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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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louised, welcome to Snowheads. The general advice for late season skiing would be to go to a resort with high altitude skiing available - somewhere like Val Thorens, Tignes, Les Deux Alpes. Though there could well be good skiing lower down. There are usually some good dumps of snow in April, though they tend not to last long at lower altitudes. Slope aspect is also important - you need some slopes softened by the sun in the morning, and others which don't get hammered by the sun and will still be reasonably firm in the afternoon. Last April was ridiculously warm Hot, even. Obviously nobody knows what will happen this year but early April is often far better than early January, all round.
Your problem will be weekend accommodation, which can be difficult to arrange in advance because so many places will only take Saturday/Saturday bookings, particularly in France. However, I don't think that will be a very busy so you can probably afford to wait till much nearer your departure, see what the snow is like, and then book some accommodation at the last minute, when places with vacancies will probably be glad of some guests. There'll be lots of useful suggestions coming along, including from some Snowheads who have chalets and apartments which might be available.
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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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pam w, thank's for that, we are going les deux alpes in 2 weeks so that night be a good option. Only sticking point may be the drive time from Geneva.
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Only sticking point may be the drive time from Geneva.
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most of the resorts with a lot of high altitude skiing are a fair drive from Geneva. But if there's still good snow around you could do well somewhere like Flaine, which is very close. You'd need to decide nearer the time.
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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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louised, Verbier...? 1.5 hours from GVA, and still loads of skiing then. Accomodation on www.verbier.ch. Please don't go to LesMerdeAlps twice in one season... there is sooo much more to the Alps than that dump... 
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FAQ
. Being very new to this weekend skiing lark 
and never having been so late in the season what advice would the more experienced 
's amongst you give with regards to:-
