 Poster: A snowHead
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Ok here goes
Boss: Nade you like skiing dont you
Me: Oh yes I do
Boss: we should have a team ski trip
Me: ooooh yes! That sounds fab - i organised one once
Boss: oh you can organise this one then - i'll pop and email out
Me:oooook (whilst silently berating myself for failing to follow Snowheads No.1 rule- NEVER BE IN CHARGE OF GROUP TRIPS)
So here's the deal- we're thinking a long weekend (thursday night - monday night) somewhere without a massive transfer, in Early Jan- possibly with glacier in case of shoddy snow- reasonable nightlife and catered!
Any ideas? I've never really been into short breaks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nadenoodlee, Are you jb1970 in drag?
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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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Nope- im considering whether a free ski trip is worth all the hassle. Im too selfish a person to be responsible for this!
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I've organised a few and its not such hassle. 1st thing to establish is a budget. Tell us whats in the kitty, how many are going, and we'll work something out I am sure.
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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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Nadenoodlee, glaciers = longer transfers
catered = makes difficult. Anyway, team ski trips almost invariably want to go out to play rather than stay in.
early jan - make it after the russian orthodox new year
fly Geneva: PDS, Chamonicks, that area, etc.
fly elsewhere: (eg Turin) Aosta valley
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David Murdoch, catered as in the sense, we don't want to be cooking meals and have all that hassle. So a hotel or whatever would be fine, not necessarily a chalet. Thinking - around 3rd weekend in January - going into Feb.
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Fly to Grenoble - Alpe d'Huez and 2Alpes, hour and a half transfer time. I should just pick a date and resort, tell everyone else that's what's happening, and then refuse to listen to any 'can't we do xx instead' whinges.
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If its a freebie then just choose a resort you've always wanted to go to !
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Nadenoodlee, Verbier would be good, perhaps - easy transfer from Geneva, snow-sure, skiing for all standards, plenty of nightlife. If the budget is limited/high luxury not required, I could recommend Hotel de la Poste - family run, friendly, right in the centre of town (ie superbly placed for lifts as well as bars, shops etc) good home-style cooking, nice swimming pool and remarkably inexpensive for all that. It can't be described as a luxury hotel, though. And the one thing I really missed there was a sauna/steamroom.
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Nadenoodlee, in january 0bergurgl may be worth thinking about.
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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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Fly to Salzburg and "do" Austria.
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| David Murdoch wrote: |
| Nadenoodlee, glaciers = longer transfers |
Not necessarily; Flims/Laax 100 minutes from Friedrichshafen, Hintertux can't be far from Innbruck, Kaprun surely not far from Salzburg? And even in France, Grenoble to Alpe d'Huez or LDA isn't exactly a long trek
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Kitzbuhel
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Nadenoodlee, Can you convince them that you need to do a recce , just to check on things, then pick L2A, and pick the PSB as an excuse to check out the area and accomodation etc.
Then you get 2 free trips 
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srobbo, At last, a moment of genius. 
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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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Frosty the Snowman, It had to happen one day, maybe all the recent work trips to the TS postcode area's are affecting my brain 
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srobbo, I suspect you are right. Blame the Smog 
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Fly to Zurich and try Flims, transfers about an hour and a bit IIRC.
Reasonable costs for Hotels on B&B and you'll just need to hire a car/minibus/coach and drive it yourselves.
Off the Tourist/geneva radar so long weekends are easy to sort.
You could also call it the Crap Ski Tour.
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Assuming a "bit" of nightlife is required I'd suggest either Chamonix or Verbier....
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eng_ch, Is the Park the same as the Sunstar ? If yes I have my eye on that. Tell me more. One downside is that Swiss fly/rail luggage does not operate in Flims and I have got used to that for other Swiss resorts.
