Val Thorens reviews (Page 6)

Val Thorens is really recommendable! Lovely slopes, to a large extent. If you do not want to go back twice in a week, you do not need it, ie if you have a lift pass to the three valleys and / or Les Meniures. By day or night, Val Thorens is after my second year in succession.

Week: 11, 2006.

Were there for a week in Val T, staying at Les Lauzières, which is right at the sports hall. Can not say there was something to complain about regarding the accommodation. Very welcome is the bath located in the sports hall, definitely worth a try during the week.

The week started with a nice dump and there was a lot of good offpiste skiing! Then it was just fat soft SOL! Went some free skating under the Cöte Brune lift, Mont du Vallon and the Olympic lift. All this in the Meribel system. We also tested the snow on La Masse, unfortunately it was well-behaved but as said, there is a nice ride.

Do not miss: Taking a feting burger at Johns restaurant, very good.
The bath, as well as some sauna bathing.
Mont du Vallon, down under the elevator.
La Masse.
Combe Vallon, down from Mont du Vallon, just to eat!
Lac Blanc, in Val T.

strengths:
Clearly the size of the system, it takes many trips here to explore the entire system. Really lots of areas to ski on, both inside and outside the hill.

Awesome sports hall, here is the most. The bath is quite ok.

weaknesses:
May be a good queue when leaving from Val T in the morning and home to Val T in the afternoon, however, to avoid by choosing the right lifts home. It's also stupid to get stuck in a valley far from the accommodation, because there is no free ski bus between the different systems. For those who like to live life in the slopes, it may be a good idea to find out which slopes are prepared for the day, unless you can find some fat puckles here and there. The entire system is not prepared day by day.

As said, Val T is not the world's most genuine and beautiful place! But it still has its charm.

Total:
If you have claustrophobia, this is a good place to go to, there are really big areas to go on. Think you have more enjoyment of the system if have been here several times, because of this. system size. This is true for all systems, but as said, Val T is really big, this really does not hurt with a little habits in the system!

Can not be admired about Val Thorens as a ski resort!

When we were there V10 2006, it literally dropped snow 2m in 2 days
the buses did not come to the ski resort because of the avalanches !!!!!!!!!!
So there were pillows to the waist every day for seven days.
Imagine when the pistons piss in the evening and then it turns snow down all night, what does the pistons look like then ??? After all, snow is over the knees, the bottom is smooth and nice soooo wonderful!
Why look out for the piste when you have it?

We were all united when we went home to stick in such a week to be hard enough!

So, thank you, Val Thorens = spotlight, you simply have the chance that it will be fine, so badly hard to see something unfortunately.

Northlander = Disaster Never Saying Never More!

Just got home from a week in Val Thorens with UCPA. The center lay a bit below the village so it did not attract the worst to get to the village so often.

The weather for the week (week 14) has been fantastic and we got new snow several nights, compared to the other ski areas around the rain. Val Thorens height definitely has its advantages this late in the season ...

The possibilities for easily accessible offpiste are great and much can be reached directly from the lifts. Our guide did not take us as far away from the lifts as we were a middle class but the others got their appetite satisfying and heard from many that it was one of their best weeks ever.

To and from the center, skiing and afterskin were available at the Swedish-speaking Tango where you could sit and ice cream in the sun with a beer or honorable Swedish cider in your hand.

I was there v11.
Apparently it has been bad m snow this season until the week before I went down, then it fell down and was so the bus transfer was properly delayed, it turned out to be worth ... :)

Result: When we came out on Sunday morning, the sun like it never made over 2 meters of powder!
In the afternoon, a slight lag of snowy weather passed and then returned to the sunshine.
The week's weather went from -10 degrees on Sunday to +5 degrees on Friday, raining sun all the time. (= total broken face)
Even last day we could find untouched snow without too much work.

For my purposes, there is a lift pass for VT, it takes too much time to get back to the lower valleys. I work from the houses around VT as the sun moves plus a few scratches in Orelle to the south.
Tired I'm still because of the height, it may not be the age ... ??

VT was my first experience of the Alps many years ago and has always been the reference for other resorts.
This PERFECT week can not be broken, so I think VT may remain in my book for reference;)

Just come home from there and the team needs complete renovation. Mass stones and non-existent off piste.
Additionally, someone stole my ski jacket inside the Tango ....
Before seven years ago my brand new skis were stolen, even though they were locked in the ski room in the killer at the temple.
Maybe I go to Val Thorens again, but it will take many years for the next time.

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Great skiing, but skip Val Thorens and buy a card for all the valleys.
Tango, our hotel that had the best afterskin.
Almost as great snowboarding (for a middle-aged rider).
Langley, smarter guides you can look for.
Underground, lots of people but fun.

