 Poster: A snowHead
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Have a trip booked for 13-20th March Zell am See. The ways things are going I highly doubt it’ll go ahead.
Luckily its free cancelation so considering a late option April/May/June.
Never been skiing this time of year....What are best options from your experiences?
It’s estimated things will start to return to
normal by April so its a realistic possibility I hope.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Val Thorens or Tignes are fully open throughout April, May-June your going to need somewhere with a decent sized glacier- Zermatt/Cervinia or Hintertux would be good bets for May/June.
Later you leave it the less terrain you are likely to have
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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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I like to have a late April trip to Saas Fee or Engelberg. Both are high altitude, plenty of terrain still open and have been very lucky with snow, weather etc. I saw, however, that Saas Fee is closing on around April 18 this season so have provisionally booked for a little earlier in the month (you know what not withstanding!)
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Tignes / Val can still be great late April. Usually sludgy at resort level but have had some great powder days.
Anytime before April is problematic and April probably unlikely. The government, it seems, have missed the opportunity to stockpile the Oxford vaccine. The comments from AZ show that. The boss has said they can ramp up to at last 2m. So why has that not been happening for a month or more. Grrrr.
Lets hope we all get a week or two!
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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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If all my planned trips get cancelled I'll be looking to book Hintertux for early or late summer.
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Hopefully a last blast in April in Tignes for me, maybe between vaccinations. Of course, it will also depend on how France gets on with vaccines and controlling the virus. Mate in Bourg reports France had vaccinated 300 people up to last night.
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@chocksaway, Did I read somewhere that a fair portion of the French population will decline the vaccine?
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I'm considering:
(1) getting vaccinated
(2) going to Iceland, whose season is longer than most and whose Covid policy has been fairly amenable so long as you have time and money.
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@GeorgeVII, Initially yes, not seen recent stats but I would expect numbers turning the vaccine down will drop. Acceptance of a vaccine is on the rise in the UK as proper news takes over from Karen on Facebook!
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Make a list of candidate resorts.
Look into logistic of how to get there in that time of year.
Wait.
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| considering a late option April/May/June.... Never been skiing this time of year....What are best options from your experiences? |
Any glacier ski area is a fantastic experience at that time - there are a fair few to pick from in Austria, Switzerland and Italy.
If you've never been, you couldn't go wrong with Hintertux for size and the general ambience and affordability of Austria.
Even July can be great - we've skied Tignes glacier a lot then and even had powder a couple of times, with an impressive vertical of up to 5 or 600 metres available.
06.00 alarm  , up on the glacier by 07.30 - firm, groomed snow and cool temperatures to start....Then the sun warms the snow, turning it to lovely spring snow and finally mush by about 10.30. Still skiable though and good fun until midday. About €35 for a lift ticket, which usually includes use of the leisure pool/slides in resort.
It's a brilliant experience on a clear summer's day - with the rest of the day free for hiking, mountain biking, tennis, golf etc, or messing about on Lac de Tignes.
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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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Staying local for a hopefully unrestricted Nz season starting in June. Might see Australians allowed in for it.
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If you can get into Norway head to Narvik.
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You know it makes sense.
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| chocksaway wrote: |
| Hopefully a last blast in April in Tignes for me, maybe between vaccinations. Of course, it will also depend on how France gets on with vaccines and controlling the virus. Mate in Bourg reports France had vaccinated 300 people up to last night. |
How many of the 300 weren't MPs? 
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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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| GeorgeVII wrote: |
| @chocksaway, Did I read somewhere that a fair portion of the French population will decline the vaccine? |
Heard that some believe that the vaccine is a front for a tracking device to be injected into them. This from people who wouldn't leave the house without their personal tracking device - a mobile phone. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Kenzie,
Yes I explained that to some moron who does not want the vaccine the other day and said that was the reason. The person also uses Alexa in their home. I pointed out this was effectively a listening device. We have all used cards to pay and so you can be tracked. The supermarkets loyalty cards are used to sell you things.Etc, etc.
I am will be looking for any skiing option wherever that may be available up to the 21/22 winter season. Beggars cannot be choosers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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depending on your age - unless you are in one of the 9 groups announced for vaccine, you probably wont get one until the autumn.
Maybe look at a glacier for November?
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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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thanks for responses guys I will look into those places.
Next option for us is probably November/December. How is Zell am See in those months?
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I think Finland’s resorts are open until beginning of May. I expect most Finns will have had enough of local skiing by then so may be fairly quiet.
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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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Solbakkens lifts run into may usually. Since it's Greenland there's a lot of touring options as well. Never been myself but contemplating going February or March 2022.
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Do you think that some Alpine resorts might extend their season into late spring if snow conditions are still good and the health situation is better by then? There might be a lot of pent-up demand.
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@denfinella, pretty sure Amade wont, we often have lovely conditions right up to the first May week, but most resorts close just after Easter, people are already getting the taste for summer holiday and beaches, weird IKR!
Also, the farmers are keen to get their land back ready for the coming seasons work.
Why not go just pre Christmas? We are almost always skiing at Zauchensee/Flachau/ the Amade region by 1st week of December, lovely uncrowded beautifully prepared pistes, just ask any of the Ski Amade crowd here.
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