Val d'Isere reviews (Page 7)

A hot tip for Swedish bummers is to hang out on the Grand Nord in the evenings. Jocke (moi) at the bar, who himself is an old bummer from Valdisere, Engelberg, Åre, etc., would like to have more than one company. Cheap bum prices and some regular company games to drive the evening with. Hope for some nice bumhappenings ..

Have been twice in Val D'iser / Tignes and both of these times have exceeded my expectations. Backs are abundant and they are tall steep and well-prepared. Had the pleasure of taking snowshoeing from Le Grand Motts (Lift Station) up to the village of Tignes and this experience paid the whole trip. The unbelievable of this huge system was that it was mostly well-prepared slopes completely unbelievable. However, luckily they would not have succeeded after a huge snowfall, which gave a lot of sneezing :-)

Also got the pleasure of going down for an unknown ravine, maybe the ride was not the best but definitely exciting when you did not know where it would end. Sometimes it just ended with a high wall where there was a small hole to creep down through to reach the next level. The ravine lay somewhere between the Tomme and La Daille lifts.

Val D'iser is a very nice and nice town. However, very expensive but there is a lot to do in the evening. Have also lived in Tignes Le-lac, which shows that there is no cosiness factor, so I recommend staying in Val D'iser.

Been there January 2003 for ten days. Totally wonderful skiing, best ever. Good off-road skiing unless you have an instructor who can the area! Unbelievably big, but take a couple of days and locate yourself, so it will be the most gruesome ride so far ... going and season in Chamonix now in January - returns with a comparison =)

Were in Val d'Isere week 3, -04. What can you say, we managed to dig a fat snowman! Got there on Saturday, then the weather was ok. On Sunday we went out into the system and it was flat light and half-timed with snow. However, the guides had said we were lucky because it had just snowed the week before ... bah

On Monday, the storm had begun, snow snow and snow again, the snowmassed snowmobile on Tuesday was mostly shut down in the system. On Wednesday, it continued but went into the rain ahead day. At night it had been storm so no avalanches could blow up and most of them were damn it. Apparently, on the mountain, avalanches had gone into slopes (yes we saw it later) in "face". In the village, it was about 20cm slash due to rain of type 80cm snowy snow. MISERY!

On Thursday it sprang up the day and we had some nice skiing in the sunshine ... however, it became the usual "myrstacks ski" when, in principle, 80% of the slopes were shut down due to a collision with the air.

Lovely! We thought of a friday with sun and pillows, but NO, of course, it would start to snow again ... suck. Last time we stopped at the lifts when they were driving. Met other Swedes who also had their last hope of getting a little late then. Finally, they opened a couple of lifts and we got some ok ride in a lot of snow but the flatlight (as usual) but one was happy for the little one.

I think for sure Val d'Isere is fantastic in the right conditions but after such a waste of travel it is hard to find so much positive. So next time I'm thinking about going to the Alps in January, I'll probably think an extra time .....

Staying in Val week 4, 2004. The weather was as usual in January; three days of snow + flat light and three days of sunny sunshine. When the sun was shining, it was quite comfortable and you could sit up on the Pissaillas glacier and sunbathe for a while.

As far as the ride is concerned, it is very varied. The offpiste is in close proximity to the slopes, and when the maximum rush is over the tree line, just climb the pistons and drive. This makes the resort suitable for even beginners who can try out the pace without risking life and limb. For the good-looking skier, you can find good runs from a number of lifts, especially the Signal, Manchet Express (Solaise), Tommeuses (Bellevarde, Slant a little) to avoid the whole Tignes with some classic black runs "Sache" right down to Les Brevieres.

Most people think that the best ride is in Tignes but it is a truth with reservation. Some backs there are clearly overpopulated by idiotic Englishmen who have Tignes as charter. You'll easily recognize them on the plow swing (they never learn even though they have spent a week in the Alps every year since they were small knots, meaning they must have some mental blockage ...), blades and their wonderfully ugly joker sleeves. For this reason, it may be a good idea to live in Val despite the fact that the neighboring town of La Daille is cheaper as LD lacks nightlife.

