{"id":67170,"date":"2026-02-08T16:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/?p=67170"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:56:39","slug":"escapade-2026-toffa-goes-solo-and-has-a-canny-day-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/02\/08\/escapade-2026-toffa-goes-solo-and-has-a-canny-day-out\/","title":{"rendered":"ESCAPADE 2026: Toffa goes solo and has a canny day out…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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07 February 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I needed to check out the new 2026 route with the additional 2 chairlifts – The Saturday at the start of the French holidays looked to be the perfect time. Third year in a row I’ve done this alone – sounds weird but it was a great days skiing, no phone calls, messages, meeting points, lunch appointments etc – just me and the mountain, perfect for your mental health!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is hard and difficult (and a long, long day) but a great sense of achievement. No big issues really – quite a big Saturday day trippers queue for La Masse and after that Reberty wasn’t running so I needed to use Doron, while Bruyeres stopped for about 10 minutes at one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kept a steady pace, nothing mad and was on the first, first La Tania gondola bubble at 09:00 with every run skied top to bottom in one go (including the beast that is Mont Vallon!). One loo stop in the 4th Valley at the Caron gondola base station (very handy) and sandwiches \/ drinks on the gondolas had me arriving at For\u00eat for 16:05. Plenty of time to spare of course as For\u00eat is open until 16:50 for the rest of the season from today (instead of 16:25) as the school holidays begin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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ESCAPADE 2026 \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

Send a pic of yourselves on the day with your successful tracker data & screenshot plus a story of your day to toffa@latania.co.uk<\/a> and you’ll get your place in the HoF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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