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Where's good to go skiing in April in the Alps?
...owing to spring snow conditions I imagine it has to be fairly high.
Prefer Austria or Switzerland but not too bothered.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Depends on when in April.
My experience of Austria in April has been well maintained pistes, even when temps have been high. Mid april last year is was still possible to ski down to resort level in Wagrain for example. Obviously somewhere that has a glacier and is north facing will give you the best options. Saas Fee may be worth a look?
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VT I hope
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GordonFreeman, Tignes has plenty to go at. Or Les2A if you prefer somewhere a bit cheaper.
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| GordonFreeman wrote: |
Where's good to go skiing in April in the Alps?
...owing to spring snow conditions I imagine it has to be fairly high.
Prefer Austria or Switzerland but not too bothered. |
All of the 3 places I've been in Austria, Obergurgl, Ischgl and Solden ought to be good even towards the end of April.
Obergurgl is more popular with Brits and is a bit quieter than the other 2. Ischgl and Solden have excellent apres and great nightlife. Ischgl is the more expensive, but better of the two, though Solden is well worth visiting as well. If you go to Ischgl you can ski in Austria and Switzerland (Samnaun).
There are other options in Switzerland and Austria, but I don't know enough about them to comment.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Thu 21-02-08 15:38; edited 1 time in total
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GordonFreeman, The Espace Killy (Tignes/Val d'Isere).
We were in Val'Isere last year from 21st-28th April and were still able to ski down to the resort on the last day despite scorching sun all week. Conditions on the 2 glaciers were perfect and mornings were a delight everywhere.
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My vote is for Saas Fee. Excellent resort with a north facing glacier, so snow sure in more ways than one. Stunning scenery and the locals are very friendly. Lunch at the Gletschergrotte restaurant and you will have a great time.
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Scotland 
You'd be surprised how well snow can hang around, I've skied back to La Tania at 1300m for the past few years at the end of April.
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Sorry to answer my own post but just found a magazine article so thought it might be useful.
Its late season bankers are:
Chamonix
St Moritz
Tignes
Cervinia
Hintertux
Ischgl
Off piste at Saas Fee seems limited at the moment although the snow might improve.
Is Hintertux any good?
What about Verbier?
So far, seems to be leaning towards
France: VDI, VT, Tignes, L2A
Switzerland: Saas Fee
Austria: Ischgl
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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GordonFreeman, Verbier should be good. I found the glacier at Hintertux to be undemanding, but most glaciers are like that. I suspect that skiing back to the resort may well be out in April.
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geepee, La Rosiere always closes on the last week of April, in the last 7 seasons I've always been able to ski back to the resort, there's usually 60 cms of snow at village level at that date and we've known snow to here until June. The Col de Petit St Bernard, the road between France and Italy which forms part of our domaine often isn't open until early June.
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You know it makes sense.
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Obertauern would also be an option.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Patch, we're a hardy bunch and we are used to skiing over rocks and heather ( and the occasional burn) 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My vote is defo for Val T - been knee deep in powder on piste in April before
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David@traxvax, Sorry my punctuation wasn't great on my post, I meant skiing back to the resort in Hintertux.
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VT or Saas Fee both 2.5hrs from Geneva. bit of a drive!
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GordonFreeman, Glad to see Ischgl on the list. Booked there for the w/b March 29th 
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Kuehtai, Innsbruck
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GordonFreeman, I skied in Verbier last April 15-22 - needed to get up the hill early, started getting slushy about 11.30 & really horrible about 1.30pm. But that was one of the worst snow years for a while. Zermatt should also be possible until 1st week May at least.
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GordonFreeman, St.Anton is open until 27.04! Skiing there in mid April is great. Most of the rich english, dutch & russian idots are gone and the place is really enjoyable. Usually the whole area is still open, including the run down to Stuben and up on the Albona. Sometimes you even can still ski down to the village ( but no guarantees ). Recommended 
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| Steilhang wrote: |
| St.Anton is open until 27.04! Most of the rich english, dutch & russian idots are gone |
Only the poor idiots left eh? And the bloody Germans of course...
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