We’ve had some continuous internet access for a change and not a lot to tell so I thought I’d share this…
Browsing for some information on the Portes Du Soleil ski area that we’re based in I searched for ‘Abondance’. I should have looked for ‘La Chapelle d’Abondance’ as that’s the ski area on the map. However, the results I got for Abondance were quite interesting….
The Trashers park is a snowpark, in Avoriaz, on a miniature scale, made especially for kids (that’s what it says in the literature anyway). On the day I found the Trashers park it wasn’t just kids hitting the rails and small kickers, the snowpark was used by all age groups. The park is situated on the left shortly after you have gone through the tunnel on the blue Proclou run.
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I stumbled upon this Youtube video on someone’s snowboarding blog today, it shows 29 pretty damn stylish ground tricks. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s not financially viable to pay for a lift pass in a different resort every single week, 200 euros a week would soon add up! So instead we need to base ourselves at one ski area for the majority of the season and then visit other resorts as we see fit. That way we can just purchase a single season pass for fewer than 1000 euros and then day passes when visiting other resorts.
So to help us decide where our base will be I have compiled a list of resorts with details of lift pass prices, size of ski area and number of terrain parks.
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