 Poster: A snowHead
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got a mate who live out there about 5miles from the airport on the french/swiss border.
what the nearest swiss resorts?
and french resorts?
planning to visit him in the new year and would be rude not to sneak a day in on the slopes or two!!
but my geographys crap, so advise me please.
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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fil, Not an expert but I drove through Switzerland to Italy via Basel in the Summer. Lucerne isn't too far and just beyond there are resorts such as Engelberg and Andermatt. Roads were good in the Summer. I'm sure there will be more knowledgeable folk along though.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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fil, If you get Google Earth, ski resorts are marked and even in some cases (like Wengen) individual lifts
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fil, there are several small French resorts in the Vosges, which is not too far from Mulhouse.
You might also get to some German resorts reasonably quickly from there.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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fil, I lived in Basel for a year and did loads of weekend trips to different resorts. The nearest resort is Engelberg (2hrs 30mins by train), otherwise pretty much all the swiss resorts are 4 hours away (again by train). Verbier and St Moritz are a bit further.
You've also got Feldberg in the Black Forest which is only one hour's drive from Basel.
Hope that helps. If you have any other Qs feel free to ask.
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cheers people lots of good info! will research into now ive got some locations!
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Lots of people seem to use Basle as a route to the Bernese Oberland resorts.
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fil, don't forget j2ski.com as a good source of info on resorts close to airports also
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fil, If you are planning day trips from Basel, check out the SBBs Snow n rail offerings for combined train and lift ticket:
http://www.railaway.ch/Deutsch/snowandrail/index.html (not updated for 2007/2008 yet)
Also in Zurich, there are coach companies that do day trips. Maybe there is something similar in Basel. Try the tourist office.
Also when the season gets into swing in a few weeks ,this website has conditions on all ski areas large and small:
http://wispo.myswitzerland.com/requests/MySwitzerlandSearchRequest.jsp
Engelberg is the closest reliable resort but there are probably closer places in the Jura if the snow is good.
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cheers again, Engelberg looks good for next year, have emailed my mate and im going to pop out there just before christmas, as ive got soo much time off work, now just need a bit of snow somewhere that way soon, for a quick day on the snow
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