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Hi, I'm after some help please.........planning a stag for mid-thirties guys. We want somewhere with plenty of party but not too cheesy. Was considering Ischgl but concerned that it will be too euro-pop with rowdy German blokes (not that I have anything against German blokes) everywhere. We are planning on getting a chalet. Not worried about paying a little extra for the right resort. Plenty of female groups are essential! Perhaps Val d'Isere/Meribel? Any decent occasions? Original plan was Snowbombing but it was too restrictive with accommodation, and probably a little too young for us tbf. Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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1. Verbier
2. St Anton
3. Heavenly
Go straight from club to snow.
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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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Rave on snow, December Saalbach?
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@justin.dampney, tell me where you go so I dont!
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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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@justin.dampney, Soelden had a number of "genlemen's clubs" when I went there a few years ago.
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Benidorm, or Kitzbühel not St Anton
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Val d'Isere is always fun — lots of posh English totty if that's your thing.
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St Anton, Saalbach or Ischgl (Ischgl has the tacky Schatzi bar if that's the sort of thing you are after). Suspect you will find the rowdy folks are more likely to be Scandinavian or Brits than German.
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As @Whitegold says:
1) Verbier
2) Heavenly
3) Hemel Hempstead
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Thinking about some more, I should have said Borovets
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I went on a stag in Pas De La Casa (Andorra) way back when.
Very cheap booze, good restaurants, and a few clubs.
The boarding is un-challenging, and so long as you are on the correct side of the ridge, all the runs, bring you back to roughly the same place, so meeting up / not getting lost is pretty simple.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@justin.dampney, over the past few years I’ve organised our group ski trips which probably have a similar criteria to yours!
I can definitely see a chalet working perfectly for you all. I’d be tempted to start there and look at what chalets are available throughout resorts and at what prices. Make a shortlist of those and work from there.
Approx how many of you are going? And what sort of level do you all ski at? What dates were you thinking too?
Val and Meribel 100% fit the vibe you’re looking for, and will have a good selection of chalets. Awesome ski areas too.
Ischgl would be great, albeit a little cheesy, but your main issue is there are pretty much no chalets in Ischgl. You’d be looking more traditional Austrian hotels etc.
As a stag do I’m sure you’ll be able to make the most of any resorts you’re in!  I’d not get TOO concerned about that as long as you can find the perfect chalet for the group.
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@justin.dampney, welcome to SnowHeads.
When?
Chalet to yourselves?
How big?
Can we all tag along?
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Alastair Pink, classic thread!
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Poster: A snowHead
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I went to Pas De La Casa last year and wouldn't even recommended it to a stag group.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@halfhand, yep, that’s why he needs to be in Benidorm not a ski resort!
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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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+ Sauze - short transfer time, a fair amount of party (although not crazy amounts). Great skiing.
How long is the trip for? St Anton probably a good bet too. If you are going for the weekend you dont want a 3hr transfer to the resort...
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| twoodwar wrote: |
| @justin.dampney, tell me where you go so I dont! |
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Split trip
Fly to munich or salzburg. Ski hard for a few days. Train to bratislava. Fly home.
Or ski czech republic and pissup In prague...
Or just go on a pissup somwhere. If you pull, you can do the horizontal skiing. Maybe off piste if you she’s willing
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Excellent thread, good memory there Alastair.
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St Anton probably a good bet too.
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Although a bit short on the essential requirement of "female groups"
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St Anton or Chamonix (depending on ski ability within the group). Nothing like a descent down the ridge from the Aiguille du Midi to build some stag memories, although your apres in St Anton will be better
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Definitely Ischgl. The ultimate ski party town, you won't find better (it's far better for apres than St Anton which is overrated IMO).
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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your apres in St Anton will be better
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@iainm, depends on your definitions... There's a Folie Douce in Cham these days, and once you've tired of that, Amnesia opens at 23h00... or one can go pole dancing down the Tof... (where one is doing the dancing oneself) ...
We get quite a number of stag and hen parties in town.
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Whitley Bay .... leave the Alps for the rest of us 
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You know it makes sense.
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It is depressing to see St Anton as almost always cast as a place for stag turns, lads’ holidays, trailer-park trash to get drunk and hook up with members of the opposite sex (though, I gather “opposite” is not necessarily always the case).
St Anton, and the Arlberg region, has awesome skiing, but its reputation gets trashed by those who probably would be just as happy in a snow dome, as long as Euro-trash was playing, girls were not too fussy, and beer was cheap.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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This is some top trolling. 10/10.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@ulmerhutte, +1....depressing indeed
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ischgl or Solden (or anywhere in Austria).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for the tips guys! Though ticking all the boxes not looking as straight forward as I had first thought.
Has anyone had any experience of Mayrhofen??
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@justin.dampney, not recently but places like Mayrhofen and Soll offer lively apres with OK skiing.
Mayrhofen has decent transport access to other villages in the valley, incl Hintertux glacier.
Fewer Brits than 20 years ago. Big Austrian presence (there’s a surprise). I believe a big influx from Netherlands some weeks? Maybe Belgians too?
Plenty alcohol available. Take your own inflatables.
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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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Let's face it skiing is a male dominated sport and although it feels different at the time, us blokes aren't quite as apealing to the opposite sex when we are tanked up and dancing around in sweaty thermals during apres ski.
The male to single female ratio in St Anton must be around 20:1 (most females are already coupled up).
If your interest is not in skiing offpiste terrain (preferably with a guide or local who knows the backcountry there) then there are much more cost efffective Apres Ski places to go with a better male to female ratio.
Would second Ischgl or Sölden as at least there are dancing girls to get the blood in your second brain flowing.
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Morzine?
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Let's face it skiing is a male dominated sport and although it feels different at the time, us blokes aren't quite as apealing to the opposite sex when we are tanked up and dancing around in sweaty thermals during apres ski.
The male to single female ratio in St Anton must be around 20:1 (most females are already coupled up).
If your interest is not in skiing offpiste terrain (preferably with a guide or local who knows the backcountry there) then there are much more cost efffective Apres Ski places to go with a better male to female ratio.
Would second Ischgl or Sölden as at least there are dancing girls to get the blood in your second brain flowing. |
I don't think I have seen 20 women in total in St Anton
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@JStinD, you would get on just fine in Mayrhofen, plenty of bars and clubs to keep you occupied, the skiing/boardings good too. The altitude comedy festival is on before snow bombing, great atmosphere and crowd throughout the town. Hotel Elizabeth is a smart place, no kids allowed so perfect for adult groups. Hans the butchers to satisfy the post ski munchies!
Saalbach would tick most boxes though, unrivalled lift system and apres is the best. If you can manage a late night or 2 then plenty of bars to see you through into the early hours
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Not sure folk are referring to the same St Anton as the one I go to. There seems to be about equal numbers of men and women, even at the Moose there are usually just as many women as men (though perhaps it is different inside). The only particularly "blokey" spots I can remember was Jules during an Ireland v England rugby game and Bar Cuba (I think) for a Man Utd v Arsenal football game.
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