 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone have any recommendations for resort within max 1.5 hours of Zurich?
Ideally intermediate skiing, nightlife not important, good quality apartments.
Looking at Xmas / New Year for family 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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provenjohn, Cannot remember exactly how far the drive is but probably about 1.5 hours Flims has excellent intermediate is extensive and I really enjjoyed it several New Years ago.
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Kloster/Davos and Flims/Laax are about an hours and a bit drive. If you get your toe down.
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Laax/Flims is 1.5 hours all on motorway. great are all you could wish for.
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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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There's also Engelberg, not sure how long a drive it is. Flumserberg is probably the closest, but not very difficult.
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Stayed in Engelberg in the Summer and it took us about an hour and half, but that was very cautious driving as it was the first time we had driven abroad.
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Engelberg from Zurich airport is about 2 hrs by train but should be faster by car, I would think as the road only gets a few switchbacks right at the very very top...
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Engelberg is 2.5 hrs from Baden so about 2hrs from Zurich. I think we used A-roads though as it was Easter and very busy...
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Sharkymark, hmm last time I went to Engelberg it took about an hour from just outside Zurich. I would reckon 1:15-1:30 from Zurich centre.
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 (rapidly thinks again)
I was thinking of Wengen...Engelberg took a lot less
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provenjohn, Bit further south and further from Zurich not far from Chur you might check out Lenzerheide. Been there twice back in the 70's - really under-rated, but great ski-ing. Check out Lenzerheide piste map[/url]
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www.michelin.com and put in Zurich Airport to whereever - normally you can do it faster
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Thanks everyone, will do some research on suggestions this weekend
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You know it makes sense.
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of the suggested resorts, do they all have similiar snow conditions at the moment, ie good! Maybe able to sneak a day in shortly somewhere close to Zurich!
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Poster: A snowHead
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cheers nessy,
Just realised I got my dates wrong, not going to be there until w/c 27th, so am looking for a recommendation of :
somewhere with a decent chance of good snow, and a very good variety of runs, inc decent blacks if possible. Not really any chance of off piste as I'm on my own, but if somewhere close by leaves some blacks un-pisted, so much the better!
I'm also after a recommended hotel for one night, will be touching down in Zurich 18:30, so assuming I leave by 19:00 will get to a resort, 20:30, hoping for a decent relaxing meal, glass of wine, off to bed and a decent ski the next day! Will need to hire skis as won't take my own for a one day trip! Somewhere that rented Stockl's would be nice 
Any tips/recommendations appreciated!
regards,
Greg
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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gregh,
Flims/Laax is a good place, I have only skied it at the beginning of the season but I think quite a lot of it faces south so going late March the conditions may be very spring like.
You could think of Andermatt which has some excellent skiing. I stayed in the Zum Sternen a number of years ago basic but clean, comfortable with good food.
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gregh,
Hotel Cathrin - Engelberg - is nice and 2 mins walk from the Stockli shop which is two minutes walk from the ski lift. You'd have to do the glacier and the Laub. The former is an easy route find for someone who is used to glacial terrain but the Laub isn't really a place for the lone skier. But if only there for a day then provided the whole area is open there are littles bits here and there that you could do and keep very amused without the glacier and the Laub. Use it as a taster and you'll be back for more.
Andermatt needs good snow cover and the best bits are over both sides into the valley which is not for the lone skier. Again, worth it for a taster but you need to want to explore here to be worthwhile. We stayed at the Auroa just over the road from the Gemstock but the high st is so small any hotel will do for the main lift. Plenty of people to match up with I'd have thought..
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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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cheers guys, from looking at websites, Films/Laax seems to have the largest area and a decent amount of reds, anyone think heading there is a bad idea???
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gregh, no, I've been twice and would go again (hint )
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gregh, i really liked the area but our 5 days we had really flat light so couldn't fully enjoy it. I would go back but not until i sell a kidney or something as it was very expensive but as you'll have your own transport and only there for a day or 2 it wont matter too much. There was some fantastic gentle "off-piste" underneath one of the gondolas that we had a whole day of fun in, if i can work out which one i'll post it up here.
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Just come home from Engelberg. It's heaven as they say. GREAT skiing and not too many tourists, yet.
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