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Long story but planning a ski trip during week leading up to Easter - first week in April.
Les Arcs likely destination
Am I mad?
Chances of snow being there?
Sure I'll have a good time regardless - lets face it I did go over Christmas!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No madder than me. Last couple of years have been fine in Les Arcs at Easter. If it's disastrously warm you could always drive up to Tignes and try the glacier (along with everyone else in the Tarentaise!).
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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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I always go at Easter and have never been disappointed.
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Boris, Why would you be mad?
Easter's usually lovely.
Same chance of snow being there as anywhere...or not...
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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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Do it, but head high... Les Arcs sounds good...
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David Murdoch, the "am I mad" question, didn't relate to skiing as such. I just wanted to know!
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Boris, Easter is one of the best times to ski. Unfortunately that week is likely to be a bit mad with the hols - but you are deffo NOT mad to go then. After all - the EOSB is the last week of April. 
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Boris, Yes, stay away from Cham', it sucks around then! 
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Skied the last day of April 2005 at Les Arcs. Snow was good down to 2000m.
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I like Easter, as long as you're above 1800m it's usually good cover.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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We were going to go - but have decided to do disneyland Paris instead - so it will probably snow like mad 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Boris, Time will tell. How soon do you need to book ?
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Stevo
We have just got back from DisneyLand Paris for our half term break. No skiing for us this season unfortunately.
Interested in this thread as thinking of Easter 2008.
Ellie 
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You know it makes sense.
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Boris, we've skied in Val Thorens for the second week of Easter for the last few years - always had a great time, complete snow coverage down to about 2300m, bit slushy in the afternoon but links across the 3V's all open. Feel I ought to branch out and try somewhere else...
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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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Easter is usually great for skiing (if a little warm in all your gear once finished). But this year could be a poor one.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Another vote for Easter. I've skied most Easters for the past 15 years. Typically conditions are better than January - assuming you go reasonable high. In Europe, then obviously in low resorts (under ~1300m), there isn't going to be much snow left, but skiing is perfectly possible even into mid-May if you go the right places (despite what the tour operator's brochures would have you believe).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Forgot to add, I'm going to Passo Tonale that same week!
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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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But this year could be a poor one.
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Yes it could, certainly will be without major new snow in March. But just think about last March - meters of the stuff.
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We're thinking of going somewhere last week of March/first week in April - maybe Livigno - I assume it should be ok as well
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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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We're thinking of going somewhere last week of March/first week in April - maybe Livigno - I assume it should be ok as well
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not if March is warm and sunny with no snow it won't be, it'll be rubbish, and so will many other places. If anyone knows what the weather's going to do in March they aren't telling me! If I was booking a ski holiday now I wouldn't. I'd wait. As it is, we shall be out in the Alps until mid April and if there's no snow we'll go walking.
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Latchigo, We're going to leave it as late as possible and either go the week before or week after Easter. If its looking reasonable the weekend before will try and book then, appreciate that we run the risk of not finding anywhere then but will take the risk. As this will be our 2nd trip, we had a good trip over Xmas, I'd rather save my money if it looks poor.
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You won't have any trouble finding accomodation at all I would say..
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going to Val d'isere at Easter. Stuck with either Christmas or Easter now cause of kids at uni. Went to Andorra once at Easter and it was 18 degrees in resort! Still possible to ski but very slushy and by the end of the week grass was coming through. Hoping going high will help.
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Been out to 3V at easter last couple of years and have had fresh snow each time...will be out there this year too. Generally nice mixed weather, nice atmosphere and a good way to end the Winter as opposed to sitting in rainy old Britain - until you come back of course!
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just to add in my two pence worth - Chatel and the Portes du Soleil have had fantastic conditions in April for at least the last 6 years (while I've been living here) and on the sporadic times I visited before that. The lifts usually shut at the end of April/first weekend in May with a lot of snow on the ground!
Since Avoriaz officially gets the most snow on average in the alps per year (I think its 9-10 m), and Chatel is only a few km from Avoriaz as the crow flies with the same north facing slopes, I think it becomes less important about the whole "go high" rhetoric which is so important in the Southern Alps...
I need to remember where I found the average annual snowfall figures - I seem to remember that little old Chatel itself gets more snow than Tignes year on year.
Here's hoping that the snow forecast for this weekend materialises.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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i got married in serre che last year in 2ft of pow on april 1st!
april is great to ride in.
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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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We've been away the first week or two in April for the past 4 years & it's been great. Maybe we've just been lucky but we've had a fantastic mix of snowy days & sunny days each year!
Who knows what will happen this year - we're off to Saas-Fee in early April & I'm pretty confident that conditions will be OK.
Hope I don't regret saying that!
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