Topic last updated on January at Username: Password: Remember Me? Lost Password I want to Sign-Up. Ski Forum Index France. Black was the night but brave was the heart as I left home at 1.
Bit of a crazy few hours as I had only booked to go on the Saturday morning, but all I forgot was my sunglasses and the nice people at the airport helped with a rather delightful pair of Oakleys :mrgreen: Totally pain free travel and transfer, in resort before noon. Was going to ski but didn't bother and had a sleep instead. But did get a beautiful pair of hired BBR 8. Pretty excited about that! Overall really impressed, nothing I could quibble about with the hotel, food, care or staff.
One had to walk more than 8yds to put skis on and I only managed to get back to the ski room door mat once during the week :oops: I was really lucky as there were 4 solo travellers in the hotel, all long term experienced skiers and we joined up on the first night and skied together all week. Pretty much similar speeds and it worked well. I skied with the MW host and it was a real joy. Fun, laughter, snow, coffee stops, lunch stops and I didn't look at a piste map all week.
We all know what the snow was like, just amazing. No powder left for us as all the accessible stuff had been skied out and the high winds before arrival had seriously limited what was available. Plus the ski hosts aren't allowed to go off piste at all. So if you are with Mark Warner and are expecting guiding off-piste you will be disappointed.
L2A is an intermediates paradise. I think they have crammed an enormous amount of skiing mileage into a relatively small area, all well linked and signposted. I particularly like the sector idea they use which makes getting lost nigh on impossible. I didn't see any places where the only way down was a difficult black or red, there was always a blue alternative. Not a lot for anyone wanting hard runs except for the low level face back down to the town which is a series of blacks and one nightmare of a green road, narrow and busy and apparently icy most of the time.
