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Where would you bring first timers?
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I would also recommend Cervinia, plenty of skiing for beginners, fabulous scenery, great food and overall good value.
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Thanks for all the replies. I’ll have a look at Alpe d’Huez. I haven’t skied there in about 15 years and as well as being suitable for the kids would be good for us dads too.
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Just back from a week in La Thuile with our 10 year old first timer. She LOVED ski school. Excellent instructors-Italian instructors are ex ski racers. Small groups & my daughter had 2 instructors with her group. Slopes are quiet & wide. First time my husband & I have skied Italy & we loved it. Ski pass much cheaper too. No point paying for a ski pass to cover a huge area in France or Austria that you won’t be able to use when you have the children.
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Yellow Snow wrote:
Ottoline wrote:
I would recommend Austria for beginners as ski school operates morning and afternoon. They'll get maximum tuition, allowing you to ski at your level. They'll be intermediate by the end of the week!


Sorry.....but precisely why I wouldn't recommend Austria for a first trip. I would be so looking forward to skiing with the girls that I wouldn't want them in ski school all day - plus being in tuition all day would feel like a crash course. That Germanic approach would have got me so much moaning from my two, who thrived on doing in the afternoon what they had learned at ski school in the morning, with me alongside. Plus the girls may want an afternoon in the sports centre or a pamper or just mooching around the village. ADH is a delight for that


It's an option not a command isn't it?
+1 for Austria
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My experience of ADH was that the blue runs back to the village were a terrible option in the afternoons. They were so chewed up and moguly, and really crowded. Such a stressful experience! As a beginner, it would have put me right off. We found the reds to be by far the better option (but that's not appropriate for beginners).

Les Gets I think is good for beginners. I remember some quite nice slopes there. I went in a mixed ability group and the total beginners had a good week.

THere is something to be said for Austrian ski school though. You don't have to do full days all week - you could still ski together some of the time. We've done Kitzbuhel with complete beginners and it was a great option.
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I took my husband to Andorra to learn, I also had lessons too. All lessons are in fluent and I mean fluent English or with English instructors. The area is perfect for beginners and early intermediates who are still finding their feet - I had not skied since school (just the 23 years) and found it great for building confidence. Large ski area, good lifts and fantastic facilities. And it’s all tax free so very reasonable.
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+1 for Andorra (Grandvalira) V good ski school in Soldeu, I've been skiing for many years and still learnt something new. Loads of confidence building blues and lift system/slope maintenance is excellent. The gentler rounded and benign climate of the Eastern Pyrenees compared to the Alps means that you rarely come across really unfavourable conditions (e.g slopes more likely to be grassy than rocky when worn of snow and don't often get sheet ice plaques). Only downside is that there are not much in the way of alternative facilities if skiing is providing a drag.
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

If you are looking for easy ski back and nice pistes, you could look at Obergurgl, Lech, St. Foy and very much agree with montgeneve.

Puy st Vincent also has good reputation, but I've not been there. The other area is Serfaus, very good reputation as well but not skied it.

Obergurgl is a bit longer to get to as no direct flights to Innsbruck from Dublin.
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