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 SCUK Winter Bash 2011
 Following the huge success of last year we’d be barking mad to ignore the popularity of the mighty SCUK Winter Bash. This year SCUK will be hooking up with our friends and yours at StarSki Chalets in Morzine-Avoriaz to offer the snowboarding holiday of the year!
If you're booked, then keep an eye on the SCUK Bash Forum for the latest information. Not long to go now! If you're new to the Winter Bash, how best to describe it? Well, there's a strong feeling of community, a lot of snowboarding, a heap of guiding, a belly of laughter, a smattering of immaturity and a bout of drinking which on occasion has been laced with a touch of nudity. It's a memorable and unique experience and one that hundreds of folk feel is well worth having over and over again. So whoever you are, you're all very welcome. Bashers will have the option of staying in the fantastic and fun Chalet-Hotel StarLight or the deluxe "pimped-up" Chalet StarSki. Both are offered on an affordable half-board basis. Prices start from a very reasonable £420 for 7 nights B&B accommodation, 6 day full Portes du Soleil lift pass and the infamous Bash entertainment. SCUK members will naturally receive our "mate's rate" discount, but all-comers are welcome. We also accept under 18s into the fold, however we cannot take legal responsibility for you and you should be accompanied by a responsible(ish) adult. Accommodation PackagesWe have four options for you as listed below. Prices shown are for SCUK members. Non-members are more than welcome, but you'll avoid the £15 non-member surcharge if you join for just £15... so er...  All packages include:
AvailabilityChalet-Hotel Starlight : 50 places Chalet Starski : 20 places Chalet Avoca : 17 places For all queries contact info@starskichalets.com Booking is now closed.The 2011 SCUK Winter Bash is now fully booked. Demand was much higher than we expected compared to previous years and we managed to add Chalet Avoca to our original plans. However, we wanted to make sure the quality of the trip was not compromised by booking more people than we could handle. Sorry if you missed out and keep your eyes peeled for 2012!UPDATE 3/08/10: All of the double and twin rooms throughout Chalet-Hotel StarLight (Option 1 & 2) are booked. Triples & Quads still available (each has single beds in). Doubles and twins available in Chalet StarSki (Option 3). UPDATE 18/08/10: Due to demand we are looking to secure an additional chalet. Watch this space. UPDATE 20/08/10: Option 4 now added, but filling fast. One space for option 1/2 remaining. Six spaces for option 3 remaining. We are looking at more options as demand is higher than expected. Option 1 - B&B Chalet-HotelAccommodation: Chalet-Hotel StarLight Price: £420 pp Board: B&B Details: Price based on sharing ensuite bedroom (Twins, Doubles, Triples and Quads). Includes continental breakfast. Includes welcome meal on Sunday night. Includes full area 6-Day Portes du Soleil Lift Pass. Chalet-Hotel StarLight is located close to the centre of Morzine and offers shared accommodation in a relaxed chalet-hotel style setting. Option 1 includes a continental breakfast each morning plus the Welcome Meal on Sunday evening. You can upgrade to include food on any of the evenings or if you want meals each night then go for 'Option 2'. Also Included:
Rooms in Chalet-Hotel StarLight can be booked as a group of mates sharing, but also for individuals who will be grouped with like minded SCUKers! We have a range of twins, doubles, triples and quads. Add 5 nights catering and go fully half-board for just £75. Option 2 - Half-Board Chalet-HotelAccommodation: Chalet-Hotel StarLight Price: £495 pp Board: Half-Board Details:Price based on sharing en-suite bedroom. Includes continental breakfast, afternoon Tea, 3 course evening meal with wine (6 Nights). Includes full area 6-Day Portes du Soleil Lift Pass. Chalet-Hotel StarLight is located close to the centre of Morzine and offers shared accommodation in a relaxed chalet-hotel style setting. Everyday you'll have a continental breakfast each morning and then tea and cakes when you get back from the slopes. You will be served a delicious 3 course evening meal on 6 nights with wine - this allows you to go into town one evening and hunt your own food. Also Included:
