Mont Blanc (Aravis) - La Clusaz

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La Clusaz Resort Opening Dates

La Clusaz opens on 19/12/09 and closes on 24/04/10

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Why La Clusaz?

·          Less than an hour from Geneva

·          Traditional village in scenic setting

·          40 mins from Annecy & the ski resort of Grand Bornand is just down the road

La Clusaz has acquired the Famille Plus & Top of the French Alps label for its childcare facilities. Please view here to view more information on the Famille Plus & Top of the French Alps label.

CHILDCARE ONLY  (NO SKI LESSONS)

Club des Mouflets

24 places for children aged from 8 months – 4 years.

Open from 08.30-5.15pm (no arrivals between 12 noon and 2pm). Booking essential. Medical records must be shown. Mainly indoor activities.

Contact: 0033 450 02 48 91

Club des Champions

Children aged 3-6yrs. 40 places available, 8 of which are reserved for 3-3 ½ yrs. Open from 08.30-12 noon and from 2pm-5.45pm. Booking essential.

Indoor activities for non-skiiing children : craft activities. Outdoor activities : walks, snowshoeing, toboganning, building snowmen…

Contact: Club des Sports – 0033 450 32 69 50

Eating out, Apres-ski, amenities in La Clusaz

More than 200 shops and services including 10 bars, restaurants, supermarkets, banks, doctors, pharmacies, sports shops, nightclub – open from 11pm-5am all week.

Currency exchange in banks during week and in tourist office at weekends and public holidays.

Internet terminals – tourist office & Cyber Espace/Services Académie.

Activities in La Clusaz

Aqua Centre

(route de la Piscine)

Open all season from 1.30pm – 7.30pm. Open everyday, Sundays and bank holidays.

Swimming pool – covered section with padding pool, fountain, indoor pool, Jacuzzi and an outdoor pool. Price from €6.90. Under 4 – free.

Fitness – access to pool, sauna, steam room, gym from €14.90.

Organised mountain hikes

Oxygene Mont-Blanc – 0033 450 32 35 37

Every Thursday from 1.30pm – 4.30pm. Organised hikes wearing X Adventure boots that can be combined with shoe shoes or touring skis to suit all types of terrain. Price from €35/person.

Tea-time in the mountains

Oxygene Mont-Blanc – 0033 450 32 35 37

Every Wednesday from 2pm-5.15pm. Learn to build snowmen/igloos etc in a mountain refuge with other activities. Any age! Prices from €20-35.

Snowmobiles

Oxygene Mont-Blanc – 0033 450 32 35 37

Mon-Fri from 2pm-6pm, Sats from 9am-12 noon. €100 per snowmobile for 2 people/for a 1 hour ride with instructor or €80 for 1 person.

Snowshoe hikes

Traces & découvertes – 0033 610 30 60 40

½ day or full day. Adult from €20, child from €15

Ice Rink

Opening times:

Sats from 3pm-7pm

Sunday-Monday from 10am-7pm

Tuesday to Friday from 1pm-7pm

Night sessions Tuesday & Friday 8.30-10.30pm

Price from €3, rental €4.20.

Paragliding

Flyeo – 0033 450 52 50 13

Open all week from 08.30am-7.30pm. Accompanied flight with instructor from €55.

Speed riding

Can you ski off-piste and fancy giving flying a go? Take off with your skis on and a small paragliding wing above your head.

Private lessons ½ day from €220. 1 day from €350.

Contact – 0033 681 30 51 03.

Takamaka La Clusaz

0033450 45 00 07

Dog sledge from €75

Igloo construction from €29

Night in an igloo from €85

Snowmobile from €65

Tandem paragliding from €55

Ski jeering from €29

Speed-riding from €100

Cinema

route de l’Etale

Daily showings from 5.30pm and 9pm and at 2.30pm in bad weather.

Panoramic screen and Dolby sound. Prices from €7.50.

Horse and cart ride

Tour the village or short ride, 4 people max. From 10am-1pm and from 2.30pm-6pm. 15mins - €12, 1.2 hour - €24, 1 hour - €48.

All the above information is for information only. For the most up-to-date information please visit the resort tourist office website

La Clusaz Tourist Office

161, place de l’Eglise – BP 70 – 74220 La Clusaz

Tel: 0033 450 32 65 00

Fax: 0033 450 32 65 01

www.laclusaz.com

Open weekdays from 9am-12.30pm and from 2pm-6.30pm. Open at weekends from 9am-7pm. Open non-stop from 9am-7pm during the Christmas and February school holidays.

Access to La Clusaz   

By Road: Driving distance from Calais to La Clusaz: 536 miles (approx 7hr30).

The Massif des Aravis is easily reachable:
- Motorway A 40 (Autoroute Blanche) ; exit N° 16 Bonneville, direction Stations des Aravis at 20 km
- Motorway A 41 exit Annecy Nord direction Thônes / Stations des Aravis at 30 km

By Rail: SNCF station of Annecy at 32km.
Réservation : 08 92 35 35 35
Daily link by bus – Voyages Crolard : +33 (0)4 50 02 20 58
http://www.voyages-crolard.com/

Airports:

Annecy-Meythet airport at 32 km (30 mins)

www.annecy.aeroport.fr

Shuttle bus between airport, TGV railway station and La Clusaz.
Geneva airport at 50km from Grand Bornand (1 hour)

www.gva.ch

Shuttle bus between Geneva and La Clusaz (www.gare-routiere.com)

Chambery Airport is 75km from Grand Bornand (1 ¼ hours)

www.chambery-airport.com

Lyon - Saint Exupéry airport at 150km (1 ¾ hours)

www.lyon.aeroport.fr/

www.altibus.com. TGV high speed train connection between Lyon and Annecy.

