I've always* wanted to have my house on a ski map and now it is! For those brave souls contemplating coming out to visit us, this is where we are on the Portes-du-Soleil piste map.
The above map I am showing without anyone's permission, so I hope that's ok. If not, you know now where to send the summons.
This weekend Natalie and I walked up from the red dot to the west up the Col de l'Ecuelle. From the Col we finally satisfied ourselves that our chalet is definitely "Ski-In". Ski-In/Ski-Out is a popular marketing phrase which indicates to skiers that their chosen chalet/hotel is on or very near to a piste. That you can literally ski from the door to the lift and ski back to your door from a higher lift. Clearly many operators use this definition very loosely. For example, there are almost no true ski-in/ski-out chalets in Morzine, yet there seem to be many chalets offering this!
Our chalet/farm (haven't quite decided what to call it yet) is most certainly "Ski-In". In fact, it's Ski-In/Skin-out. Using Alpine Touring gear you can hike on skins (and you almost could today there was so much snow) up to the top of the Col de l'Ecuelle and then ski down into Abondance (another Portes du Soleil resort). Once you've enjoyed the delights of the Abondance valley and ski domaine you can take lifts all the way back to the top of the Col and then ski back to our place! This is probably only possible from December to February but I cannot wait to give it a try!
*always being from about 2005.
The above map I am showing without anyone's permission, so I hope that's ok. If not, you know now where to send the summons.
This weekend Natalie and I walked up from the red dot to the west up the Col de l'Ecuelle. From the Col we finally satisfied ourselves that our chalet is definitely "Ski-In". Ski-In/Ski-Out is a popular marketing phrase which indicates to skiers that their chosen chalet/hotel is on or very near to a piste. That you can literally ski from the door to the lift and ski back to your door from a higher lift. Clearly many operators use this definition very loosely. For example, there are almost no true ski-in/ski-out chalets in Morzine, yet there seem to be many chalets offering this!
Our chalet/farm (haven't quite decided what to call it yet) is most certainly "Ski-In". In fact, it's Ski-In/Skin-out. Using Alpine Touring gear you can hike on skins (and you almost could today there was so much snow) up to the top of the Col de l'Ecuelle and then ski down into Abondance (another Portes du Soleil resort). Once you've enjoyed the delights of the Abondance valley and ski domaine you can take lifts all the way back to the top of the Col and then ski back to our place! This is probably only possible from December to February but I cannot wait to give it a try!
*always being from about 2005.
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