Rooms in Chalet-Hotel StarLight can be booked as a group of mates sharing, but also for individuals who will be grouped with like minded SCUKers! We have a range of twins, doubles, triples and quads. Option 3 - Deluxe ChaletAccommodation: Chalet StarSki Price: £595 pp Board: Half-Board Deluxe Details: Price based on sharing ensuite bedroom. Includes cooked breakfast, Afternoon Tea, 4 Course Evening Meal with selected wines (6 Nights). Includes full area 6-Day Portes du Soleil Lift Pass. Chalet StarSki is a sumptuous retreat for those seeking the perfect luxurious ski holiday. StarSki Chalets brings SCUKers sublime style to the bash for this winter. Attention to detail is unparalleled, and the large open-plan living and dining area features spectacular mountain vistas to assist in setting the scene. You'll have a cooked breakfast each morning and then tea and cakes when you get back from the slopes. You will be served a delicious 4 course evening meal on 6 nights with carefully selected wine. This includes a cheese and port course. You'll also be served coffee and chocolates at the end of your meal in front of the fire. Also Included:
Rooms in Chalet StarSki can be booked as a group of mates sharing, but also for individuals who will be grouped with like minded SCUKers! We have a range of twins, doubles, triples and quads. Option 4 – Half-Board – Chalet AvocaAccommodation: Chalet Avoca Price: £495 pp Board: Half-Board Details:Price based on sharing en-suite bedroom. Includes continental breakfast, afternoon Tea, 3 course evening meal with wine (6 Nights). Includes full area 6-Day Portes du Soleil Lift Pass. Chalet Avoca is one of our luxury chalets and we’re making it available for the SCUK winter bash due to high demand. The accommodation is first class with en-suite bedrooms, sauna, jacuzzi, free wifi, UK satellite TV. We have changed the catering and service which allows us to keep the cost down for those still wishing to attend the bash. Key changes from what is on the StarSki Chalets website are: The catering will match that of the Chalet-Hotel StarLight, there will be no in-resort minibus service (the free bus stop is just 100m from the chalet). Everyday you'll have a continental breakfast each morning and then tea and cakes when you get back from the slopes. You will be served a delicious 3 course evening meal on 6 nights with wine - this allows you to go into town one evening and hunt your own food. Also Included:
Rooms in Chalet Avoca can be booked as a group of mates sharing, but also for individuals who will be grouped with like minded SCUKers! We have a range of twins, doubles, triples and quads. Chalet MapA is Chalet Avoca. B is Chalet Hotel StarLight. C is Chalet StarSki. It's about 25 minutes between A and C by foot, but we may have the use of the StarSki minibuses for evenings when we descend on Hotel Starlight for "official events", such as the Pub Quiz or Welcome Meal. There's also a free resort shuttle of course. View Larger Map Package Extras
We know some SCUK members will already be in Morzine or nearby and they are welcome to join us for the SCUK Pub Quiz if space allows, for a small charge of €10. How To BookYou can download the booking form below and email it to info@starskichalets.com If you require more information then you can phone StarSki Chalets on 0033 679 181 401 or send them an email. Upon booking you will be required to pay a £100 deposit. You will be sent a confirmation invoice with the full balance being due by the 1st December 2010. An Extra Day or Week?Last year, many SCUKers took up the opportunity to extend their Bash by an extra week to save money on travel. Ask Elderon or Clarissa at StarSki Chalets for details, but rather than just the normal 10% off you would normally get as a SCUK member at StarSki Chalets, we will do you a special deal of 15%+ off, whether it's the week before or after the SCUK Bash, although transfer prices may differ and places will depend on availability. If you want to arrive on Saturday there are limited spaces available, so please contact Elderon or Clarissa at StarSki Chalets for details. There are already sufficient numbers for them to be able to sort out Saturday transfers, which is handy. Coaching with Mint Snowboarding Mint Snowboarding will be offering group coaching to SCUK members as follows:
Sessions Mint will offer are:
Mint are happy to run sessions of different level / focus, so let them know of any suggestions! All sessions will be run in small groups, with a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 in a group, to ensure you get the most out of the coaching. We will also do our best to get groups of similar level. For those of you who don't know Mint Snowboarding... "We are a small team of British instructors all qualified to the highest level specifically in snowboarding. So we are the ones who can improve your riding and help you reach your goals, whatever your level." For more info check out www.mintsnowboarding.com WB11 coaching discussion on the SCUK forum. Booking CoachingPlease email Mint Snowboarding directly