Poster: A snowHead
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I'm a big fan of late season snow and the relaxed atmosphere that seems to go with it.
I tend to aim for a family trip over easter and now my son is a bit older I can fit in a week on the snow for myself when the school holidays are over. This will involve the closing week for many of the big European resorts.
Any views on which resorts have the best closing weeks and which have special events like VT Dutch Week?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Maybe a bit ironic given that I have just done a post saying how much I dislike the place. Ischgl remains open until 1st May, conditions are usually good until the end though clearly some of the lower runs will close (no big loss). There is usually a large "free" concert on the final day with a big name headliner (a couple of previous names would be Robbie Williams & Elton John). Whether that will happen this year a bit difficult to say though given it is an open air event in a few months time there is a good chance it will.
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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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Ischgl is the best known but who knows what this year will be like, they cancelled the opening concerts.
Mammoth is nuts towards the end of season, djs, bands, pond skimming, freestyle comps, fancy dress etc etc...long and expensive trip mind!!
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@Henwc, there's usually a closing day party up the Grands Montets but in 16 years I've never been able to make it and suspect I couldn't cope any more!!
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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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Often more a factor of which bars shut when - from doing ski seasons I can say the bars in a resort tend to stagger their closing dates to maximize the number of people (ie seasonnaires) left in resort to help drink them dry.
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Yeah, I saw Deep Purple the other year in Ischgl, who were very polished, like they'd been practicing for half a century.
Sölden opens slightly longer and has bands and stuff too, albeit on a smaller scale.
As someone said most / many bars will be closed at that point, mind. That said you're safer eating egg
based puddings at the end of a season rather than at the start of the next.
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philwig wrote: |
Yeah, I saw Deep Purple the other year in Ischgl... |
I though the acts in more recent years had been rather...unimpressive. But then checking on Deep Purple that WAS back in 2013 so pushing "the other year" a little
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