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Thank you! So useful… half term is not looking as bad given Paris is not on holiday and the first week in Easter is looking like a great week to go!
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| Elsie80 wrote: |
| Thank you! So useful… half term is not looking as bad given Paris is not on holiday and the first week in Easter is looking like a great week to go! |
Is Paris really such a big deal? UK half tern week there are two zones off at the same time, one being the most populous (B) and the other the one with all the cities in close proximity to mountains (Lyon, Grenoble), i.e. more likely to have avid skiers. On paper it should seem like a busy week too, but happy to be educated on this.
Austria is also looking quite busy, for HT with Fasching (Bavaria off), UK, NL (C+S, most populous area), and most of Switzerland
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@ski_free,
Is Paris really such a big deal?
I can only comment on the ski areas I've done seasons in (3 Vs & Espace Killy), but yes, it is.
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| ski_free wrote: |
| Elsie80 wrote: |
| Thank you! So useful… half term is not looking as bad given Paris is not on holiday and the first week in Easter is looking like a great week to go! |
Is Paris really such a big deal? UK half tern week there are two zones off at the same time, one being the most populous (B) and the other the one with all the cities in close proximity to mountains (Lyon, Grenoble), i.e. more likely to have avid skiers. On paper it should seem like a busy week too, but happy to be educated on this.
Austria is also looking quite busy, for HT with Fasching (Bavaria off), UK, NL (C+S, most populous area), and most of Switzerland |
Yes, it will be busy but if it were 2 zones including Paris it would be so much worse, at least in the French part of the PDS.
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How big a difference – in terms of piste crowdedness, road traffic and prices – does the French Easter holiday make if skiing in France? Not as much as the February holiday, I know, but is it still something that's worth avoiding?
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And thanks for this chart, by the way!
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One clarification - February holidays in Sweden should include week 7 (Gothenburg and surrounding areas i.e. second largest region after Stockholm). Won't have a major impact on numbers in the Alps of course, given how few people live here 
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@Dave_raclette, the French Easter holiday is basically irrelevent. It‘s nothing like February half term or New Year. I often ski one of the Easter weeks in France, it‘s a great time to ski. Generally an earlier Easter will be busier than a later one (mainly due to other countries holidays rather than France!) but it‘s still quiet compared to the Feburary holidays.
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in 2026 the Carneval Week in Germany is the same as in the UK, Irl and zones A & B in France.... pooooooooooo
worst case senario
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@Dave_raclette, @Gämsbock is correct
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@ski_free Yup Paris is a big deal!
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Thanks, folks! Most of my previous holidays have been in France during the UK Easter hols. It's just that I've never been aware of whether the French schools are open or closed at the time.
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You know it makes sense.
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Just back from Arabba. First time in Italy for HT and was interested to compare with Austria which is the normal destination. Pleased to report that it was great. First Saturday in Alleghe and it was quieter than I've seen out for the PreBB at the end of Jan - no queues at all.
The rest of the week was around the Sella Ronda with some carefully chosen side routes. Alta Badia was the most popular area, along with Belvedere and there were queues at Biok and Piz Sorega but nothing really worse than I have seen at other times and they are easily avoided. Alba/Pozza was very quiet, as was Sante Croce, and we only did the SR Orange once but found only one queue on the Pradel bubble (~ 5 mins).
I know that this HT is going to be quieter than 2026 as Carnivale/Faschings is late this year but I would book Italy over anywhere else for next year.
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How much is Carnivale likely to affect Italy? Thinking either Austria or Italy for half term next year…
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Thanks, @altis. I've just posted the following in a thread that's currently in Off-Piste but will share it in here:
Easyjet flights for winter 20256/26 go live at 09:00 on Tuesday 25th February!
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@turms2, +1, we always go to German-speaking Switzerland. Empty slopes this year with few German holidays, but looks like we better not get used to it
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| smudger wrote: |
| How much is Carnivale likely to affect Italy? Thinking either Austria or Italy for half term next year… |
were exactly in Italy? if you mean Aosta valley etc, it will be relatively ok i think.
But if you mean S. Tirol , its really affected ... at least in the carneval Week in DE
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Hmmm. Thanks. We were thinking S. Tirol. Might need to go back to the drawing board.
