{"id":484,"date":"2014-08-11T12:04:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T10:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainpassions.com\/wordpress\/?p=484"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:51:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T09:51:59","slug":"ski-combloux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainpassions.com\/winter\/ski-resort-reviews\/alps\/ski-combloux\/","title":{"rendered":"Combloux"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A<\/span>fter a spell of exceptionally mild late-season weather we don\u2019t have high expectations for our visit to Combloux. How wrong could we be? Against all the odds, this modest-sounding resort delivers the kind of skiing experience which surprises us, prompting us to add a new star-rating category (for Mountain Scenery) to our resort reviews.<\/p>\n

Skiers from Meg\u00e8ve <\/a>have access to skiing here (and several good return pistes) via the Jaillet gondola lift, which tops off at almost 1580m. Our day, though, begins at La Cry, which even at 1183m still has sufficient snow-cover to allow us to take the short Garrettes drag-lift to join those skiers electing to park higher up for direct access to the Beauregard 4-seat high-speed chairlift. The ensuing long ride, through the forest echoing with birdsong, sharpens the senses and hints at what is to come. As soon as we\u2019re back on the snow we point our skis down the Blue-graded Papa piste to pick up the Pertuis chair-lift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The high-speed 6-seater Pertuis chairlift whisks skiers up to 1755m.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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An ESF monitor points out the landmarks to a small group of young learners.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Panoramic views and long cruises at Combloux<\/h2>\n

The high-speed 6-seater hauls us smoothly up to 1755m, where the views across to Mont-Blanc are already spectacular. It\u2019s also the point of departure for the exhilarating Red-graded Jorace piste, but we decide to save this for the following day and instead work our way over to La Giettaz. This means taking the gently-meandering Bel Ava Blue piste which brings us to the 6-seat Christomet high-speed chairlift for another scenic haul, this time to the 1855m summit of Le Christomet. Once again the panoramic views are mesmerising, and the ski area is starting to feel much more extensive than we ever imagined. Underlining this is the long onward Blue-graded cruise on the Tr\u00e9ffl\u00e9annaise piste, which takes us 5km down through tracts of unspoilt forest as if we were ski-touring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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