{"id":64206,"date":"2024-02-20T22:54:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/?p=64206"},"modified":"2024-02-20T23:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T22:08:35","slug":"escapade-2024-half-term-and-soft-snow-but-kev-and-josh-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/02\/20\/escapade-2024-half-term-and-soft-snow-but-kev-and-josh-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"ESCAPADE 2024: Half Term and Soft Snow, but Kev and Josh Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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20 February 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Kev and Josh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My son and I are staying in La Tania with my wife and daughter. My wife and I have skied all four valleys in a day several times (normally at quieter times such as January), but never quite to the extent of the Escapade with all the lower villages – normally we’d try to stay high as we worked our way across. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d seen the Escapade online before we came out, so after a couple of days to rediscover our ski legs today seems like the day to try as the forecast seems worse for the rest of the week.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the very “Easter” snow conditions, and the half term queues, we were not confident we’d manage it but wanted to give it a try. We were aiming to get to the first lift for 8:45 but at breakfast our chalet host warned us the queues would be awful for half term, so we got there earlier…. 8:25. Nobody else arrived until 8:45! We chatted to another group in the queue who were also attempting (unfortunately they ran out of time – trickier as they had 2 skiers and 2 boarders). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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We got the first lift at 9:01 and were please to find 2-3cm fresh snow. We got to St Martin at 10:07. Big queues for La Masse, but we got to the summit at 11:15. Again, big queues for Reberty chair. I think we were on Bruyers2 at 11:55.  Queues were bad again for Funitel Peclet in VT, but not as bad as La Masse. After that, things went well until Mont Vallon, which was poor visibility and very chopped up. Creux also pretty similar with poor light and chopped\/bumps. From there onwards it is just determination. Sometimes you think there is no chance to make it, then an lift or run goes well and it seems achievable again.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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We had a good run from Altiport to Courchevel Villages, but then the red down to La Praz was truly awful (like Easter). We got to the bottom of the For\u00eat lift at 4:23pm. So then it was a relaxed zoom down Folyeres for a very welcome beer or two back at the pub!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks again for the detailed maps and lift lists. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ESCAPADE 2024 \u2013 What\u2019s this all about\u2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The 3 Valleys Escapade was the lift company promotion of visiting (originally in 2006) 14 points across the Three Valleys and gaining a certificate & badge over the period of your holiday \u2013 doing it in a day was a bit tricky though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all started out as a late night \u201cis it possible?<\/em>\u201d discussion \u2013 the history and our original route from 2006 are here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally punch cards had to be stamped at each check point until electronic passes arrived and then the use of a lift was recorded \u2013 now we use Apps such as Ski Tracks or Relive to prove our route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that the Escapade is no longer officially promoted by Les 3 Vallees from Winter 2017 but we still record successful tracks for anyone who is interested in being in the sought after La Tania Escapade Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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