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Holiday dates at work confirmed, long weekend in Jan (Thurs-Mon) and then a week in March. Austria likely destination for both.
Time to get choosing and booked ASAP as can't see things getting cheaper!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Off to Banff for 2 weeks in January, hopefully nothing COVID related scuppers this like it did when I was due in Whistler this last January!
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If this means 22/23 season then hopefully a short trip to Zermatt in late October, BA and weather conditions allowing!
Maybe another trip in 2023 proper as well, fingers crossed
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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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Hard money down on Kitzbühel, Dolomiti and Zillertal for March 15-30. Flying mostly solo, let's go. Zillertal is new to me; I thought glacier access might be a good call since I took plenty of low elevation/low snow/low snowmaking risk with the first two.
If anybody has a restaurant recommendation for Jochberg that would be helpful. Also curious if I'll be able to drive from Kitz to San Cassiano through Lienz rather than over Brenner, which is not the most scenic road in the Alps.
Prices are up--my "free using miles" flight cost $2,000 in fees-- but Alpine hotels remain a screamin' deal.
Thanks and may we all have sufficient snow, snowmaking, water, power and visibility!
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| Scooter in Seattle wrote: |
If anybody has a restaurant recommendation for Jochberg that would be helpful. Also curious if I'll be able to drive from Kitz to San Cassiano through Lienz rather than over Brenner, which is not the most scenic road in the Alps.
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You'll probably want/be better off to set up a new thread rather than use this one to get that info.
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All booked! Same apartment in Tignes as last year; Same ski school as last year; EuroTunnel all booked as well.
Apartment was roughly the same price as last year. Ski school prices were up about £250 total for the 3 kids; EuroTunnel was £250 up from £190.
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Half term flights from Bristol to Lyon aren't looking quite as bad as I thought they would, so may have go for those dates, sadly. I'll try and pick a smaller resort....
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So far, 1 week in Mayrhofen in Jan and 1 week is Val D'espair in April. Getting that excitement building again !
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Les Arcs 1950 over Christmas. Can. Not. Wait.
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Arc 2000, mid Jan, all in with Club Med.
Possibly my dads last ski trip so will have to make it a good one.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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7 days at Saalbach-Hinterglemm, and the surrounding resorts, the third week of January, followed by 4 days at Ischgl and Serfaus.
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January. One week in Kaprun followed by two in Zell am See.
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You know it makes sense.
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Feb Corvara, avios flights into Venice which have cost £4.00 for all 4 of us.. So I've stumped up for a nice hotel. Looking forward to a new area and some nice easy stuff for Mrs Endo to enjoy.
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Val dizzle, Feb half term with the famalam. Haven’t been since the Feb before covid. Driving again. Love it.
Can’t wait!
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Yep, 2 weeks for Christmas-New Year in Belle Plagne and 1 week in Feb at Arc 2000....... We chose to stay in hotels/half board this time instead of self catering as we found good prices.....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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La Clusaz over Christmas with young family.
Really excited, first trip in three years. Wo n't be all day skiing (just 5 mornings probably) but will be fab none the less. Might even try a bit of cross country if there's snow..who knows.
£450 odd for easy jet from Luton, (including baggage and snowboard), £660 for Air BnB, £550 for car hire..still more to spend of course but still just within the realms of affordability for me.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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For the 2022/23 season I've got Ruka in December, St Anton in January and ValT for the EOSP (awaiting buttons) 
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Seeing all those booking, I am wondering: are there any worries in Europe that ski resorts/areas might not be open this year due to energy shortage in Europe? Considering that running lifts and resorts overall takes a fair bit of electricity and they are not necessities, is there a chance that governments can restrict their operations if things will get worse? I was planning my annual skiing trip from across the pond when those thoughts suddenly occur to me. Do I worry too much? Hard to see how things are in Europe from NA.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Just booked our main trip out to the 4 Vallées across Jan-Feb 2023. Flights were very reasonable LGW<>GVA (£123/pp return easyJet front seats, Speedyboarding, under seat bag + cabin bag). Car hire was ridiculous - cheapest smallest was £80/day before any supplements and fill-up, so we'll be transferring via train, télépherique and PostBus at £97 return each* for just under 3 hour journey door-to-door. We've previously driven down, except for short breaks but this time are leaving the car at home.
