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Looking to go for a week in Feb.
It will be a small group of 4 or 5 of us, aged between 30 and 40.
I snowboard, and the rest ski. We are all intermediate to advanced ability.
We did Vail last year which was amazing. This year we want to do Europe. The above three resorts have been recommended to us by my boss who is a ski fanatic, so I do trust his judgement.
What are the pros and cons of each and which would you recommend?
Thanks in anticipation.
James
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Personally I would be happy to spend time in any of them. I've only been to Veriber of the three. Pros better nightlife than France but prob not as good as Austrian resorts. Skiing is fantastic but for an area claiming 400kms of piste nowhere near as easy to navigate as say the three vallees in France. I think you boss has given you pretty good tips and you'll enjoy whichever of the three you end up in. I would be careful when you go in Feb. Verbier certainly has a reputation for being busy with large queues at half term
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Ischgl is good, but not a patch on Verbier or St Anton.
Verbier and St Anton are pretty much equal in terms of skiing. Both are top-class ski resorts, among the top 10 in the world.
Both have rowdy nightlife. St Anton attracts downmarket Brits, Scandies and Aussies, while Verbier is a magnet for faux-posh Brits.
Both will be busy for most of Feb and you should expect lift lines.
Ideally, I would choose both, but if I had to pick one, then I would probably plump for Verbier, due to its slightly classier atmosphere.
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Ischgl is good, but not a patch on Verbier or St Anton.
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Can't agree, especially when the ability is described as int to adv. Norbert666, if you really enjoyed Vail I'd say there's a fair chance you'd love Ischgl most out of the 3.
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Verbier looks pretty decent, and the nightlife seems to appeal to our gang!
Does anyone have any recommendations for a nice, reasonably priced chalet in or near the town?
Many thanks
James
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I'd go for Ischgl this year, and then Verbier and St Anton in consecutive years. I've only been to St Anton of the three, but I would highly recommend it, and would say it's not to be missed.
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I have been to St Anton three times. There is lots of scope there. It is a world class resort.
I would like to go to Ischgl as it sounds very good.
I will actually be going Verbier - but only because of a Warren Smith course. Otherwise, I would give Verbier a miss, as it does not sound like my cup of tea. It is a chalet resort, there are plenty of hotels in Ischgl and St Anton. Verbier is not supposed to that easy to find your way around it and it has a reputation for being expensive.
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Remember that with St Anton, you also get St Christoph, Stuben, Zurs, Lech, and Sonnenkopf on the same lift ticket. Over 80 lifts in all, including the new uber-cool Galzigbahn: http://www.galzigbahn.at/news.php
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I am based in St Anton in the winter but looking at your group's overall ability Norbert666, I would choose Ichgl over St Anton. Ichgl is a fantastic resort for good intermediates, the nightlife is good too!
If you stay at Ischgl then you can get over to St Anton for a day trip to check that out as well.
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Verbier looks pretty decent, and the nightlife seems to appeal to our gang!
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I have only been to Verbier in the summer (i've skied the other end of the 4 valleys) and it is very pretty but i very much doubt the nightlife is even a patch on either St Anton or Ischgl. Also Verbier is very spread out over the hillside so i'd say from most accomodation you'd have to get buses to the lifts whereas in the other two you can walk to the lifts from most places.
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