 Poster: A snowHead
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Going to sneak in a weekend 28-30 April. Have been looking at previous threads to get feel for whet to expect so late on and am prepared to take the gamble if only cause I'll get to check out where we'll be staying next year.
So the plan is to have 3 days between Saas Fee and Zermatt (staying in Saas Fee to keep costs down!). Obviously conditions vary from year to year but generally speaking what sort of conditions could we realistically expect on those dates - anyone have any experience skiing that late there ? e.g. is it often possible to ski back down to resort ? In Zermatt, are all 3 main areas open or just the Klein Matterhorn section ? Could we ski into Cervinia ?
Thanks for any info you can provide ....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Last season Saas-Fee shut the weekend of 22nd-23rd April - not entirely sure why as they should have had enough snow down to Maste 4. I was in Zermatt part of the week leading up to the last weekend; the Kleiner Matterhorn was the only area open in Zermatt (Gornergrat had shut the previos weekend), but you ski into Cervinia. From what I remember the runs to resort were shut, but almost everything higher up was open.
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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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masmith
There are 3 timetable pages covering the 3 Zermatt sectors, which show you which lifts are scheduled to run on the dates you'll be there. 2 of the 3 sectors (Gornergrat and Rothorn) will be shut from 23 April:
http://bergbahnen.zermatt.ch/e/fahrplan/winter/kleinmatterhorn.html
It's highly unlikely that you'll be able to ski back to the resort from the sector which will be open (Furi-Schwarzsee-Klein Matterhorn), but it doesn't matter. 95 per cent of the skiing up there is above 2000m, and the best of it will be on the glacier.
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masmith, Why don't you come to Val thorens and join the EOSB for the last couple of days???
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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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easiski, hadn't really considerd that. Started reading the thread but don't have time to go through the whole 27 pages!
I can't get away for a whole week and can't get away for any of the weekend 22/23 April. Might be able to swing Wed -Sat if accommodation available for part week, do you know if this is possible? Would be for me and one or two others ...
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I think there's a good chance of your timings fitting in with a few early part of week-ers. If I remember right they're leaving on the Tuesday, check with Admin for the full details.
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