Grenoble Airport is 165km from Grand Bornand (1 ¾ hours)

www.grenoble-airport.com

Altibus coach shuttles – www.altibus.com

Annecy station to La Clusaz €8.50/pers

Geneva Airport – La Clusaz €35/pers

Lyon Airport to La Clusaz €41.50/pers

Getting around the resort

Regular bus service to the different resort areas, every 20 mins. Night time service available on Friday and Saturday from 20th December 2009 – 13th March 2010. Aravis ski bus connection service to the resorts of le Grand Bornand and Saint Jean de Sixt (10 mins). Departures every 30mins from the Salon des Dames car park. Inter-resort shuttle buses are free for holders of an Aravis pass. From La Clusaz to Grand Bornand takes 10 mins. Departs every 30mins from the Salon des Dames car park from 9am (8.30am in February) to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 6pm.

Parking

Salon des Dames car park – 430 covered parking spaces at entrance to the village. Height limit 2.35m. Coach and shuttle bus boarding area.

La Croix car park – 333 paying spaces in the village

Les Chenons car park – 500 free parking spaces at the Balme Massif.

Ski Lockers/lockers

Ski lockers available at le Bossonnet and at the ski pass office at champ Giguet. Left luggage lockers available at the bus station.

Currency exchange – in banks during the week and in the tourist office at the weekends and on public holidays.

Access Plan

La Clusaz

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Resort Map

La Clusaz

The skiing is divided into 5 sections – Beauregard, l’Aiguille. Balme, l’Etale and Crioux-Fry/Merdassier.

La Clusaz has some ideal terrain for intermediates.

Most of the runs are west or north west facing so due to this the snow is generally relatively good. The best snow perhaps can be found on the west facing slopes in La Balme.

Beginners

Nursery slopes can be found at village level, Beauregard and Cret du Merle. For gentle blues try Beauregard then move onto the Cret du Merle for a few more challenges. There is also a green slope there.

Intermediates

Again try Beauregard for some great blue runs. For more challenging and wider blue runs then head for L’Etale and L’Aiguille. Finally for the more advanced head for La Balme.

Experts

Some good expert runs can be found at La Balme – particulary the black Vraille run which is very steep. There is also an off-piste sector called Combe de Bellachat on the opposite side of the sector.

Snowboarding

Fortunately most of the drag lifts can be avoided. For beginners there are some good nursery slopes with chairlift links and La Balme is good for free-riders.

Cross country

70km of cross country pistes.

Plateau des Confins (1420-1650m)

Official site of the 2006 world cup, equipped with artificial snow making equipment.

50kms of trails including a 7km long connection to the resort of Le Grand Bornand.

Accessible by shuttle bus or by car. Area is open from 9am-5pm/5.30pm.

Plateau de Beauregard (1650m)

36km of trails, 8 trails. The area offers both classic and skating cross country trails, as well as marked paths for walkers and snowshoers. Accessible from the village via the new Bearegard gondola lift or by car or shuttle bus via the col de La Croix Fry mountain pass. Area is open from 9am-4.30pm/5pm.

Nightskiing

La Clusaz organises "Full Moon" evenings once a month, where you can ski by moonlight on the Cret du Loup & Cret du Merle areas. Normally this runs from 9pm to 1am/2am (30/10/2010).

Floodlit skiing also every week until 10.30pm as well.

La Clusaz Lift Passes

Save time in resort and budget ahead by pre-booking lift passes. See below for prices.

PRE-BOOK* your 6 Day La Clusaz/Aravis Lift-Pass

La Clusaz Ski Schools 

PRE-BOOK* your Group Ski/Board Lessons

Please note that a booking fee of £9 per party will be charged

¹ 9.15-11.45

² 14.15-16.45

³ Sunday afternoon 14.15-16.45, then Monday-Friday 9.15-11.45 + 14.15-16.45, then Saturday 9.15-11.45 

⁴ 9.00-11.30

⁵ 14.30-17.00 (14.15-16.45)

⁶ 9.15-11.45 from 20/12-6/2 + 7/3-17/4 (NOT DURING FEB HALF-TERM)                                                                                                                                              Club Piou-Piou for 3-5yrs: no advance registration; to organise locally with Ski School

La Clusaz Individual Tuitions (09/10 prices, NOT pre-bookable)

Ecole du Ski Francais La Clusaz 0033 4 50 02 40 83

Ski Lockers/lockers

Ski lockers available at le Bossonnet and at the ski pass office at champ Giguet.

Left luggage lockers available at the bus station.

*ALL PRE-BOOKABLE EXTRAS ARE PAYABLE TO PEAK RETREATS IN STIRLING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. PRICES ARE IN £.

ANYTHING IN EUROS (€) WE ARE UNABLE TO PRE-BOOK AND

WILL BE PAYABLE LOCALLY.