 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello, planning a very last minute ski trip (leaving this weekend early next week) with my kids age 12 and 15. Both confident skier. Is Chamonix still worth going to snow wise? Mainly done spring skiing in val d'isere (and Sweden and Norway of course  ) but was looking to try something different. Or anywhere else you could suggest? Open to suggestions Austria is also good. Many thanks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I would suggest that lack of snow will be the least of your issues:
https://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Chamonix/6day/mid
Once it does stop snowing Brevent and Flegere will quite quickly become spring like in the sun. The Grands Montets should keep a winter feeling for longer.
A lot of other places will also be good next week though, key things you're looking for are terrain above 2000m and at least some North facing terrain
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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 the response, yes that was my worry if the temp goes up the snow will go quickly. Do you still think Chamonix is a good option? Or any other resort to be a better option?
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The snow won't melt fast enough to close any of the runs apart from maybe those back the valley floor from Brevent/Flegere (and I don't know if those are open anyway at the moment) but after a day or two of sun they will get slushy, hard to say how slushy and it bothers some people more than others. IMO Chamonix is great if you want a winter holiday with some skiing or if there are specific mountaineering/touring things that you want to do, but for most people who want 6 days of skiing in a relatively large area then I think that there are many better options in France next week, i.e. any of the big Tarentise resorts, but this is subjective
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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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Hmm might just go back to Valdisere.. any other resorts on your short list? Like to try somewhere different. What’s your Top 3 resorts for next week? Thank you!
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@rambotion,
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the valley floor from Brevent/Flegere (and I don't know if those are open anyway at the moment)
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I'm not sure they've really been open at all this season. Certainly not been in any great shape, even early on and defo not skiable right now!
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@SweSki, you can't wrong with Val d'Isere, probably my favourite resort, the 3V should be able to match it for piste skiing though next week, although you will encounter more slush getting between the good bits than in the Espace Killy (and all 3 of the valleys will have good bits, not just Val Thorens). Ischgl and Verbier would round out my top 3 suggestions for next week but Verbier only if the itinerary runs suited your group
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@SweSki, completely biased, but ValD every day of the week. Always top to bottom cover until the end of season, and especially now with the current storms dumping.
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Thank you!
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