Summer In La Tania - Starts here..

Pub Le Ski Lodge opens tomorrow, Friday 3rd July at 5pm in Summer mode - Pool Table, Happy Hours (3€ Pints) and food all day. All you can eat Moules & Frites on Thursdays and the return of the original Alpine Fish n Chips on Fridays. Meanwhile Lodge du Village opens for Summer on Saturday 11th July.

 

La Tania and The Three Valleys re-open for loads of Summer activities from 4th July to 30th August with the lifts open for mountain bikers & walkers. It really is beautiful here in the Summer - check out the La Tania Summer Brochure and our Summer Life in La Tania page. The Summer What's On Is Here

The Summer Season kicks off as always with the Mountain Biking weekend including the Saulire Summit to Brides Les Bains downhill competition, go hard at www.les3vallees.com/3vtt

 

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Hotel Telemark in La Tania Up For Sale

The sale of the business (Fonds de Commerce) is going to be put up for auction in September. Anyone interested needs to contact Jean Blanchard at etude.albertville@etude-blanchard.com or call +33 (0)479 322 094 for further information.

 

2009/2010 Apartment Bookings Now Being Taken

With many of the budget airlines now having their flights on sale for Winter 2009/2010 up to 4 months earlier than last year you need to get in quick for the best deals. All the latest details on out flight information page and check our apartment search facility here. Early booking deals for Chalet Holidays now available on the newly updated Special Offers Page.

 

New Developments for Winter 2009/2010

 

The new proposed "public" building with apartments above situated between Hotel Montana and the Gondola Station - The artists impression is from the main road making things look quite built up as you approach the resort from Le Praz. The creche, commune office plus a medical room & small left luggage place are planned.

All the plans, building permits and regulations etc now here

 

Latest news (and some rumours) on major developments for next Winter include:

 

New Lifts

A brand new high speed 6-pack chair is going in to improve access from the Courchevel 1850 area to the skiing above 1650. This will replace the old slow Roc Mugnier and Praméruel chair lifts plus the Combe drag lift. Trips to La Boulotte in 1650 to see Katie will now be even quicker!

 

The slow Golf chair up from Méribel Village is being replaced by a high speed 4-man detachable chair meaning another beer in Lodge du Village will now be possible before heading back to La Tania...

 

An extension of the Cospillot draglift (below the Pralong Chair) is being made to allow access from more chalets along this very pretty run down to 1550. See Three Valleys map & more piste maps.

 

Lift Pass News

A new 3 hour single valley lift pass is to be launched for Winter 2009/2010. The 3 consecutive hours are activated the first time the skier goes through a turnstile. This pass will answer the demand of skiers who want to ski when they like without being restricted to the 1/2 day pass times (like getting out of bed early). The 1/2 day morning pass will be discontinued except for the 3 Vallées ski area while the 1/2 day afternoon pass (from 12h30) will be maintained.

 

The integration of Courchevel 1650 into the Minipass. For 1650 visitors there was only the free Mickey and Belvédère draglifts on the Minipass. From next season, the Minipass will include the Ariondaz télécabine and Petite Bosse draglift.

 

Piste Work, Snow Cannons and Avalanche Protection

Some major piste work on Murette down to Le Praz is going ahead, possibly there are snow cannons being installed and an easier route down to the village is being planned.

 

The Plantrey Snow Park is being moved to the Dunes and Canyons zone underneath the Verdons telecabine so as to create a larger entertainment area, which will be both more varied and visible.

 

The idea of the project (to be completed over several years), is to better exploit the space between the Verdons and Renard pistes by regrouping complementary activities such as: hoops, boarder, jumps, Avalanch'Camp, and other entertainment ideas.

 

Redevelopment of the Sittelle piste to make the start of this piste more accessible so as to alleviate the flow of skiers through the Rossignol ZEN* making it more of a through route.

 

Improvement of the signs and directions for the Snowpark des Plattières to highlight the visibility of the entry gates. Also the 2.5 hectares of the Snowpark will be upgraded and the access to the Pipe XXL at the summit will be improved.

 

The snow cannons on the Aigle piste and on the Plattières Area are to be replaced by newer versions with improved energy consumption and lower noise levels.

 

New avalanche release systems to allow faster securing of the Combe des Plattières area and therefore faster opening of the 3 Vallées link after heavy snowfalls.

 

Building Work

As well as the many chalets being built and re-developed especially around 1850 it looks like work may be starting on the buildings between Hotel Montana and The Gondola - see pic above and more in the blog.

 

New Businesses in La Tania

Announcing Snow Retreat and Trois Vallees IT - more here

 

La Tania lift opening has been confirmed as the 12 December 2009 with Courchevel 1850 a week earlier on 5 December - see you then. More as and when we hear throughout the Summer...

 

 

Season 2008/2009 - How Was It For You?

 

The first of an occasional series of interviews with some of the locals in La Tania. Let us know your stories of last Winter and how it was for you...

 

First off it's Sandy and Becks of Extreme Cuisine - more here

 

 

 

ResidHotel have gone in to receivership

This company managed leaseback deals in the Saboia block and others. John Murphy is coordinating owners, contact him on 01942 620291 or 07900 162225 or email johnmurphy365@hotmail.com

 

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