{"id":64421,"date":"2024-04-12T11:10:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/?p=64421"},"modified":"2024-04-12T11:17:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:17:25","slug":"escapade-2024-regular-visitor-greg-complete-the-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/04\/12\/escapade-2024-regular-visitor-greg-complete-the-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"ESCAPADE 2024: Regular Visitor Greg Completes The Challenge (hard luck Heather!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

22 March 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Greg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were coming out for a long weekend and I started looking into the possibility of doing the Escapade in a day. The forecast wasn\u2019t great on Saturday or Sunday so it had to be day one!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I noticed on Thursday that both Verdet and Ours were shut so that was two extra lifts added to the plan!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather and I were outside Legends at 8:55 however when we got to Olympic they said it was delayed due to the pisteurs not back from checking the Face piste. We waited 10 mins for it to open!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was forecast to be very warm and sure enough by the time we got to Bettex the lower slopes were getting heavier.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We lost some more time queuing for Peclet but the snow over in Orelle was very good. The high path to Mont Vallon\/Plan des Mains was shut due to avi risk which cost a bit more time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My wife had new lower volume boot liners to try out and she\u2019d not cranked her boots enough to compensate so started to suffer with shin bang. Despite drugs she took the decision to bail at the bottom of Plan des Mains.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were now about 45 mins behind schedule but I decided to crack on and see where I got to! I was at the top of Foret at 1630 so decided to keep going, Folyeres was in surprisingly \u00a0good condition given the air temps and I made Dou Des Lanches with 5 mins to spare. I blasted down to Golf but that was shut, however all checkpoints were completed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was definitely harder with all the slushy bumps and cut up pistes I\u2019d like to try it again with firmer pistes but a great day out!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg<\/em><\/p>\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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