't return (to Andorra at all probably) - I'd get bored probably. |
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| Strengths |
Cheap. But then there's cheaper...
One nice natural half pipe trail.
Go DOWN the main road, there's a pub/restaurant by itself, just before the apartment blocks at the hairpin bend. Do the vodka-mars bar shots. Quality! |
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| Weaknesses |
Crowded slopes.
'village' is tiny. Hardly anything there other than a few pubs.
Quite a few drag lifts.
No powder. |
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| Similar Resorts Visited |
| Whistler BC, Chamonix (Argentiere & others), Cotes 2000, Killington, Livigno |
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