 Poster: A snowHead
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We were looking at Levi for a family holiday (Feb half term) - we are a mix of skiers and snow boarders... is Levi any good for boarders who will want some decent reds? Can you get English speaking boarding lessons there also? (so the kids can get a refresher) 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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Hope you're all ok with drag lifts - most of their lifts are poma or t-bar.
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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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I've not ridden there.
However in Finland it's really rare to find someone not fluent in multiple languages including English; asking someone if they speak English would be a bit rude in Helsinki, just assume it.
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Levi has been upgraded significantly in the last few years with four new chairlifts that replaced some of the longer T-bars. Yes there are English speaking instructors available, my daughter learned there. Some really nice blues and good amount of reds but only two blacks, the Olympic black being the hardest, 52 degree slope but isn't too difficult.
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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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^This.
Just a few years ago it would’ve been agony to snowboard around Levi but I’d say it’s pretty good now. The greatest improvements during the last couple of years have been a new chair from the village to the top and chair 6 that replaced a very long t-bar. So while not perfect it starts to be OK now.
ATM there are two long t-bars, a shorter t-bar and a short Poma you need to take if you want to ride everything the area has to offer: 5, 7, 7B and a Poma connecting 7 and 7B. Basically if they’d keep improving and replace lifts number 5 and 7 (maybe with a much longer chair that’d replace both t-bars number 7 and 7B) you could ski around the whole hill covering about 90 % of pistes in the area without touching a drag lift.
The cat track “home run” from the top to the village is quite flat at certain points so it might not be fun on a board. Certainly not against the wind.
Most of us understand English, even speak it well enough to be able to convey their thoughts & message. I’d venture to guess that that’s especially true for people in industries having to do with tourism and services. As a non-native speaker it’s hard for me to assess what’s fluent, though: there’s a certain accent most Finns have that to our own ear sounds a bit funny - and might even mask the fact that a speaker’s vocabulary and basic grammar are actually quite good.
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Maybe also consider a day grip to Yllas for a change of scenery. From memory Gondola to top as well as a couple of chairlifts, one installed last season or so. Main thing to consider is that February half term might just start to coincide with Finnish school holidays but doubt it’ll be much of an issue.
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