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 #1 Getting away end of April? Posted 10/03/2010 @ 17:08 |
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Hi,
Is there anywhere to get a long weekend, maybe a week, mid / end of April?? Or have I missed the boat at that stage?
If anyone is planning a trip of some sort or has any info let me know  |
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| #2 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 10/03/2010 @ 17:17 |
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I'm off to Tignes for 4 days on 22nd April, The lifts are open till may 15th. |
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| #3 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 09:28 |
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We're off to Tignes for 3 days on May 1st. Hey Nick, are you staying with Mountain Sun? |
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| #4 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 09:52 |
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No I'm at Dragon Lodge but I've stayed at Melezes with Mountain Sun three times before |
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| #5 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 13:54 |
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QUOTE (flip_lmb - 11/03/2010 @ 09:28) We're off to Tignes for 3 days on May 1st. Hey Nick, are you staying with Mountain Sun?
can i ask where you booked your trip? im looking for a cheap long weekend around the same time! |
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| #6 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 14:10 |
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This is the mountain sun website where he booked with, same one ive stayed with, amazing deal but make sure you go for the Tignes one if youre going late season
http://www.mountainsunltd.com/short_breaks/
Edit** sorry wont let me make that a link tried three times@ |
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| #7 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 15:18 |
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Realistically, whats the snow like then? I've never gone out that late before?
Should be better this year anyway as it seems much colder than usual for the time of year |
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| #8 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 15:28 |
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Tignes is perfect till mid May, ive been last weekend in April for several years now and its always dumped fresh while i've been there. Historically they have more fresh snow fall in April than they do in March. |
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| #9 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 16:26 |
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Is it icy then? |
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| #10 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 16:26 |
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Is it icy then? |
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| #11 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 16:35 |
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Ermmmm well i don't have a crystal ball and you never can tell what weathers going to do on any given day but no in general it's the opposite, its sunny and slushy in April but as i said below it often dumps fresh snow then as well. |
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| #12 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 16:40 |
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Fair answer to a stupid question really!  |
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| #13 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 22:10 |
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QUOTE (inactive_16115 - 11/03/2010 @ 14:10) This is the mountain sun website where he booked with, same one ive stayed with, amazing deal but make sure you go for the Tignes one if youre going late season http://www.mountainsunltd.com/short_breaks/Edit** sorry wont let me make that a link tried three times@
cheers Nick, is les boisses the village nearest the dam?? |
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| #14 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 22:14 |
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It is yeah. It's a bus ride up to Le Lac lifts that late in the season as the lowers slopes down to Boisses and Breviers are usually pretty ropey by then. You can ride it but its not really worth as as its only ten minutes on the bus. |
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| #15 Re: Getting away end of April? Posted 11/03/2010 @ 22:30 |
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For other places check the closing dates.
I've ridden Tignes/Val in late April and had 10cms of fresh and no one else on the slopes.
I usually go somewhere at the end of April as they tend to have demos and bands and stuff at that end of the season. You can't say what the conditions will be like any more than any other time of course. If it's raining then I'd stay home, same as any other time. |
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