*An SBB 'Saver Day Pass' booked 60 days in advance.
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Just booked our first group trip since 2020. It'll be good to get the band back together! 1 week, end of Jan staying in the Reberty area of Les Men.
Love flying but with car rental prices just astronomic at the moment, we are driving down.
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Finally pulled the trigger on a week in Champoluc in the week before Christmas due to the strange way school holidays fall this year.
Also have both GCSEs AND A-Levels happening in the WobblyIce household next year so we're doubly scuppered on possible dates.  (I'm hanging on to the fact that an end to school holidays is coming into sight though!)
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Just booked Cervina for a week at the end of January, flying into malpensa , car hire and self catering. Staying in valtourneche so easy enough to find an appartment.
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just sorting a trip to saalbch early march there seems to be plenty of availability atm .Seems folk are holding of booking yet wonder if its due to ukraine or the cost of living increases throughout europe. We have usually booked before now and was a tad concerned that our favorite hotels would have been getting booked up.
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Locked in for Lech for a week followed by Dolomites (Arabba) late Feb. early March. Working on a touring trip in Italy in late March early April.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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About to pull the trigger on a week in Les Gets in Feb, and then gamble on another week at the beginning of April.
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Booked a March 2023 trip to La Plagne and I'm now considering another one in January.
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You know it makes sense.
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Looks like Trysil again for the two of us. LHR to OSL, overnight hotel on the Saturday. Ski on empty slopes on Sunday  . Prices look about 10-20% up on last year.
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Back to meribel for Christmas and February with the kids and then for a week with friends in March!
Fingers crossed for another good snowy Xmas and new year!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| wobblyice wrote: |
Finally pulled the trigger on a week in Champoluc in the week before Christmas due to the strange way school holidays fall this year.
Also have both GCSEs AND A-Levels happening in the WobblyIce household next year so we're doubly scuppered on possible dates. (I'm hanging on to the fact that an end to school holidays is coming into sight though!) |
I did the same this year, and then was slightly galled to see neither of them do a stroke of work over half term (as they’d both just had mocks the week before). Could be worth checking, as we might just have well have gone.
(It all ended well … )
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@Pejoli, we had booked Feb half term this year. Due to eldest doing GCSEs thinking it should be good timing with respect to mocks. They were rolled forward flights from previous year.... we were blindsided by an extra set of mocks eldest had to sit straight after!!!! Apparently they were doing them in case they wouldnt be allowed to sit actual GCSE exams this year. Thankfully they were
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@wobblyice, @Pejoli, the two years our daughter was doing exams we planned in advance to ski at half term, with her connivance, and she planned round that. Don't remember how it worked for GCSEs but for A levels she did actually succeed in doing an hour or so's work each day.
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@Pejoli, Glad to hear all went well in the end. @j b, I'd be happy for an hour or so a day for eldest in ordinary times, never mind on holiday 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Off to Grimentz 3 to 8 of Jan. If anyone has been and has any tips and advice am all ears!
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i didnt book anything.
I will everything last minute.
However i ordered two season ski passes for the kids from Grand Massif (they are free of charge until today i think)
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Champoluc in December for four days and Cortina in March for another four days. Hopefully a weekend somewhere in between if I can manage it.
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Think I’m in for a disasterous start to our trip… we only have a 50 min transfer time in Schipol (27th dec) but even KLMs own website now is recommending 4 hours minimum, has me feeling a bit uneasy considering how travel has went this year. Called them and there’s nothing they can do this month but to call back next, they’re saying it should still be ok and if not we’ll be put on the next flight I assume we’ll be lucky if there’s space for 3 of us?!
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Have booked five weeks in st gervais from 22 dec, had a day at tamworth to see how my body stood up to it as had major surgery in april and five weeks in hospital so making the most of a close shave, my wife has always wanted xmas in the snow so thought sod it lets go, just bought our lift passes, mont blanc unlimited annual pass for 1500 euro for us both, counting the days, as an aside couldnt believe how busy the snowdome was , took stepsons girlfriend to have a lesson as she is coming and never skied before, she is hooked 
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Going solo to Saalbach, third week in January. Can't wait, just need to get new boots as my 15yr old Head Edge 10's have given up the ghost.
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