Les Gets To Offer Free Skiing For Opening Weekend
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Les Gets in the French Portes du Soleil region has announced it will open this weekend, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th December 2009, running its lifts free of charge for guests lucky enough to be in resort.
The La Croix chairlift and Chavannes cable car will be first to open from 9am on Saturday with the : Plateau des Chavannes slope sector open. You’ll need to take the cable car back down to the village when you finish skiing.
For cross country skiers there’ll be as green loop open on the Chauvannes side.
Guests who so wish will be able to donate to the French charity Téléthon, with collecting boxes available for donations.
Many more French resorts plan to open this weekend, at least partially, including Chatel, Meribel, Alpe d’Huez, the Grands Montets at Chamonix, Montgenèvre, Les Arcs and probably Courchevel 1850, Le Grand Bornand and La Clusaz (only this weekend and just the “Massif de Balme”).
Val Thorens, which is already open, has reported 40cm of fresh snow and has one of the deepest bases in the country with a metre of snow lying.
