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skiingsista, you mean apart from the 'send/read messages' facility at the top of the page?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Arosa in Switzerland, gets missed out becasue of its bigger neighbours, not many brits, bottle neck for the first gondola but after that it is fine, more of a wide ski area rather than just vertical top to bottom type ski area if you know what I mean, so the outer pistes are really quiet
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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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Obergurgl may not be as quiet as Gressoney, but you're hardly likely to be stuck in a queue there. I understand a couple of lifts have been replaced for this season, including the old one-man lift to Hohe Mutt. This will make lift operator in Obergurgl possibly the dullest job in the alps.
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Chalky, I think I was just reading about Obergurgl in the Sunday Times as a snow sure resort - can not be that quiet the
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Pila.
Ski Crystal or Interski.
Hope you get sorted.
Chris.
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Val Cenis (preferably staying in Lanslevillard village) is very quiet and very cheap but has some nice skiing. It is smallish but you can make excursions along the valley to the other half dozen small resorts such as Bonneval and Val Frejus if you want more. And if you try the off piste you'll have it to yourself.
Personally I don't like Cortina - it's a big town with bits of skiing around the edge. No alpine charm but handsome as towns go. Lots of people in expensive fur coats.
But I agree with Gressoney - nice quiet skiing but access to more challenging areas, good off piste - charming old village.
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Absolutely. I have never seen as many fur coats in my life. Gorgeous window shopping. Some nice slopes, too, though I've only scratched the surface. But most definitely not quiet, and the gondolas seemed very crowded, even though it was a quiet period. On the other hand I skied through lunchtime and there was nobody on the slopes; all in the restaurants.
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Most definitely not quiet, and the gondolas seemed very crowded, even though it was a quiet period. On the other hand I skied through lunchtime and there was nobody on the slopes; all in the restaurants. |
Are you talking about Cortina? Not quiet! Yeah the town's busy but the slopes are empty lunchtime or not. When did you go?
This is what it looked like most of the time I was there (mid Jan 2005)
http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001025zz4.jpg
I have done the same as Barry, I have booked Lech next year. I'm hoping it's quieter than average.
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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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Lech is a great place to ski but whereas it is not as busy as the really busy resorts and the pistes are not particularly crowded I would not really characterise it as a quiet resort.
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Hi
agree totally with La Thuile in Italy, - uncrowded at half term this year! Les Contamines is also pretty good. Although it was January I have been the first on a couple of pistes at 10.30 am, - quite amazing.
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