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VERY DANISH!
Nortlander, who had subscribed Malaysia for his travelers throughout the V7.

Spent almost five months during the winter of 00/01 in Val Tho and was now back as the weekday in Jan 05. Therefore, I consider to have relatively good knowledge of the system, the Ffa Val Tho Valley.
The system of three valleys is gigantic but actually larger than most can make use of, whether it's sneezing and backcountry that attracts. For a pistol mill, it's nice with many miles of piste, there are excellent opportunities to travel many miles between the villages. From one end of the system to others, one can expect it to take one more day closer and more. However, if you are looking for a sneeze nose, this is completely irrelevant, so as to get as many fall height meters as possible. Therefore, the surroundings surrounding the accommodation in Val Tho must be considered crucial. The village of Val Thorens is located on the southern side of the "Val Thorens Valley". In my opinion, the best and most accessible off-piste is on the north slopes, not least under the great gondola Cime de Caron. Here it is relatively steep (30-40 degrees) in the gutters but there are also larger fields for large turns. The north side of Cime de Caron is easily accessible, you can get there directly from the lift. A few rock blocks in the instep and the relatively steep hillside scare away most of the week tourists, which is great as the mountain is well exposed and attracting from the lift's valley station. The fall height is good, about 1000m and most of the mountain is quite steep. The disadvantages include the elevator queues. Since the only lift is of gondola type, you can easily fast in half an hour to an hour's queue during high season. After major snowfall, this is obviously unreasonable. The alternative is to "work" gender, such as infecting the ski school, or changing backs. Another drawback is that the mountain, despite being relatively protected from weekly tourists and despite the fact that Val Tho has a relatively small, true ski-intensive bumblebee hit, is quickly discovered. You do not have to be long at the resort to see its potential. Depending on the season, most of the tracks will be picked up between one and a half days.
Looking at the entire system in Val Thorens valley, during the season 00/01, which was unusually snowy during January, Feb and March, it was possible that everything untouched directly from the lift disappeared in about one to one and a half days . After about half a day two and a bit into day three after a snowfall, it was good to get untouched after easier climbing or traversing. On the third day, or with certainty on the fourth day after a snowfall, one could expect everything to be done. For comfort, however, there are a couple of nice offpist rides around the system's highest peak; Aiguille de Peclet, 3560 m. In short, there are many nice off-pistes with varying degrees of difficulty (between 40 and 45 but up to 50 degrees in their places), easily accessible from the lifts. If you are in 2/3 yard, you can join in one day, all depending on the hurdle and energy. For those who are interested, an offpiste guide can be recommended. Available to buy some where to go.
Val Tho's major disadvantages include the cursed spotlight. Because the village and the system are so high there are no trees or shrubs. This means that you are very dependent on sunlight if you do not want to go blind. The alternative is to head to Meribel or Courchevel one / two valleys where forests are found. Another clear disadvantage is the soft transport distances. This leads to the failure of the firebreakers, but as a skier, you can swear over lost fall height meters on transport. The nightlife is .... like that. Depend on what you are looking for, party or partner? For girls looking for boys, it's at least gold and green forests - you are in minority and can chill among nice boys and girls from Holland and Denmark. Scandinavian girls do not go to Val Tho because they go to Val'd Isere. To the club and bar there is only one place to recommend; Malaysia!. A mostly good place. Looks like a finely colored color meets a recreation center, but here I have seen and heard a terribly good coverband. Different bands different weeks however, so the quality can vary, but generally very good bands !.
            

The pistachial offpiste is wonderful in Val Thorens. Just sticking out on the page to find untracked days after last snowfall. Looking a little further outside the slopes (type down towards Lac Du Lou) it's very wonderful.

The slopes are mostly wide enough to be steep in order to bend in. Orelle's slopes are preferred as there are fewer people there, it may be a bit of a hike during the high season. The lift system is modern and efficient to handle a sports holiday week without a lot of lift queues.

Party is good for being an alport. Tango is clockwise to meet up with a bobbymojja before moving on to eg. Underground or Malaysia.

Hopefully season there next year.

I was just recently in Val Thorens, week 9, 2005. Wonderful weather the first three days made skiing even better. The slopes are numerous and varied, but you are welcome to take the same back again and again just because it is such a nice ride. There was also no direct lift queue which was nice.
Nightlife is on top. I preferred Malaysia over everything else! Most because of the live band but also because it was big, had a cool decor and good dance floor. Otherwise, Tango was a good place to be seen before moving on. The people were nice and it was nice that it was a mixture of both nationalities and ages.