Unlike most reviews on this site, I think French is at least as nice as Italians. That they do not speak English is an old myth. A little school French and a smile you will be badly far on too.

In conclusion, I can say that Val d'Isère is a badly beautiful place; snow-safe, charming city, huge system with a lot of variety and modern lifts, good easy-to-reach offpiste and soft locals.

On the minus side, all the English who form a health hazard (both in the back and in the pub) have a pretext for playing hooligans), expensive prices (over a hundred bucks for pasta with meatballs sauce are cheap here), some insane transport stretches that can provide freaks psychosis (especially "vallon" and both "génépy"), many cushion hunters who riot the snake faster than wicked and the ESF penetrating the elevator queue.

Finally, I warn you are like charters. Do not join on pistons; not here and not anywhere else either. You just get lazy and confused. The only excuse is if you want to drag a 360 mute in front of the fresh chicken to the tour leader (they usually like that;)
They will probably also warn to drink tap water (due to the glacier). Drink the tap water (or better bears / wine), but not for the hysterical reason. We drank the water every day and watched the clock.

Skysst ski resort that works for both the hikers and the novice. It's a big area considering that you can cross to Tignes, wonderful! Many opportunities for good off-peak shooting!
It was good nightlife and you managed to fix a nice google burn in 1.5 weeks.
The food is expensive and the French attitude is as expected, but everything else in the village weighs this up.
Clearly to recomend!

Val d'Isère, Val d'Isère .., which place! The ski system was excellent, with a real plus to go over to Tignes where the ride was really good! There is a snowboard park somewhere in the big system, but I never found it. Count on a lot of transport distances! There are many kiddie-slopes at Soleilliften for those who have children or feel they have to apply for their technique in Bamsebacken for a while. Food in the hill is expensive as it is often in these places, we found a place where you got a pasta for about 8 €, which is reasonable. Otherwise, just pack a baguette and some cheese. I really can recommend the cheese! There are not many places on earth where the cheese is as good as it is in France. Brie, Ambondance, goat cheese ... just pick and choose, because when you get home, they will not have even half of your favorites in the cheese dish on human consumption. In addition, they are not as good either. Go and ask Anthony at Sherpa, he can do his thing. The village was terrific and the after-skin at the Saloon was shady. Clud 21's guards have while watching the watch so beware of them. But Dick's Tea Bar is a classic of several algae. One thing to keep in mind: Frenchmen are hard to deal with, always knocking them together, they bring them! Either way, I highly recommend Val d'Isère!

Val D'Isere is probably one of the world's best ski resorts. The area is very large, but coherent and after a few days orientation quite easy to understand. There is a good variety of slopes, from steep to flat and wide. The preparation is sometimes great! Offpiste opportunities are great. There are large areas adjacent to the lifts, but the competition for the lice is quite hard. For the most part, there are also at least 1 fun park that holds a nice class.

The negative with the resort is what matters with French tourism. The attitude is quite stiff and the French are quite unpleasant and not very service oriented. In addition, the food is very expensive and it may be a bit difficult for someone who likes Swedish food to keep a varied, good and simple diet when living in self-catering. Here's nothing for free!

However, the overall impression of Val D'Isere is clearly approved. After all, skiing is the most important thing!

be yourself in the election d'Isere in March this year. they were absolutely wonderful .. the clock wolf day, snowed at night and shining sun on the day except last day .. awesome snowparks and cool lifts, the slopes were good but too bad it was so steep slopes to the village. they became quite pie in the afternoon .. what made the whole grade completely was that I broke my clavicle when I was to slide in the snowboarding country. but they are nice in the sun but finally. you are so terribly jealous !!!

I managed to dump my stay in Val D during a snowfall lasting about 8 days. This meant that there were bottomless pow every day the problem was that all the higher-elevation was impossible because the lifts were closed. Luckily there is a whole nice forest skiing in the area and it made the trip a treat. The forest skiing was sometimes a small larch forest and you can not complain about the slope of the various fields. Unfortunately, the really good hill in the woods can result in a smaller walk to get back to the lifts. Luckily, it made it up and then you took the Bellevarde cabin to the top to go orientation, mum!