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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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Glad my local HT is the 11-18th Feb, the 18th-25th week will be mayhem with Paris & German Fasching holidays colliding, few parts of the Alps will avoid the crowds.
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Our half term next year is 18th-25th February which looks like the worst possible week, especially with it seemingly colliding with Fasching and Carnival.
Any ideas on the best place to head? I'd love to get to the Dolomites for the first time, but mindful of queues (with German holidays and Carnival). Would other parts of Italy by quieter?
Or are we better off going for 1st-8th April which is our first week of Easter holidays?
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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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Fab thanks, that's helped my panic after recklessly booking the three valleys next year for our first "school holiday" ski trip without checking Paris holidays etc!
I'm my defence we're stuck at home with covid, when we should be skiing this week 
Luckily we're the 11th Feb week
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@altis, @sheffskibod -- Thanks both :: time for a new 'Sticky' ??
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Stickies updated. Note that the UK dates are not definitive, e.g. Stockport schools go back on 9th Jan after New year
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@Becki,
Just throwing out there it will be busy in meribel/courchevel etc next half term because it coincides with the world ski cup they are hosting.
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@L0ve2ski
Oh crap. Any idea where will be nice, not too expensive, and not too busy that week...? I'm not liking this school holidays thing! 
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Yeah i’ll be going to Lanzarote at Half term again and renting our place out. Paris week is grim.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Looking ahead to dates for the 2022/23 season…
I assume that the vast majority of the UK will have their Easter break in the first two weeks of April since Easter Sunday is 9th April?
So the 3rd week of April should be lovely and quiet (albeit getting very late in the season…)
Best options for that week ? Not Val/Tignes … just back from a (third) week there and feel we need something new .
Plus it is getting far too expensive .
Italy would be our preferred place (more laid back attitude to skiing than France , lovely food at reasonable prices) - guess that limits us to Cervinia?
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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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Excellent: 1st week of April with teen daughter was a delight this year and looks to be much the same in 2023, and that the NL schools will be off Feb half term week, so a few less on the slopes and road traffic. I am acclimatized to Christmas/NY and Feb half term so frankly anything other than that is wonderful 
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11th to 18th Feb for us, me and teen daughter scouring the options. So far we have shortlisted VT, Flaine, Saalbach and Kitz, need to pull trigger soon.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hey there - anyone have the link to the 2023/2024 holiday schedule?
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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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The chap who creates these holiday tables is a Mr Eric Bonnel.
(https://twitter.com/ebonnel )
but he seemed to have stopped putting them on his Twitter feed so I got in touch in 2020 and he gave me the link to the Dropbox files…
I have been keeping an occasional eye out for next seasons and I just checked and looks it is now available .
@altis usually starts the new thread each year so I will message him tomorrow and send the file on to post …
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Poster: A snowHead
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That’s awesome thank you!
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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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Where can I find reliable dates from French half terms 2024?
One place I found says 5th Feb and somewhere else says 11th
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@sheffskibod, brilliant thanks, missed that 
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This is epic. Thank you. That graphic about numbers is awesome and our last minute booking for the 1st of April is looking like an excellent choice.
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The French are mostly past skiing by April. Decathlon is full of camping gear and swimsuits. There are often some Belgians around, but not enough to be a problem!
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@Pippo9, Spain; Baquiera or Formigal?
Spain don't do HT school holidays and when people think "Where can I go in the Alps skiing"? then Spain usually gets missed off the list!
Transport is a bit of a drag from Barcelona (3.5hr) but Tolouse only 2.5hr. It can get a bit windy leaving some pistes a bit icy until repaired overnight. On the other hand the food is authentic (+great value) , people are friendly and these 2 resorts have decent skiing (new lifts and 120+km pistes) for a good weeks holiday. If you are there for a dump of snow then the off piste/side piste is awesome. Spain is a bit more family than party but the Manchica at Formigal on a weekend is pretty full-on if you like that sort of thing. If you go to Baquiera then it's Veilha for late night partying.
No ski in/out so if that's your gig then you should head to BC, but your flights will cost a bit more...
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