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NEWS
Val d’Isère Update
The village of Val d’Isère has made some great improvements for this winter. The Press Centre built for the hugely successful 2009 World Championships has been turned into a fantastic Sports Centre, with 5000m2 of sporting facilities, including two pools (one with slides and fountains), a climbing wall, gym, fitness and spa rooms with sauna, Turkish bath, hydro-massage etc, plus two squash courts. Even better, a 2–15 day lift pass gives 1 free entry ticket to the pools.
Outside, the main nursery slopes now enjoy a bigger protected area for beginners – much needed – and there's a similar area on Bellevarde by the new Marmottes chair.
For children, there is a kids’ toboggan run set aside on the nursery slopes.
Finally, good news for romantics: the 1200m2 skating rink is now completed. It’s very often quite empty, so the idea of gliding across the ice hand-in-hand with one’s loved-one is irresistible… until the après-ski muscle-ache kicks in and the bubble bath beckons! More realistically, it’s another great option for non-skiers. Entry and skate hire is 6€ for an adult, 3€ for a child, and the rink opens from 2–6pm every day.
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YSE News
We have been taking bookings for 2010–11 for some time now but still have a few chalets avaiable over Christmas, New Year, half term and Easter.
Our prices are now finalised and published (please click here) and a deposit of £150 per bed will secure your chalet.
Easter is very late next year (24 April) and Easter Sunday will be our final departure of the season. That week will finish on Monday 2 May 2011 which is a bank holiday. As usual on our final week, we have a flight on 24 April but on Monday 2 May we will provide a transfer to Geneva.
We have amazing lift pass prices for many weeks of the season – please see the separate news item about this.
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Lift Pass Price Drop
YSE and the STVI, Val d’Isère’s ski lift company, have combined to offer some amazing lift pass deals for the 2010–11 winter season. It must be 20 years since you could buy a week’s ski pass for £100, which is exactly what YSE is offering for holidays starting on 5 or 12 December, when the 6-day pass is a mere €111 for an adult, child or ‘senior’.
There are special discounts for Christmas (19–26 December 2010), early January (2–9 January 2011), and mid-March (14–21 March and 21–28 March 2011), as well as great prices for families during the entire season. Please see the Ski Pass and Discounts section on the Val d’Isère page on this website for full details.
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Dorset Cereals
Dorset Cereals’ delicious muesli is served in all of our chalets and we use their porridge oats to make our porridge. To find out more about Dorset Cereals please click here.
 
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Power to the People
Where to Ski and Snowboard are asking their readers to review their favourite (or perhaps least favourite!) ski resorts across the globe. All you need to do is click on the link below and you will be asked your thoughts on all aspects of your holiday. You will have the chance to review the resort village, quality of the slopes, lifts, mountain restaurants, ski schools and much more. Where to Ski & Snowboard will give away their 2010 book to the authors of the 100 most useful reports.
Click here to air your views.
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HENRY’S AVALANCHE TALK
Tel: 00 33 682 33 49 68
UK Tel: 020 8144 5202
www.henrysavalanchetalk.com
email: hat@henrysavalanchetalk.com
Not a ski school at all – though the eponymous Henry is an instructor with Alpine Experience – Henry Schniewind has developed an off-piste safety programme, starting with a basic talk, to piste-side sessions on snow behaviour, avalanche procedure and equipment training.
Basic Talk:
Mondays at the Moris Pub 3.30–5.00pm and Wednesdays, at the Pacific Bar 6–7.30pm, €7.50
On Snow intro: Tuesdays, 2pm €40
On Snow part 1: Wednesdays 2–4.30pm, €40
On Snow part 2: Fridays 2–4.30pm, €40
Beeper Training: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 2–4.30pm, €30
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Today's Weather and Snow
See our Today’s Photo for pictures, regular up-dates on weather conditions, and interesting views of the village and pistes. From December to May Today’s Photo is updated daily (Monday to Friday) – forget stodgy snow reports and unfounded rumours, this is where you can see how conditions really are every morning of the season!
From May to December our photographer sends occasional pictures of interest to the inquisitive skier, showing, for example, progress on the construction of a new lift, or a shot of the first snowfall in autumn.
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Five-star review
Our website has been given a five star review, click here to read more.
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