 Poster: A snowHead
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Looking for advice on summer snowboarding in Europe , can't wait until next winter
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If you mean really in Summer, then Hintertux is pretty much your best option.
Stubai up until late June, and is it L2A in France that also has a summer glacier?
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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?
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I've been looking at zermatt , hinterux and l2a , has any snow heads got any other ideas ?
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Hintertux is generally accepted as the most extensive summer option. But I would not plan to be there after mid July to end of August, there can always be exceptions, but unexpected high summer pow is best exploited by last minute planning.
I have been to Tux most summers since about 1992 and have found it to offer the best glacier conditions.
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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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Saas Fee, think winter season closes tomorrow, reopens again in July for summer. Not sure on summer extent versus Hintertux but its pretty reliable so I'm told and very nice village. Keep thinking of going there or Hintertux in the summer but still not made it yet.
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Oh, have been to Kitzsteinhorn (Kaprun) mid June a few years back and it was good then but know it suffers / closes earlier than some of the others. It had been a good season that year so snow was still impressive.
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We did L2A a few years ago. It was good fun and would deffo do it again, but having said that - don't go thinking you'll have the same experience you get in the winter. Piste skiing is pretty meh - hardly challenging unless you're absolutely sold on boilerplate ice transitioning into slush/open rivers by lunchtime. Park is fun though. Weather does play a big part of it - lifts were closed on two out of the six days we had. Plenty of other stuff to do locally during the summer though so would recommend it.
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If you're a boarder then Onyx do a summer freestyle camp in L2A. Ride the park in the morning then other stuff in the afternoon including a bbq. Never been myself as I'd rather stick out the summer then go in the winter.
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Thanks very much everyone
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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+1 for Stelvio. Fantastic drive up the pass. Great skiing in the mornings with plenty of other activities to occupy the afternoon's.
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