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| Accommodation | 9/10  |
|---|---|
| Customer Service | 9/10 |
| Resort | 9/10 |
| Food | 5/10 |
| Value for Money | 7/10 |
| Overall rating | 8/10 |
Full review by
BOB.
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on 24th Mar 2003
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Good Points: Superb location as set into the mountains. White desert above the valley floor. The black and red runs to Bellevarde - 2000MT descent - with a ski sunday twisty downhill at the end. The grooming of the pistes is almost to the high USA standard.
Bad Points: Poor nursery slopes . Not easy intermediate skiing . Some serious flats on blue runs , you could build your biceps here . We were in a chalet where the chalet girls could not cook!! So we had to have lunches which are not cheap!
General comments: At night you enter the upper Isere valley (Isere is the river and Val is valley) through tunnels and narrow defiles with frozen waterfalls cascading down to the side of the road . Much of the setting is floodlit in a most dramatic fashion . It is like a set for Lord of the Rings .
The resort is hemmed in tightly by steep mountains . At the top of some of the areas you feel as though you could jump 3000ft(1000mts) right into the narrow village street far below.
The pubs , restaurants and clubs go till dawn and most of that time you can catch a free bus to anywhere in the village .
Two fast underground trains now take you to the top of the mountains ..ten minute queue , 5 minute white knuckle ride and 30 minute at least skii down.
I HAVE SKIIED EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT I COULD STILL WRITE A BOOK ABOUT 'VAL' . MY ADVICE IS GO NOW ...THERE IS STILL PLENTY SNOW TILL WELL AFTER EASTER !
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