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Bars and Clubs
Corbier has a good choice of Bars considering its
size, these are often busy
due to the resort being mainly apartments (and 1 hotel).
Most nights they are
really lively and full of Dutch and Danish.
Le Pub Ski Roc - Lively wood clad pub serving
frothy pints and wierd fruit
beers. Live music sometimes and spectacular 100ff drinks
all night deals. Be
warned they may get you to ride the stairs on a snowboard.
Le Yeti - Wants to be an American diner, usually
a locals' hang out, good
place to watch football. DJ evenings most weeks.
Le Roche Blanche - Bar behind restaurant, very
chilled out, sit round a
circular brass fireplace.
Le Fontaine d' l'ours- Very Dark, Very Loud Music.
Desperados on tap, Go here to watch the Dutch being
football hooligans. Usually the desision making
point of the evening...if you don't pass out here you
might make it to the
next bar.
Le President - Bar/Club with dancefloor and DJ
box (though i swear they play
CDs most of the time. Expensive Drinks but good pool
tables and sometimes
good promo's on shooters.
GoGo Bar - Dutch run and populated bar. Football
songs, idiots wearing
football shirts back to front, Opera singer type women
and Fake Vodka/RedBull. If someone doesn't pick a fight
with you here then you're Dutch or female.
Le Sweet Club - Corbier's only proper nightclub,
known to stay open 'till you
should be at work! Hip Hop, Trance and House music,
though if the DJ likes
you enough he will hand the decks to you! Wicked Bar
staff and door men, but
expensive drinks.
St Moritz - Quiet frindly bar, usually locals.
Good food.
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Off-piste*
Unfortunately Corbier
had a bad snow year this year so we didn't get to sample
as much of the extensive off piste as we would have
liked, though magazines from last year show some awesome
powder and steeps.
St Sorlin Run - Take the Chair to the top, go
straight ahead along the ridge till you find yourself
above a wide valley on the left, point yourself towards
St Sorlin d'Arves and have fun.
Toussiere Link -Again go to the top, go right,
under the poma and follow the gully down, careful though,
theres alot of dodgy cliffs around!
Off the top, Toussiere - Take the poma lifts to the back
of the Valley and traverse accross to the couliers above town, pick
your route and go, careful though prone to sliding!!
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Moguls
There are no real moguls in
Corbier but by 3pm half the runs have turned to them!!!!
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Speed
Corbier is a good resort
for speed as it is mainly red and Blue runs.
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Snowparks
There is one Snowpark
in Corbier, facing the piste front gallery, this year it had 3 kickers
and some rails, plus its own rope tow. The top of the mountain usually
turns into freestyle heaven with natural Lips and dodgy Kickers.
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Events
There are a lot of Freestyle/Big
Air comps running in Corbier but this year
most were cancelled due to poor snow levels.
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Famous
visitors
Jean Noel Augert (World
Champion slalom racer) owns and runs the Intersport
and the St Moritz here.
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Away
Days
St Jean d' Maurienne
is 20-40mins away by bus and has supermarkets, boutiques
and a swimming pool. Further afield Chambery is only
2hrs away by train from St Jean. If you fancy a change
in skiing, the Three valleys is easily accesible via
the telecabin from Orelle, just down the valley.
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Internet
Cafés
Unfortunately Corbier
has no internet link, however the tourist office in
Toussiere (5 mins by Bus) has a machine which you use
a phonecard with.
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Eating
Out
When you're tired
of eatin' staff food and left overs heres where you
can munch some real food:
Le Bouille - French food, quite
cheap.
Rocher Blanche - Good Pizzas and Fondues.
Le Alpage - The Best Savoire food in Cobier,
but you feel real fat afterwards!
St Moritz - Good Steaks and reasonable lunchtime
specials.
Le Yeti - Nice Pizza and steaks too.
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Mountain
Restos
When Huger strikes prematurely
and you have to eat up there, these are your
options:
Le Charmun (Mid station)
Le Arves (Top left of ski area)
Le Marmotte (Mid station then right)
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McDonalds
The closest Macca's is
in Chambery (and you get salad with your meal!)
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Transfers
Changeover day can last all
day here, the bus has to go all the way to Turin and back. Unfortunately
it seems to always make it up the hill also.
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Living
If you are doing
a season here you will almost certainly living in an
apartment. Whilst a bit dated they are all right to
live in. Be aware of your neighbours, we kept gettin
notes about music volume!!!!! Oops!!!
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CdS
Search
If you’re thinking of doing a season in Whistler then why not
search through the Club
des Saisonniers to see who else has worked there and what advice
they may be able to offer.
Discounts
There are numerous benefits
available to members of the CdS.
Join
Anyone who has done a season or has a firm offer from
a tour operator may join
the Club des Saisonniers.
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[Thanks to Dan Loots
for putting this Guide together]
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Corbier
(and Toussiere) are medium sized purpose built resorts which could
hardly be described as the prettiest in the Alps. But don't let
that put you off!
