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i,m after some info on high alttitude family freindly resorts for the first week in april next year, i,v skied kitzsbuhel at this time before but it,s a bit of a gamble with the weather.
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hendy, welcome to  !
First week april?
Winter Park
Vail
Snowbird
Alta
to name a few. (and with Alta/bird you don't even need to stay that high)
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Les Arcs has plenty of high altitude skiing, as well as lots of pistes in the trees at a lower altitude (protected by snow cannons) in case the weather turns bad. The last couple of years I've skied there is the last week of April and there has been plenty of skiing available. There's a good range of piste skiing available, suitable for all the family, as well as lots of off-piste. Do you have any particular requirments to ensure the resort is family friendly?
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hendy, Welcome to snowHeads,
At that time (or later ) I have been to La Rosiere/La Thuile, 3 Valleys and Hintertux. Next year I am going that week myself and looking at Obertauern. Obergurgl would be good also, as would Ischgl.
I would think that there are still very good options for many places for that week.
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hendy, welcome to
I've skiied in Engelberg (3000m) and Davos (2900m) during the first week in April with no probs.
Skiied in Val T during the last week in April but the snow line was at resort level by then (2300m)
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hendy, welcome to snowheads; La Rosiere is very good resort for families at high altitude - 1850 metres, it's also very snowsure, we had over 12 metres total snowfall last season and south facing. April skiing is usually a great time, long sunny days and usually good snow, the resort is scheduled to sty open until 27th April this season. We've often skied right down to the village in the last week of April with about 60cms of snow, this year there was still in the village until June. La Rosiere is the only resort in Savoie with international skiing, our domain is linked with La Thuile in Italy so you can ski France and Italy on the same lift pass.
If this is of interest, have a look at our ad in snowShops or go to our website www.tracksvacations.com you'll alkso find some reviews of La Rosiere in the resorts section of snowheads. At the moment we've only got 2 places left for the 1st week of April but we've plenty of space for the following weeks.
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Saas-Fee would have to be a contender as well. It is very high, and it prides itself on being a family friendly resort. (In fact I see from their website that they've been awarded the "Families Welcome" seal of approval from the Swiss Tourism Federation). The ski area isn't terribly big though, so there might not be enough to keep you busy for a whole week.
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hendy, I'd go along with Saas Fee - and I suspect Obergurgl must be good; it has its fans. Last season, Alpe D'Huez struck me as being very family oriented - there were a lot of families in the chalet hotel in which I was staying, the resort seemed geared up for families, and there was a large area suitable for all levels of skiing. And it gets a lot of sun.
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AxsMan, Yeah - spot on about those apartments - much too far from anything unless you come by car. Hotel Les melezes is good for a 2* (really 3*), and Lutins of course for B & B, cheap and cheerful, but decent rooms and just about the best placed hotel in resort! Hotel le Souleil'Or (3*) is very nice with fab grub and better placed than Chalet Mounier, but without an indoor pool. Mark Warner now have the 4* Hotel le Berangere which is ski in/out.
Both Pollyperks and Paul McK's apartments are well placed and sleep 4+, Aztec's apartment is bigger and also handy for lifts etc. 
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hendy, we've skied Saas-Fee, Obergurgl and also Geilo in Norway at this time. Geilo is not high, but is suffiently far north to have snow early in April.
I suggest you need to think what you want. Obergurgl can be great for families. The ski room of the Edelweis opens right on to the slopes and next to the ski school meeting place, but I think it isn't great for beginners. Saas-Fee is just amazing. It is great for beginners, but not so good if you are expert, unless you take a guide. There can be a fair amount of walking to the lifts unless you can get the hotel to take you to the lifts. Both Obergurgl and Saas-Fee have about 120 km of piste. Oh, and there's much more to do in Saas-Fee after the skiing, while in Obergurgl most visitors tuck themselves up in the hotels.
Geilo is something different. The slopes are not extensive, nor are they particularly difficult. They are, however, very "friendly" and great for beginners and those who have not been skiing long. Again there can be a bit of a walk to the slopes on one side, but there are lockers for hire. The other side at Vestlia is better for beginners and has a hotel right next to the slopes. The tour operators organise a number of rather different activites after the skiing - we got our own team of huskies to drive on one trip.
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We ski at Easter most years (school holidays). We have skied les arcs (very slushy by 2pm, very hot, very icy first thing, lots of bare patches, Serre Chevalier -(this varies from year to year , sometimes good, sometimes excellent, sometime slushy at the bottom, but never awful, and we;ve even had some fresh snow) . La Plagne (sunny and nice), Flaine (hot and slushy except at the top). Whistler was OK, but the flight was too long. I haven't skied in LDA at Easter , but I would say it would be good.
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You know it makes sense.
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We have had good family skiing at Easter in Val d'Isere and La Tania, although both overrun by loud brits and feel cosmopolitain rather than French. Les Arcs good snow 2nd week of April right down to Plan Peisey at the southern end of the system, quieter nightlife. Zermatt in 3rd week of April was snowless in the town, and I was childless at the time so cannot comment on its family friendliness, but reports say its no a place to learn or be an early intermediate. Champoluc lovely Italian resort with some mild nightlife and pretty snowsure, but you may be bored by skiing the same very long runs day after day in dramatic scenery with friendly Italians. Good April snow, and lots of interesting off piste, some of which needs a guide. Les Deux Alpes seemd to be the perfect compromise last April
I would go back to Zermatt or Champoluc with my teenage kids, the bank manager would steer me to Champoluc. The (teenage) kids would go back to Val d'Isere or Courchevel but mightn't do a huge amount of skiing!
So we would end up in Les 2 Alpes I would think as an allround compromise
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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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| Helen Beaumont wrote: |
| We have skied les arcs (very slushy by 2pm, very hot, very icy first thing, lots of bare patches, |
Is this a sample size of n=1?
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