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Essentials
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Resort Height
1,700m (5,577ft)
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Transfer time
Grenoble and Chambery 1 hr 30 mins
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Typical costs
· small draught beer £2.30 · bottle of house wine £8 · pizza £7 · cup of coffee £1.60 · glass of coke £2.40
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Glacier High Altitude Guaranteed Snow
high altitude skiing
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Fly from
Gatwick, Stansted, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester
Good for...
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Advanced Ski Rating
3
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Intermediates Ski Rating
4
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Beginners Ski Rating
4
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Snowboarding Rating
3
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So what's it like?
Exclusive FREE LIFT PASS OFFER
A superb family choice, Chamrousse has a FREE lift pass for all Crystal guests, a short transfer and an excellent ski school. The wide pistes are relatively uncrowded, perfect for beginners and improvers and the resort has nearly 100km of pistes so there is plenty of skiing for a full week on the slopes.
Ski information
Beginners
For beginners there are nursery slopes to start you off in resort and there are a nice variety of green and blue runs on the Arselle plateau to help you build your confidence. 'Les Cretes' blue run offers spectacular views as it winds its way on to the 'ours' blue run that descends through the trees.
Intermediates
For intermediates there are plenty of red runs to keep you entertained including the 'Arolles' which will take you past the frozen lake du Vallons. There are some good long red runs starting above the tree line offering spectacular views across the Grenoble valley and finishing with some fantastic tree lined skiing.
Advanced
For the more adventureous the '1968 Olympic' black run, with its 805 metres of vertical drop, and the 'Couloir de Casserousse' are both runs not to be missed out on. There is also a variety of off piste opportunities available, to note, the Recoin and Roche Béranger areas with their tree lined off-piste descents back to the resorts.
Nightlife
• a quiet nightlife mainly centred around a small selection of bars and the main restaurant in resort • Try Iceberg café • Le Sixty's • K-Dox
Activities
Ice skating, paragliding, snow shoe walking, ice diving, dog sledding & a cinema
Eating out
There are plenty of good value restaurants in town. Try: · Le Grillon · La Pierre Chaude · Chez Georges
Other amenities
· Supermarket · Bank · Post office · Pharmacy
Private Transfer
From Grenoble airport
One-way (arrival) from £26 pp. Return from £49 pp.Other information
Chamrousse resort
Our accommodation is located in Chamrousse 1700, a compact little resort made up of 32 small, pretty apartment blocks. The ski hire shop, ski school, supermarket, restaurant and swimming pool are all within 10 minutes walk and the resort is linked by a free ski bus to Chamrousse 1750 and 1650 where additional bars and restaurants can be found for a night out (last bus 10pm).Money Savers for the winter 2011/12 season
FREE Lift pass all season!
Kids ski free: FREE helmet for kids booking skis & boots
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| Leaves | From | To | Board | Price | |
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| Sat 5 January 2013 | London Luton | Chamrousse in France | Self catering |
£437 based on 4 sharing |