 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello everyone,
We are four guys, intermediate snowboarders, looking for a European resort that offers plenty of slopes to enjoy for a week, along with great après-ski activities and restaurants. We're hoping to find a place that's not too expensive.
Our current top choices are Val Thorens St. Anton or maybe Tignes. Are there any other resorts we should consider?
Thanks in advance!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sauze d'Oulx may fit the bill.
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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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Pas De La Casa in Andorra is worth considering: Definitely cheaper compared to your current options, has lots of Apres (tax free booze) and is high up and snow sure... Its not particularly pretty and there's not loads for experts, but it has 215km of runs which should be plenty. Lots of snow parks and boarder cross but not particularly renowned for powder.
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@AliAfro, this March has been pretty good though!
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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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@hammerite - very true!
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@hendrix911, welcome to SH's.
Your brief is pretty wide.
Define "expensive". The 3 resorts you mention are not cheap.
Austria regarded as best for friendliness & apres, Italy for grooming (pistes) & food. Naturally this is a gross generalisation.
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@hendrix911, Flachau
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Having recently returned, I would definitely recommend Grandvalira. Pistes are great, relatively cheap and some good apres. Milky Way resorts are decent too.
@hendrix911, St. Anton, VT and Tignes are not cheap but it depends on your definition of cheap.
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Pas De La Casa would def suit you if value is important, ski area perfect for intermediates, €3-4 euro pints a plenty there.
Mayrhofen is also a great party town which would be better value than VT/Tignes, St A
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Ischgl
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Borovets … 
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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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Saalbach Hinterglemm
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You know it makes sense.
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The Saalbach Hinterglemm thread in Resorts has a massive amount of relevant info!
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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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Out of the Austrian resorts I've been to, Saalbach has the best spread of apres options IMO - places with the usual schlager classics, live music bars, sports bar.
What sort of apres are you after @hendrix911,?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Out of the Austrian resorts I've been to, Saalbach has the best spread of apres options IMO - places with the usual schlager classics, live music bars, sports bar.
What sort of apres are you after @hendrix911,? |
I didn't know there were different kinds, I like the ones that you get drunk in 
Is Saalbach snow sure in early March?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@hendrix911, quite apart from the Ski Circus having one of the best snow-making infrastructures in Europe, the snow record is pretty decent and early March is highly unlikely to be a problem….usual caveats nothwithstanding!
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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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Oh, and the Apres options in Saalbach cater to most requirements from a casual, relaxed and quiet drink or two, post-skiing, to caning it well into the wee hours
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@hendrix911, it sounds like riding and apres are top of your agenda (as is our boys trips) so with that in mind Austria is your destination. Tignes and Val T are great but they don't have that certain how you say Je ne sais quoi lol!!
Saalbach, st Anton, solden are the top picks.
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