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| Klamm Franzer wrote: |
Just back from Arabba. First time in Italy for HT and was interested to compare with Austria which is the normal destination. Pleased to report that it was great. First Saturday in Alleghe and it was quieter than I've seen out for the PreBB at the end of Jan - no queues at all.
The rest of the week was around the Sella Ronda with some carefully chosen side routes. Alta Badia was the most popular area, along with Belvedere and there were queues at Biok and Piz Sorega but nothing really worse than I have seen at other times and they are easily avoided. Alba/Pozza was very quiet, as was Sante Croce, and we only did the SR Orange once but found only one queue on the Pradel bubble (~ 5 mins).
I know that this HT is going to be quieter than 2026 as Carnivale/Faschings is late this year but I would book Italy over anywhere else for next year. |
Even with the Olympics?
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@JoeSchmoe, I spent a week in Saalbach during the World Champs and found that the resort was generally quieter than normal and the races acted as a magnet for people, meaning that the rest of the area was even quieter for most of the day. I think the the alpine events are in Bormio and Cortina which are fairly disjointed areas anyway, so the races should have minimal impact on other parts of the resort.
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I am not sure that Belgium in week 10 for 2026 is correct, anyone else find this?
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@Doriefishy, Switzerland is wrong too for Feb but I think we are less of an impact in numbers than France or UK.
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@Nadenoodlee, what's wrong for CH? Basel and Zürich at least look correct?
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@Gämsbock, ZH is 8/9/10 and isn't showing
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You know it makes sense.
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@Nadenoodlee, Zürich is showing as being off from 7-21 Feb which includes 8-10?
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@Gämsbock, thats 7&8. We are ZH and its 8&9 in our ferienplan( I read 8,9,10- but its 7,8,9) always very happy that we are the last week as we avoid the main half term carnage.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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which Zone is the worst from French Holidays? Carneval Week is with A+B
its better als with C and Paris?
I thought Half Term in UK is spreaded in more than one week. Wrong?
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Capricorn, thanks for that and welcome to Snowheads
Although i'm not the OP nor the person (Eric Bonnel, director of the Val Thorens ESF ski school I believe) who created and maintains the guide, I've added a link to the original post.
The latest version is available here: http://bit.ly/EuropeanSchoolHolidays but it isn't particularly up to date - it's still showing 24/25
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| Quote: |
I thought Half Term in UK is spreaded in more than one week. Wrong?
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Most of the UK's February half term is all in one week. Some years, some areas have their half term a week earlier or later, but not every year.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Temesvar wrote: |
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I thought Half Term in UK is spreaded in more than one week. Wrong?
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Most of the UK's February half term is all in one week. Some years, some areas have their half term a week earlier or later, but not every year. |
"OK, thanks. It's definitely not ideal, but it is what it is.
In such a case the carneval week is the same with the two zones in France, and the Half Term from UK.
That means : either we leave this week, or we have to search something out of the path in France or maybe another countray.
Austria and S.Tirol are also out of the game...
Will be really difficult
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We are pretty much stuck with the half term week this year, and are probably going to go for Andorra.
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| Temesvar wrote: |
| We are pretty much stuck with the half term week this year, and are probably going to go for Andorra. |
driving till andorra ist too much for us .... almost 13 h without stops etc.
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I’m also looking for a Feb half term option, no choice for this trip 
Dolomites seem quite booked up presumably due to the Olympics.
Any thoughts on the Italian Alps at this time? Cervinia maybe? We do want a biggish ski area. I know there is Carnevale as well.
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Explore many resorts in one week is not an Option für us since the Kids are Stuck/ Obsessed with ESF badges etc.
So we have to stay in a resort for the week.
Furthermore i need esf competitiion course for my Sohn, meaning some small resorts are out.
Dont ask why but as long as the Kids are excited with the whole concept and they can wait for this, i do not want to change it.
At présent its all open.
If i book eg Avoriaz for Christmas i maybe Hit the Button for the pds season pass, meaning looking somewhere there for half term with low expectations of course.
Otherwise i maybe Look something like val cenis or montegevre for HT.
To other Option leave HT , book a week for Christmas ans easter and heading again one Week end of May
26 May - 6 june we have also school holidays in germany. Heading this week instead of HT Looks also nice
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