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Can anyone recommend any resorts for summer skiing?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No, but I can suggest not bothering with Zermatt. The summer skiing is limited and rather dull. It's a wonderful place for summer walking and climbing, of course, but if you want more than a couple of mornings skiing, it's not the place.
Not very helpful, sorry.
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Somewhere in the southern hemisphere possibly ?
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Antarctica?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Tignes (Grande Motte glacier) is one of the best in Europe.
Alpe D'Huez July 2nd - 30th only on the Sarenne Glacier.
What's that decent one in Italy ??????
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Passo Tonale, but the glacier isn't very extensive
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As easiski hasn't yet suggested it-Les Deux Alpes, opens on June 18th .
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DB, thanks but La Plagne is doubtful for opening (and rather small anyway) and Les Diablerets definitely won't open this summer.
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| kuwait_ian wrote: |
| DB, thanks but La Plagne is doubtful for opening (and rather small anyway) and Les Diablerets definitely won't open this summer. |
ifyouski obviously have not heard of global warming. La Plagne, Val Thorens and Val d'Isère are all shut. I have my doubts about l'alpe d'Huez as there has been so little snow at altitude there this winter. I may go take a look at the glacier early July before I go on holiday.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Never been there myself but Hintertux is supposed to be one of the best European resorts for Summer glacier skiing.
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takingthepiste, Hintertux in Austria is - indeed - hard to beat for summer skiing, which is why national teams have always favoured it for training.
I personally like the Stubai glacier too. Haven't skied it for quite some years, so I don't know how it's holding up.
The glacier above Saas Fee in Switzerland is good, too. A decent gradient, and the village is a lovely place to be. Why not do Saas Fee for a couple of days, and then hop on the train up to Zermatt. Richmond is slightly unfair on its glacier - there's a big new 6-seat chair servicing quite a good run (but be sure to check the timetables for which lifts are going to run on which dates), and you get about 1000m of vertical in high summer (much of which is quite flat, but the scenery is outrageously good) from the highest t-bar to Trockener Steg.
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I've summer skied at Zermatt, Saas Fee, Tignes and Hintertux, and Hintertux is definitely the best. Also been to Kaprun, ValT, VdI Alpe d'Huez & La Plagne but only in winter, and would like to try Stubai sometime. There's also Solden and probably a few other places....
But still, the biggest and best summer skiing in Europe does not even begin to compare with a proper week's skiing in any Alpine resort in normal winter conditions - like Richmond says, don't go unless you want a mixed holiday with tennis/golf/mountain biking/canoeing/whatever.
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You know it makes sense.
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IMHO Hintertux is better than Sölden for summer skiing.
The end of summer is the worst time to go (Aug/Sep) but great conditions with very few people around can be had if you watch the weather esp. just either side of the winter season.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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[/quote]Richmond is slightly unfair on its glacier - there's a big new 6-seat chair servicing quite a good run (but be sure to check the timetables for which lifts are going to run on which dates), and you get about 1000m of vertical in high summer (much of which is quite flat, but the scenery is outrageously good) from the highest t-bar to Trockener Steg.[/quote]
It's a long time since I summer skiied in Zermatt, and it was late in the season (it snowed a bit), but it is very flat. The scenery is indeed fantastic, and the skiing glacier (Theodulgletscher?) gives one of the best views of the Matterhorn.
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Wed 15-06-05 14:19; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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richmond, is that North Yorkshire or London? 
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marc gledhill, London.
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Like richmond said, unless you are combining it with other activities, or you are just going for the scenery, I wouldn't bother. That especially applies at the tail end of summer August / September. At best you'll just find yourself sliding around on slushy ice!
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What is the snow/ski conditions like in October/November on the Glaziers?
And are you able to get a full days skiing rather than 7/8 am till ~lunch time?
Especially Switzerland or Austria.
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davidb, you can get a full day's skiing. But October is too early to be sure of decent snow. You should check the snow reports and only book at the last minute if you want to ski in Oct. Even November is too early to be sure of the snow.
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| davidb wrote: |
What is the snow/ski conditions like in October/November on the Glaziers?
And are you able to get a full days skiing rather than 7/8 am till ~lunch time?
Especially Switzerland or Austria. |
It really depends on the weather. I've had fresh powder on the Austrian glaciers Oct/Nov during certain years but other years it was either too dry / warm / foggy. Watch the weather and book late.
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takingthepiste, As Helen Beaumont, says Les Deux Alpes is pretty good (well, I admit to being biased)! We have the widest skiable glacier in Europe and one of the biggest areas in terms of hectares. This year they've done lots of great work, and have allowed more space for "regular" skiers and less for the race training lanes. See my post on snow conditions.
However, wherever you ski in the summer go as early as possible June/first 2 weeks of July are best, and not too busy. Late July begins to get busier and August brings the French out in numbers. For info on the runs see www.les2alpes.com and check out the piste map.
I've skied Zermatt and liked it, but at that time the uplift was very slow - seems to have been improved now. Stubai is very pretty, but not very big - Pitztal ditto. Soldern is good but a long drive from the town (which I didn't care for all that much).
Hope all this helps. 
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