 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
im off work all week its my birthday and never skied on birthday and snow has fallen in the alps so ive booked a ferry to calais and upon some small research im gonna drive to either solden, sas fee, zermatt
seems sas fee has most open 14km 10 lifts so thought to put my situation on here to see if any replies can help me decide
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Eyepaulski, At Saas-Fee you will be on the summer ski pistes at altitudes of around 3200-3500m, so providing you you don’t have any problems with altitude you should be fine. The main problem you will have is potential bad weather, because even if the pistes are fine you may not be able to get to them if the main lifts are closed. I’m sure the Solden and Zermatt are similar.
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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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This says what's open - you can also search by opening dates on the site List of open resorts . I would say that of them all (though its not a big choice) Hintertux has the most interesting skiing open, Zermatt is the (way) better /interesting village/town.
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thanks for the replies
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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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[quote="Eyepaulski"]thanks for the replies[. im split now on sas fee and zermatt...
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They're not far apart, do both.
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Zermatt's glacier (I was there in February) is a lot flatter than other ski glaciers - almost just stand up and go in parts...Saas Fee has some steeper bits and, as has been mentioned, is near by.
A big minus point for me is that Switzerland is just so prohibitively expensive these days. However, it's worth going to Zermatt for the Matterhorn views alone. Great for a birthday visit.
If cost is a major factor - or you just want affordable accommodation, food and drink plus a varied, decent-sized ski area (for September...) - I'd be going to Hintertux in Austria. For a change of scene, Soelden glaciers would be do-able on the trip too.
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chose saas fee in the end..thanks for all your advice
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I struggle with Switzerland is so prohibitively expensive. Not compared to major french resorts. The hotels are invariably better value for money. Not cheap, but neither is France or Austria. Saas will be great for a few days. Glacier has a bit more 'slope' on it than Zermatt perhaps.
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switzerland always beyond our means for a week or 10 day trip so a couple of days is doable.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@twoodwar, Switzerland is not intrinsically expensive. Just that your currency, economy and most of all government are so pathetic.
We moved to Switzerland in 06 when it was 2.5 CHFs to the pound. Didn’t feel at all expensive then...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@under a new name, Very true regarding our Politicians, bring back the gold standard. I first went skiing in Switzerland in 1989 and the CHF was near 2.80 to GBP. The was a long period of stability between 1986 and 2008 when the exchange rate averaged around 2.4, with a dip in 1995-96 down to 1.8.
Mind you, if you go back to the mid 1970's the CHF was 6 to the GBP, get building that time machine 
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You know it makes sense.
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Still relatively good value to big name French resorts
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