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I did a quick search but I am hoping for any personal recommendations (resorts or countries) where New Year isn't the absolute busiest (lift lines and pistes) - I would like lots of blue and green runs but extensive with challenges. Any thoughts?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We have skied extensively at New Year at the 3 Valleys, Espace Killy and Aosta Valley. Relatively speaking, all have been ok at that time, so I would recommend any of them for a decent New Year trip.
All areas should fit the bill in terms of your requirements.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ewe year presumably
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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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Dont tell Neddyskigoon about this thread, he will never turn the computer off 
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@Wildsmith, champoluc is quitee busy in the village but not very busy on the slopes. F'rinstance.
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I ski in 3 Valleys (Courchevel) every NY and the queues are fine. It has pretty impressive free fireworks too!
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Leogang? Not on the tourist radar, but a good entry point to the Saalbach-Hinterglemm Ski Circus. Has the added advantage of a brand new 10-pers. gondola this season, in addition to the existing 8-pers bubbles, so uplift has been more than doubled. The long blue at the top of the Asitz (from the Chicken Man's shack to the mid-station) is one of the best blue runs anywhere.
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"is one of the best blue runs anywhere."
You mean there's any difference between blue runs? 
New year in France anyway is the busiest week of the year. We intend to escape to Champoluc, which last year was swamped in the village (most odd) but empty on the slopes. Weird Italians, eh?
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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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You mean there's any difference between blue runs?
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So you've not noticed that some are narrow and twisty, some are churned up crowded rat runs back to the valley, some are in shadow and are cold and icy, some are so flat that they almost go uphill, some are constantly intersected by other runs. The long run in Leogang has a reasonable gradient, is very wide, has no pistes joining it from any sides and there are stunning views in all directions. There is also the Chicken Man/Alte Schmiede/Asitz Brau area at the top and the Stockl Alm at the bottom, any of which are excellent watering holes.
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One of the important things, skiing (in France at any rate) at busy times is to take advantage of lunchtime, when people are ramming the restaurants. Start really early (especially on 1 January), have a break and a snack around 11.30 - 12, then ski through till the afternoon ski lessons start. That can be a bad time, coinciding with people tottering out of the restaurants. If you don't want to stop then, making sure you are far away from the "front de neige" and main lifts used by the ski schools.
My son did a season in Val d'Isere and said even at the busiest times you could find quiet places to get away from it all, if you avoided the main bottlenecks. Get local advice.
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You know it makes sense.
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@quinton, fairy nuff 
I'd just say nice run, and avoid the colouration.
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