 Poster: A snowHead
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Hiya dudes, booked first feb week in st anton and i guess that woke the ski gremlin in me and now i just hve to get to the mountains asap!
Looking for a quick 4 day thurs to mon in mid dec, I've never been that early what resorts generally come up trumps?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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plectrum, from experience, Tignes? If cost not too much of an issue, it's well worth taking the train to get the extra day's skiing in. The overnight arrives at Bourg St Maurice early am and departs late evening.
I went about 3 years ago at the same time and the conditions were great - and there is always the glacier if snow is a bit limited.
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yah cool i was also wondering about zermatt or hintertux
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I had a good mid December week in Tignes, too. On a course (which is a really good way of getting into the season). Not everything was open, maybe because of insufficient demand for the uplift, but there was plenty available, not just the glacier, and the slopes were very quiet. In an average sort of year you should be OK though there are exceptions, like last year, when early snow in the Espace Killy was not good.
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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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I went to Val Thorens a couple of years back - for a week mid dec. The snow was ok - a tad limited and the rest of the 3 valleys ski area wasn't linked, but it was good snow and the weather was nice. The last night there (dec 17th/18th if I rememeber correctly) it dumped it down and the snow was lush.... typical really! Hoping it starts to snow NOW, in time for when I'm out in Dec 
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plectrum, If you were to go now, I would say go to Austria. Hintertux has 41 km piste open and has significantly more skiing than the glacier at Tignes. However, lots could change by the middle of December.
There was a lot of snow last week in Austria and some of the lower resorts were planning to open this weekend - it will be interesting to see if they do. Reiteralm (part of the schladming 4 peaks) at only 1900m max was one such place.
You couldn't go wrong by planning for Hintertux, and then going lower if things became available. That is what I would do, book Salzburg flights and then see what happens. Somewhere like Obertauern may well be open then (it generally opens Nov-May) and that is just a short shuttle (at €39 from Salzburg).
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cool thanks ray
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We've been skiing mid December in Tignes the last three seasons and have never been disappointed. Apart from last year we even managed some of the offpiste itineraries. We always stay in Les Boisses and have always managed to ski down to the hotel ie well below le lac Cant beat that in many resorts.
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Ummm... Colorado! This year is shaping up very well so far. And we're due for another 10-15" over the next 2 days or so.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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ssh, ah yes, but difficult to do in 4 days.
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