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Hi All
If I was to manage to sneak off for a few days to a week skiing in Feb, when and where should I head to avoid the marauding half termers from various areas?
I see a few comments saying for example "Avoid xxxx because the Parisiennes will all be there from yy to zz" but it would be useful to see which weeks are quietest and where to head that they tend to avoid.
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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Italy.
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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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Somewhere like Ischgl can be a good bet. Very much and adult rather than family resort so less impacted by school holidays than some others.
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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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Italy. Nowhere in France.
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Scandinavia?
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Go to Flims, LAAX. Some pensions/B&B may be available.
I suspect you might have to think ‘outside the box’ to get accom mid week and not Saturday to Saturday.
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Go to Flims, LAAX. Some pensions/B&B may be available.
I suspect you might have to think ‘outside the box’ to get accom mid week and not Saturday to Saturday.
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Germany
Italy
Turkey
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@Ski Tyke, I avoid February for that very reason but week 28.01.23 - 04.02.23 should be OK, after that I'll be swerving it until early March.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Dolomites, particularly away from the Sella Ronda route. Here's the area between Pozza and Alba February half term 2008:
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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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I misread the title as "Half term dogging" 
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You know it makes sense.
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If you can do the week 28th Jan - 4th of Feb, you can pretty much go anywhere, even France
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That's right. That would be a good week. But a lot of French places are still tricky for anything other than Sat/Sat bookings. Staying in a "valley" hotel and commuting to lifts could be a good option.
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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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Thank you all - some great advice there.
The goalposts may have moved already but some good info should we proceed in Feb.
Think half term dogging is for another forum!! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Markymark29 wrote: |
| @Ski Tyke, I avoid February for that very reason but week 28.01.23 - 04.02.23 should be OK, after that I'll be swerving it until early March. |
That is, for me, the best week of the season. The harsh January weather is hopefully past. The lads groups assume it’s Feb so it must be half term, so avoid it. Neither France nor the U.K. are on half term. Bliss.
I’ve been to Les Gets for that week several times and it is bliss. Haven’t joined a single queue for the entire week. Normally, if I judge my speed correctly, I can bleep my pass, go through the turnstile and arrive at the chairlift gate all in one move. If I’m REALLY lucky, the gate will open just as I approach it. On several occasions I’ve actually got quite worried/nervous as I have been the only person on the slope. If I’d had an accident I’d be screwed.
Contrast that with half term at Les Gets and its chalk and cheese. Hour long queue, and slopes so rammed you can’t ski properly, you’re just trying to avoid collision constantly.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| @247snowman wrote: |
Go to Flims, LAAX. Some pensions/B&B may be available.
I suspect you might have to think ‘outside the box’ to get accom mid week and not Saturday to Saturday. |
Outside of Swiss snow sports week presumably?
The middle two weeks are usually pretty busy in Swiss resorts (especially Zurich holidays) but still way quieter than France.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Switzerland worked for us in half term week for several years (until daughter finished school). The slopes aren't as crowded as France, and the accommodation prices don't shoot up for that week so they are competitively priced. You need to be careful when choosing where to eat out though, however supermarket prices for self-catering aren't a problem.
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