Poster: A snowHead
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I have a week's leave from work I need to use before year end, or lose. I'm thinking of booking St Anton for the week 15 to 22 December and would be interested in any thoughts as to how good a bet it would be for decent snow then.
Would it be sensible to book cheap flights to Friedrichshafen or Zurich now and leave it until we know what the snow's going to be like before sorting out accommodation?
Would welcome any thoughts - or alternative strategies for maximising chances of good skiing that week
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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GeorgeM, you may find this topic interesting. I asked much the same question but for the week before, we decided to go for it and have flights booked into Zurich.
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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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Book it.
I'll be there already
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We went to St Anton for the equivalent week last year as we'd had a very snowy and great time there the preceding January. Despite holding our nerve to the lastish minute (we booked about 3 weeks before we went) we spent the next 21 days glued to the web cams and went through the ecstacy of seeing fresh snow to the agonies of seeing bare grass. By the time we got there, there was still only about 25% of the resort open but it was enough to keep us occupied even though we had to do several repeat runs. By the middle of the week the snow cannons were going full pelt to prepare for the Christmas week but it really had been too warm up until then for them to be turned on. As I'm sure numerous snowheads will testify, it really is a guessing game as to what snow conditions will be like each year - especially in mid December - and previous years conditions are no real indicator for the forthcoming season. If I had to make the decision again, I would probably book the flights and leave the accommodation to the very last minute (like a couple of days before going) as there will almost certainly be availability at that time of year. Hope this helps.
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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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