Les deux alpes

d-don

Yawn I'm awake .. Time to do the hair and squash my bag closed I'm of to snow wohooo finally ... Ill update this thread everyday and try upload pics and videos for you all to giggle at

Dr Nic

Thinking about going on Feb 23 for a week. Interested...

tennis12

Undecided between here and alp dhuez where I was last year for mid Feb this year. Looking forward to your pics/videos

fannymagee

Radio silence- maybe he's been arrested for possession of blades??! ;-)

fobster

Sweet man, keep us posted! I'm going March 22nd for a week, staying in the UCPA. Ba-Boosh!

Dr Nic

Staying in UCPA feb 22nd. Cant wait!!!! :-)

John_Mc

fobster wrote: »

Sweet man, keep us posted! I'm going March 22nd for a week, staying in the UCPA. Ba-Boosh!

Dr Nic wrote: »

Staying in UCPA feb 22nd. Cant wait!!!! :-)

What's the story with UCPA? Never heard of it before but the price looks really good. Am I right in saying that it includes tuition and ski hire? What about ski passes?

What's Les Duex Alpes like as a resort? What airport are you flying to?

Thanks in advance for the advice!

Dr Nic

ucpa is a french non profit organisation thats like an upper class hostel with all inclusive ski/board stuff. I went val disere solo in december and had a ball. the gear was a little bit old for me, but others got brand new stuff. tuition was top class. best ive had. food was amazing. buffet style but all you can eat...

flying to grenoble. 96eur return and getting bens bus down for 56eur. cant wait!
no idea what les des alpes are like. dont care. im there for powder. dont care if i sleep in a cardboard box that i slowly eat all week. It supposed to be a good resort tho

Fattes

Dr Nic wrote: »

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no idea what les des alpes are like. dont care. im there for powder. dont care if i sleep in a cardboard box that i slowly eat all week. It supposed to be a good resort tho

It's a cracking resort and some UPCA hostels are pretty nice like the one in Agintierre

ckeego

For what it's worth fellas, here's my review of L2A last year..Gutted not to be going back this year-very envious!!:(

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=83281901

fobster

Looks like a nice few days over there at the moment, a mix of sunny days and snowy ones.

d-don

Right sorry folks i am back . I had to deal with a family issue but all is goos :-) now where do i start

d-don

okay here is a quick video of the Pano bar on the slopes... amazing apre ski but jeasussssssssssssssss the prices of beer n stuff


http://youtu.be/xvH-k1dsckU

thats me with me helmet on haahha

d-don

Okay here is my lo down on Les Deux Alpes...


Flight time : About 2 hours you fly from dublin to Grenobal ( small runway with a mad landing) All I can say is jesus what a small airport for the influx of people but well run .

Transfer: We went Cristal-ski which I will scald in a minute about their dirt service.. Transfer was 2:30 mins with some amazing views and mad cliff climbs.


Arrvival Les Deux Alpes:

The rep was bitching that this was his second airport trip of the day etc ( no violins here ) so the last drop off was beside the Diablo lift and about 25 people got off all going to the same place he points to up the road and said to us your hotel is up there then flys off on the bus ! took us 25 mins to find the place !

Anyways found the place called Mereiva ( think that is how its spelt) .. I would sleep in a ditch so the place did fine to stay in ..


Slopes:
Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww loved it up there . some lovely runs and cliff runs plenty for everybody.. At the top you can go under the glacier to a ice cave with cool carvings etc... We had snow fall one or two days so skiing conditions were good and the snow park was a great laugh with the jumps except boarders think they own the place ! trying to queue jump n stuff... dont know how I wasnt arrested .


Food and drink : Jeasusssssssssssssssssssss mary and joseph dont forget your safe when you are going... can of coke can reach a high of €3:50 - lowest price pint i got was €6:00 .. food is nice but pricey but even spar is pricey..


I know the above is brief but I will update later with loads of videos and of me helping skiiers on my blades hehehehehehe


The only thing I bought over there was clip in bindings for my blades which I must say was a steal of a price but clothing is expensive there too ! seen my north face trousers were over €300 and I paid (cough €80 ) in kildare outlet.


Anyways any questions please feel free to ask

d-don

Dr Nic

Can't believe ppl were giving mixed or poor reviews about this place. Its as good skiing as anywhere I've been. Val disere mayerhofen San Anton...

Loads of side piste for the adventerous intermediates and loads of approaches to the village. Not brilliant for beginners is about the only problem here. Best park I've seen

Due a big dump on Wednesday. Thurs Fri gonna be epic!!