If you need more information about skiing or snowboarding in Les Carroz then the sites below will help you out! As ever, we’re always happy to answer any questions you may have.
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The resort
THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE TOURIST BOARD : Absolutely jam packed full of useful information, you can find out about most things in the resort here.
The Website for the whole ski area, a little lacking on information but great looking and well designed; user friendly site !
Reviews of the resort
Don't just take our word for it, the Ski Club of Great Britain website is the biggest British ski website reaching 1.5 million hits last year and provides a great, positive resort guide for Les Carroz.
This site provides an overview of the Grand Massif
Individual's opinions count too! Not only a great website for Weather but a suppliers of individual's opinions too ! Don't for get to subscribe to their snow alerts service!
Weather forecast and Web-Cams
www.snowforecast.com
www.chamonix.com
www.meteofrance.com
The weather forecast - it is a tricky one! We use an amalgamation of different sites…
First thing we do is have a look here on the ole snow-forecast.com… this is standard ski resort procedure and the site we like best. Then we have a read of what the weather is doing in Chamonix - since we are so close in distance to Chamonix - we get the same weather as them ... it is also the site used by the Les Carroz tourist board. Then we do what they do in Flaine and check the French meteo site.
To be honest the weather is so changeable often the best thing to do is for us to open the door and have a look outside so please feel free to call us or for simply check the webcams ! Watch for the dates and times though - the cameras are not unknown to freeze mysteriously when the snow looks the best.
Ski school
There are two ski schools in Les Carroz, Nouvelle Dimension and The Ecole De Ski Francais (www.esf-lescarroz.com) ; of the two it has been suggested to us that Nouvelle Dimension have more English speakers and are a higher standard.
Travel : coming to see us
www.easyjet.com
www.britishairways.com
GENERALLY THE CHEAPEST WAY TO COME AND VISIT US : We have done the hard work so you don't have to and in most instances Easyjet and (if you book far enough in advance) British Airways are the cheapest. This is a list of the other companies that fly to Geneva whom we drew our comparisons against : www.bmibaby.com (Cardiff, Nottingham, Birmingham and Manchester) , www.flybe.com (Birmingham, Exeter, Norwich and Southampton) , www.jet2.com (Leeds and Manchester) , www.flyglobespan.com (Edinburgh) , www.swiss.com (London City and Heathrow) , full list
We also recommend the flight search engine www.kayak.co.uk
Obviously you don't have to fly ... you can take the Eurostar to Paris www.eurostar.com, then Rail Europe to Geneva www.raileurope.com but it is not cheap !
And of course you can drive too , The AA can help you plan a route www.theaa.com
and you can either get the Eurostar across or the ferry www.poferries.com
& www.seafrance.com.
See our contact page for our address.
Insurance
INSURANCE : if you are going to get involved with winter sports you need insurance. There are lots of companies and policies to choose from. As a general rule the Turner brother's always use Insure and Go.
The environment
YOUR FLIGHTS CO2 EMISSIONS OFF-SET BY PLANTING TREES : This site is slick, the design is awesome and easy to follow. Critics have accused the concept of the site as “green washing” i.e it is ineffective as a concept BUT at the rate that trees are being cut down from our world’s forests surely this can’t be a bad thing. This site receives the Turner brother’s full support!
SIMILAR TO THE ABOVE SITE BUT ALL ENCOMPASSING : Carbon neutral can help to offset carbon emissions for flight, long drives, household emissions and even weddings !
THE SKI CLUB OF GREAT BRITAINS CLIMATE AWARENESS INITIATIVE : Since climate change is a reality and skiing is ultimately totally dependent on the climate - the skiclub.co.uk are selling uber cool wrist bands to raise both awareness and money for the planting of yet more trees !
FREE !! SAVE 11.4 SQUARE FEET OF RAINFOREST EVEYDAY BY CLICKING ONE BUTTON !! i love this site and promote it on every website that I make ! it is just too easy ! simply visit in once a day, click the button and money is donated on your behalf from the people who advertise on the website !
We recommend
We love working with local companies! And this is one we particularly recommend: Blacks - Great for all your Ski equipment here in the UK and also a rather nifty online shop.
Lets face it dudes you gotta get fit for skiing - even if you are super fit - you use a whole set of different muscles for skiing. We recommend our gym - Dragons; try the excellent Dragons 'get fit for skiing' program and let them help you get the correct muscles warmed up - reducing the risk of injury while enjoying your stay with us.
Book now
We’re taking bookings for the 2008-09 ski-season. Come and join us, the Turner Brothers, for a truly unforgettable holiday!
