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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Havre a look for my "early Season" thread for some pointers - it may be a couple of pages back, can;t recall if it's in here or over in "trips" though
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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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| Havre a look for my "early Season" thread for some pointers - it may be a couple of pages back, can;t recall if it's in here or over in "trips" though |
Cheers for the poniter, nbt.
Austria is looking a favourite at the moment....c'mon snow!
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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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thank-you crispy and welcome to snowHeads! 
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Another welcome crispy. Here's notoriously bad typist's Early Season thread for you.
And don't forget Resorts in snowBase (under the mountain on the r.h.s). Links to loads of official web sites. For historical snow reports to get an idea of where it might be in December, you can't do better than the Ski Club (there's a link on the main index page). They don't cover every place but the main ones are certainly there.
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Hi and welcome crispy, DIY almost always works out cheaper, especially if you are self catering. At that time of year an apartment costs almost nothing. I would suggest going high or close to mont blanc. You could book your flight and leave getting an apartment until you see how the snow bases are working out. Car hire cheaper than transfer almost invariably, and gives you the option of moving around on day tickets. Are the Leeds Bradford flihts going again this year?
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crispy, welcome. Val 'should' be open from November 27th. You could combine a long weekend with the World Cup men's downhill etc between Dec 11th and 14th.
I plan on going myself, it's a 30 min run up from Bourg St Maurice.
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Anyone know if the link from Orelle to Val T will be open from November as that is much quicker to get to from Turin that Val T itself.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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crispy, give Engelberg a try, I am. It satisfied your criteria in mid Jan last year and I'll probably go again in early Dec. Try the Engelberg website for accommodation, Swiss are quite cheap to Zurich at the moment, and transfer there by train in about 2 hours for about £35.
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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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Kit Wong, I was going to go there that time last year, but it is not very snow sure at that time of year - they only had two short runs open at the top of the glacier.
Instead I went to Ischgl and had a great time with over 100km of open piste.
Flights to Turin and a visit to Cervinia might be a valid option. But it is all risky that early.
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What's good year may be pretty poor the next. If you want to play it dead safe with snow cover, try a big glacier, 2Alpes has the largest skiable area in the Alps; or somewhere with large snowmaking facilties-any offers?, and hope it stays cold.
I still aim to get to Engelberg in Dec and maybe catch Dark Summer and their eye candies out there strutting their stuff. You can always book flights first and decide on accommodation later. From Zurich you can get to Andermatt easily and also Davos and St Anton at a bit of a stretch.
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You know it makes sense.
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Ray Zorro, Used this link last year....it only opened mid-December and when we were there at Xmas the link was still pretty dodgy and needed a bit of an uphill section to get from Orelle to Val T....that said the skiing on the Orelle side was lovely! Their webside is www.orelle.net doesn't show a planned opening date yet though.
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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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Have done Klosters, St Anton & Montafon for w/e breaks via Zurich & train connections c3 hours - all independent. You need to travel low season - January - to get accomadation for short breaks. Pity easy jet have ditched the Zurich connection for 05!
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