at info@mintsnowboarding.com for any bookings / enquiries. Bookings will not be taken via the main booking form. TravelFor travel information visit StarSki Chalets' Travel page and remember, booking your flights sooner rather than later will save you a small fortune. Airport TransfersThe great thing about Morzine is the short transfer time from Geneva - just 1 hour 15 mins. This allows us to offer reasonably priced airport transfers for just £50 per person return to/from Geneva! We will be organising transfers from Geneva airport only. There will be two official coach transfers inbound and two official coach transfers outbound, so please try to organise your flights accordingly: Inbound - Sunday 16th January 2011:
Outbound - Sunday 23rd January 2011:
We will try to lay on additional minibus transfers if there is sufficient demand before or after these times. However, people may be subject to an additional surcharge for transfers if there isn't the demand. If you need to make alternative transfer arrangements, then please contact us. We will be able to finalise alternative pickup times a couple of weeks before the Winter Bash. ScheduleThe SCUK Winter Bash is an organised week away with a large group of mates who you might not have met yet plus a little bit of SCUK magic! We hate to use the word "schedule", but this will just give you an idea of what the SCUK Crew have planned for you. Naturally, what you do is up to you and we hope to change the "schedule" at the last minute just to keep you on your toes.
SCUK Snowboard InsuranceSCUK's own winter sports insurance really is the best around. Not because it's cheap, but because it covers snowboarders for what snowboarders actually do, not what bean-counters think we should be allowed to do. Cover for the SCUK Winter Bash will cost SCUK Members just £23.85. The ResortThe Portes du Soleil offers 650km of piste across France and Switzerland. The possibility for off-piste riding is endless - accessible and hidden slopes are in abundance. Visit the Portes du Soleil Webcam The Stash The first giant ecological snow park comes to Europe!A new concept in snowparks imported from the Californian resort of North Star, it was developed by Jake Burton himself, famous for his visions on the future of the snowboard. Attracted by Avoriaz's reputation as a snowboard centre, the professionalism of the teams here and the resort's ability to designate an area reserved for the project, Burton chose Avoriaz as the only European resort capable of managing this ambitious project. Burton's philosophy is to create an area in the middle of the forest that caters for a mixture of freeride and freestyle, whilst simultaneously transmitting messages about environmental protection. The "Stash" is born from absence - as Jake Burton stated - sliding structures for "senior" riders who started freeriding about 20 years ago and who now have children who are into freestyle, where there is enormous potential for development. Riding the Stash means heading into the heart of nature but on secure terrain. Situated in the middle of a large expanse of un-groomed snow it is ideal for trying out wide turns in powder snow. These slopes wind in and out of the trees in the Lindarets forest and are punctuated with hidden wooden obstacles all around the circuits that skiers stumble across when hurtling down a "secret passage". You have to snowboard down the same slope many times to discover all the concealed modules 3 slopes of varying levels join up half-way down and lead to a cabin hidden in the middle of pine trees, then separate again to snake their way along this beautiful forest's hidden by-ways. The cabin is where messages are subtly spread - not forced down throats - about actions that can limit environmental damage. It is also possible to engrave your own message in the wood. Avoriaz and Burton's goal is to make the Stash a reference point in Europe, targeting riders from intermediate to advanced level wishing to ride back-country and freestyle together. Download the STASH Information (pdf) The Stash Technical Details: All signs are engraved in wood, no metal is used Length = 1.3 km Total vertical descent = 470m Wooden elements: a wall for vertical sliding, logs and tree trunk obstacles, wooden tables for sliding on, jumps from paths and rocks, trees bent like rainbows, snow shock-absorbers, wooden toboggans, ramps, natural obstacles... Reached via the 6 seater high speed Prolays chairlift with an Avoriaz lift-pass. Resort Piste Map The SCUK Winter Bash 2011 event page can be administered by dunx (Dunx), stu (Stu Brass), spencer (Spencer Claridge) and office (Office). Page views: 6047 |
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