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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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Latchigo, no, they're different hotels.
http://www.parkhotel-waldhaus.ch/index.cfm
http://www.sunstar.ch/english/flims/sites/anreise.htm
Sunstar are evidently doing an offer of 7 nights stay to include transfer ticket and they pick you up from the bus stop in Flims with their shuttle
Can't say as I've ever stayed in a hotel there, but most of the decent ones run shuttles to and from the lifts. The postbus has plenty of luggage space incl ski rack and most of the hotels are within, say, 100m of a bus stop so I guess there is deemed to be less need for the fly/rail service as everything is pretty well served as it is
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Verbier or Val.... Assuming that nightlife is as important as the skiing. And the kudos for getting this thing going in two top class resorts.... 
Zermatt is 3-4 hrs from GVA
Val D ..well, you would know better as its a bout 40 mins on from Aime.
Verbier 90-120 from GVA.
Train to St A....via Eurostar/IC ........
or Zurich 3 hrs or so.
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You know it makes sense.
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eng_ch, Thanks. The reason for the question is there is a Sunstar and also Sunstar Park in Davos next to one another. I really like the Sunstar Park in Davos and would not hesitate to go back.
I am used to postbuses. They also have the same thing in Austria; but it does mean using left luggage if you choose to break your journey for lunch sightseeing.
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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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Echo Kaprun via Salzburg and Hintertux via Salzburg or Munich if you want a short transfer glacier.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thank you all for your recommendations- I shall start doing a bit of research on the places you've mentionned and try and narrow it down. Aah I can smell the vin chaud already!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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why january? If you can go in november, I hear atomic are offering a very good deal 
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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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My slightly clueless mate landed himself in a similar situation and also had to cater for non-skiers too! He went for Chamonix. OK you can argue the skiing isn't the most suitable for a mixed group and so but what you are after is something which is:
1. easy to organise
2. offers everyone a decent chance of not having a bad time
The thing about Cham is that there is a massive range of accommodation; lots of bars/restaurants; great scenery; stuff for non-skiers and there is skiing for all standards. It's convenient for Geneva and there are more ways of getting from Geneva to Cham than you can shake a stick at. The skiing may be laid out a bit funny but it's there. A work trip will be more about skiing (and drinking) with your colleagues than top-notch* skiing IMO.
(*Cham has top notch skiing but it isn't for everyone)
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Nadenoodlee, the company I work for does a similar thing Thursday - Monday mid - late Jan for 24 people. The last 4 years we've done Serre Che twice (everyone's favourite), St Martin de Belleville (good, but quiet nightlife) & La Clusaz (awful). Next year, by popular demand we're back to Serre Che again.
The person who organises it used to run his own chalet company, but now works independently, organising trips such as these. If you want his contact details send me a PM.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Arno,
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The skiing may be laid out a bit funny
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Particularly if you're not there for very long, this could be a real disadvantage unless you've got your own in-resort transport.
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Nadenoodlee, if you decide on Serre Che, PM me, I may be able to suggest some good accommodation depending on how many of you there are, and I don't mean my place.
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Nadenoodlee,
Try the Dragon Lodge in Tignes - they are usually flexible over dates,
http://www.dragonlodge.com/
as are tignes.co.uk's chalet
http://www.tignes.co.uk/catered.htm
You could probably arrange transfers with either of them too.
Try to use Chambery airport - only a 2 hour transfer.
Saturday is easily the quietest day of the week on the slopes of Espace, followed by Sunday, so a long weekend is a good time to visit. 
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Bristol - Inns with easyjet, depart Friday early return Monday, 2.5 days skiing, closest snow 4 km from airport, St Anton 100 km, easy
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Can also fly STN to Friedrichshafen from where the new shuttle service advertises 100 minute journey time to the door. If you want a bit of comfort, the Laaxerhof is very Swiss, does good food and is right in the middle of things. If you really want to push the boat out, the Park Hotel in Flims Waldhaus is as posh as you could want. Plenty of other hotels of all categories in Flims Dorf. Laax Dorf is pretty and quiet but a bit out of the way for a weekend. The locals say the real skiers stay in Laax Murschetg and the people who just want to go up for a couple of runs and then enjoy the scenery with a Glühwein or Jägertee stay in Laax Dorf 
