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According to the traffic lights on this Belgian tourism site http://www.catpw.be/FR/ski.htm some of the small Belgian 'resorts' are open and reporting 20-40cm of snow.

I recall that we even had Snowheads living close to one of them

Baraque seems to the biggest of the open ones. However its Website doesn't have a webcam, so can't see what its like.

Any local feedback.

Oh, did I mention these are only 2.5 hours from Calais?
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I'm closest to the Baraque, we've got about 30-40cm snow right now but we're not predicted any more for the next few days and the temperature is approaching zero so I'm not expecting it to last.
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Oh well. Here's hoping

We're seriously considering a long weekend trip to the Spa/Stavelot area during the winter to let our 3 year olds play on some snow. Being in Sussex, its less cruel to do five hours to the Ardennes than 10 hours to Scotland. We know its touch-and-go but we figure there's also the motor racing circuit and cross-country as other attractions if uplift doesn't happen. We did the Vosges last year and enjoy the offbeat destinations

Can you recommend any good two/three star hotels? The chains don't seem to have broken out of the Leige metropolitan area.
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There are some chains in Spa although personally I don't rate Spa much as a nice little holiday town and prefer Malmedy.

It tends to be more gite country out here although there are hotels and B&Bs. You could check out http://www.waimes.be and http://www.robertville.be Robertville is a very cute little town with a beautiful resevoir with a beach. It also has a big dam and a castle and is about 5km from the downhill skiing at Ovifat ( http://www.skialpin-ovifat.com/ ). The Baraque Michel resides in a national park and is the "epicentre" of x-country skiing and has great walking through woods and marshland.

I have had some friends stay here http://www.hotelfagnard.be/en2/rubriek.asp?custnr=24&itemnr=7933 and they really recommended it. It's at the other end of my village and is owned by a Dutch couple so English is no problem. It's very close to Monschau in Germany which of course is famous for it's fabulous xmas market (and speeding tickets dammit! Sad )

If you need any more info just message me and of course I can give you an up to date snow report but this site is pretty good for weather. http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Belgium/Botrange.htm
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SussexSnow, Hello, I saw you want to go to the Spa/Stavelot area during this winter. There is a webcam at the following adress:http://www.meteowvl.be/flash/hogevenen.php.

You also can find information on a 3 stars hotel closed to Roberville: http://www.hotelhogevenen.be/

Enjoy your Belgian trip

Chris of Baulers
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I think that the 20-40cm refers to the height of the mountains rather than the depth of snow.
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I'm at 700m richmond, that's not bad for a "flat" country. NehNeh
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Alexandra, you shouldn't be sending e-mails while you're in a 'plane. Naughty.
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