 Poster: A snowHead
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Looking for a long weekend early Jan. 4th to the 8th.
Will be flying Birmingham to 'Geneva' and want to drive no more than 2hrs.
Which resorts should have snow, suit two good intermediate skiers and have reasonably priced accommodation available.
Thanks
TP
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 22-11-07 17:56; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| tp023 wrote: |
| Will be flying Birmingham to and want to drive no more than 2hrs. |
Go on....narrow it down 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Elizabeth B wrote: |
| tp023 wrote: |
| Will be flying Birmingham to and want to drive no more than 2hrs. |
Go on....narrow it down |
opps, thanks.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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From Birmingham you can fly direct to Friedrichshafen from there with a hire car you can drive to the Monafon (60 miles) in Austria which has very cheap B+B, however the weekend you have picked is the end of New Year and you should book in advance through the tourist office.
http://www.montafon.at/ViewPage.asp?Site=MONTAFON&PageID=1&lang=199
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Thats a bit ambitous - 2.5hrs to Val !!! maybe on a wednesday at 3am but on a normal tranfer day youve gotta be jokin !!!
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tp023, The difficulty may be with accommodation, as the Friday night is the last of the peak New Year week - when bed occupancy will probably be the highest of the year. You will find it difficult to get anywhere in a resort for a few days including that night. The traffic OUT of resorts on Saturday morning is going to be horrendous, but if you are going against the flow it should be OK. To answer your initial question, one easily reached resort with plenty of skiing is Flaine.
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I would also suggest Flaine (and Les Carroz) or Chamonix. Both are within 1.5 hours of Geneva and easy to get to.
Chamonix is brilliant and you can stay in various villages down the valley. I know a company called 'Ski Weekend' specialise in this sort of holiday http://www.skiweekend.com/
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tp023, Avoriaz should also fit the bill
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| Ski Bat wrote: |
| I would also suggest Flaine (and Les Carroz) |
GVA - Les Carroz is very quick, motorwayalmost all the way IIRC, and the skiing should suit you fine.
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Les Carroz is a bit further from the action - if you drive on a bit up to Flaine everything is more quickly accessible, and the snow is likely to be better. However, I still think that Friday night is going to be difficult for accommodation up in a resort. Maybe stay down in Cluses?
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