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Chamonix or Engelberg for a 2 Night Solo Trip Next Week?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Hi,
The wife is staying at home and I have a chance to take a quick ski trip next Wed to Fri (Feb 11-13). The plan would be to get an early flight on Wed and ski the afternoon, and ski most of the day on Fri before flying back. On Thursday I might just hire a guide and do some touring or off piste.
With the flight timings and prices, I've narrowed it down to flying into Geneva or Zurich. I want to hit a resort that is more challenging and wouldn't necessarily go to with the family. (Somewhere not crowded would be good too, but given it'll be midweek and not yet holidays I'm assuming most places will be ok in that regard.) And obviously, being under 1.5 hours from the airport is important, so it looks like Engelberg and Chamonix are the two best choices.
I'll try to wait as long as possible to book to see what the weather will be doing, but if that's equal, what do people recommend? If there's no big dumps next week, and I do a day of touring, where will I have the better chance of getting some leftover powder?

Thanks a lot,
Marc
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

As you say, they are the two obvious options and for good reasons. That said, they attract many powder hounds and probably get skied out faster than anywhere else. Still if you are going to skin you should be able to find leftovers at either. I think Chamonix has had the bigger snowfall in this dump (?) so that might be the decider.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Engelberg, if you haven't been, worth going
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