Poster: A snowHead
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We (2 families made up of: 5 intermediate skiers, 3 confident snowboarders, 1 early intermediate snowboarder and 1 blader) require a snow sure resort for 1 week at New Year 2006/07.
Our requirements are:
Snow sure
Not too busy queues
Picturesque
Some tree lined runs
Friendly
Some nightlife for young adults and fogies too
NOT within easy reach of Geneva
Any ideas anyone, please?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Have a look at Zell am See. SCHMITTENHÖHE should provide plenty for your group + kaprun is on the same lift pass. Also Saalbach is nearby
Zell ticks all the above boxes for me or maybe not the last one tho' Zell am Zee is a lovely picturesque town on a lake with a few bars and discos
I was there Dec 17th last year for a week and it was great.
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Whistler
Vail
Tig-ness
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Renry, I will look into that, thanks!
Wear The Fox Hat, It's just for one week though so Whistler and Vail are out of the question, but will look into Tignes though thanks!.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Not too many trees in Tignes though, is there????
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johnboy, I really couldn't tell you. So basically WTFH has given me duff choices on all 3 counts
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IncogSkiSno, I've done 1 week trips to both, it's not that bad, and you don't have 4 hour transfers from the airport to the resort!
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You have a very nice criteria. The problem is that it's difficult to get a picturesque, treelined and snowsure resort in Europe. To be really snowsure, you are really looking at a glacier, which ain't always pretty.
Zell has had fantastic conditions for this time of year and is very pretty, but it may not always get good early season condition, but at least there is an extensive glacier as backup
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There is the glacia at Kaprun
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IncogSkiSno, I think you should be looking at Austria and Switzerland, and somewhere close to a glacier in case the snow fails.Check out some of Ise's blogs on mysnowsports.com - he had some super early skiing and pretty and trees, and not one of the standards. Alternatively Morillon has everything you're asking for and a good early snow record. If you come high - of course here is great but - no trees and not so ideal for intermediates.
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IncogSkiSno, I beleive you'll find that La Rosiere meets just about all your criteria although it is comparatively easy to reach from Geneva, it's certainly snow sure, it's friendly, very few queues, there are afew tree-lined runs but lots more in Italy and there is a bit of nightlife.
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You know it makes sense.
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IncogSkiSno, It was a while ago that I skied Ischgl and the quieter areas at New Year from memory were above the tree line at the Western end of the ski area. From memory there was a reasonable amount of tree lined skiing but to be sure I would try and find out from someon who has beeen more recently than myself.
The best snow I have actually had at New Year was in Wengen which has plenty of tree kined runs but I don't know how reliable these are better ask DG Orff
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Poster: A snowHead
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IncogSkiSno,
Have you thought about La Clusaz.
It's a fab resort for skiers of all levels and all ages.
Take a look at our website for more info! www.gravite.co.uk.
We still have spaces for New Year 2006/07 and our chalet would be the perfect size for your group!
Cheers
gravité
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graviteski, We usually ski the PdS and immediate area at least once a year and we are intending to visit La Clusaz at the end of Feb. It sounds lovely, but we want to go somewhere that we can't get to for this trip, hence NOT within a 2hr driving distance of Geneva . Thanks for the suggestion though:sH:
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Just back from first trip to Ischgl, and would recommend it as it appears to meet most criteria....tree lined runs, quiet pistes, no queues (once up the mountain), awesome apres, cheap on the mountain, decent altitude, and certainly a fair drive from Geneva.....
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IncogSkiSno, spent New Year 05 in Ischgl & really enjoyed it & snow was excellent. Agree withGuvnor on all counts but I did find the queues at the gondolas in the morning pretty horrendous, but then I have no patience for it. Dont know what your accomm budget is, there are some beautiful hotels & everyone we met said their accommodation was excellent. We stayed in the Alpenrose, was great value & location to the gondolas and town centre.
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SChladming? Their snowmkaing is mighty impressive and as long as it is cold (which it usually is at new year) I'm sure they will come up with the goods - plus the pass covers many many resorts so you can always bail out to somewhere else? Very pretty, lots of tree lines cruising, some of which has great views, no queues anywhjere that I found, very quick lift system - i could go on but I do highly recommend it - it's fab! Cheap flights to salzburg and then train to get there is a very easy transfer too...or just under an hour in a cab?
aj xx
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ajhainey, Ah, thanks if Ischgl is too pricey that may be worth looking at
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