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Charlotte Swift of www.easiski.com is an excellent teacher and comes highly recommended. She is very reasonably priced, and because she will only take private lessons or very small groups of similar ability, she can take your rubbish style to pieces in brutal fashion before rebuilding you as a skier better than you would have imagined (this is my personal experience and I know a lot of people who all say the same thing). You'll be glad you booked a lesson or a course with her, believe me!
Pascal and Florence run the Sport Emotion ski hire shop, about 50yds from the apartment (turn left out of the building and it's on the left hand side). I've got an "arrangement" which equals a fairly hefty discount for you. Email me at paul.mckinnell@ukf.net and I'll forward you more details. Their website is www.2alpes-sportemotion.com
Lift passes: You can buy your lift passes either on-line at www.les2alpes.com, in resort at the main lift station (the Jandri Express) or at the Tourist Office on the roundabout as you enter the resort. A six day whole area pass costs €189 this season (a modest €7 price rise on 2009/10), and no longer requires a passport size photograph. The six day pass entitles you to free use of the indoor/outdoor swimming pool, ice rink (you have to pay a token fee for the skate hire, though), and gives you decent discounts on other activities in the resort. In addition, 6-day pass holders can ski for 2 days at Alpe d'Huez/Oz en Oisans/Vaujany, as well as having a day at Serre Chevalier or even the enormous Via Lattea ski area over the border in Italy! When the snowcat link over the glacier is operating, you can also ski La Grave free of charge. Much cheaper passes are available for just the beginners slopes in the town, and the south-facing "sunny side" of the valley. For complete novices, there are a number of free lifts on the nursery slopes, which can make for a considerable saving if it's your first week.
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