Good for intermediate /good skiers for up to three days, with good if pricey food on the slopes
Skigebiet Courmayeur Monte Bianco的点评
点评:The good: very convenient for anyone flying into Geneva: just two hours in a hire car from the airport to Courmayeur or nearby Entreves, which are just the other end of the Mont Blanc tunnel. Good food is plentiful on the slopes, if pricey as many of the places to stop - Chiecco, La Chaumiere, Chateau Branlant (all recommended) - are offering full meals rather than a pit-stop.
Things to think about: only enough pistes for three days skiing max; don't come here for more, or you will soon be bored of doing the same runs every day. Perfect for a mid-week break, but expect it to be crowded with up to 10 minute queues for lifts on a Sat / Sun morning. Runs are some blues and mostly reds, though fairly easy compared to similarly graded slopes in other parts of the Alps. No green runs, so not good for complete beginners or low intermediates.
The opening of the Mont Blanc tunnel in the mid-60s put Courmayeur firmly on the ski map and quite a bit of the infrastructure dates from then. The La Joula lift opened in 1961 and looks like it - rusting pylons and a tin-can cable car for max 20 people with a 20-minute queue to get up to the single red slope that comes back down from it. The slope won't make your knees tremble, but the ride up will!
Favourite slope: Comba Moretta on the far side of the Gabba lift - takes a while to get there but worth it for the sweeping wide-open red that narrows to a steeper speed run for the final part.
Least favourite lift: Vielle Maison - you can grow old waiting for it to inch its way to the top.
Access points; Dolonne in Courmayeur (which we didn't use), or the large Val Veny cable car in Entreves, with a huge car park (5 euros a day) and a very nice (we recommend) ski rental shop (called Mont Blanc) a few steps down from the ski station itself. Dolonne leads to fsouth facing slopes that can get slushy; Val Veny to a smaller number of north-facing slopes with less traffic in the mornings, but potentially better skiing in the afternoons.
翻译:优点:对于飞抵日内瓦的旅客来说非常方便:从机场租车前往库马约尔或附近的昂特雷夫只需两小时,这两个地方就在勃朗峰隧道的另一端。雪道上美食众多,但价格偏高,因为许多餐厅——例如 Chiecco、La Chaumiere 和 Chateau Branlant(均推荐)——提供的是正餐而非简单的午餐。
注意事项:雪道最多只够滑三天;不要指望滑更长时间,否则你会很快厌倦每天滑同样的雪道。这里非常适合工作日短途旅行,但预计周六/周日早上人会很多,缆车排队时间可能长达 10 分钟。雪道以红色为主,部分为蓝色,但与阿尔卑斯山其他地区同等难度的雪道相比,难度相对较低。没有绿色雪道,因此不适合完全的初学者或初级中级滑雪者。
20世纪60年代中期勃朗峰隧道的开通使库马约尔在滑雪版图上占据了一席之地,许多基础设施也建于那时。拉茹拉缆车于1961年启用,如今的模样也印证了这一点——锈迹斑斑的塔架,一辆最多只能容纳20人的简陋缆车,排队20分钟才能到达唯一的红色雪道,然后返回。雪道本身不会让你腿软,但上山的路程绝对会让你心惊胆战!
最喜欢的雪道:位于加巴缆车另一侧的莫雷塔山——虽然需要花些时间才能到达,但绝对值得,因为那里有一条宽阔的红色雪道,最后一段逐渐收窄,变成一条更陡峭的高速滑道。
最不喜欢的缆车:老房子缆车——等待它缓慢地爬升到山顶简直让人抓狂。
入口:库马约尔的Dolonne缆车(我们没用)或者恩特雷夫的Val Veny大型缆车,都提供滑雪服务。Val Veny缆车附近有一个巨大的停车场(每天5欧元),而且距离滑雪站只有几步之遥,还有一家非常不错的滑雪租赁店(名为Mont Blanc),我们强烈推荐。Dolonne缆车通往朝南的雪道,雪质可能会比较湿滑;Val Veny缆车则通往数量较少的朝北雪道,早上人比较少,但下午的滑雪条件可能更好。