 Poster: A snowHead
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Where would be best to go in Europe to get a bit of early season skiing in week commencing 25th october?
I thought tignes beacause of the glacier?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hintertux would almost certainly have more open than Tignes. But you might find a group of snowHeads in Tignes around that time.
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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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chect2000, just came back from the Mountain Sun trip (boot camp - but more of a ski camp this year). Contact Joanne at mountain sun for more info, and/or read the october Group post. Highly recommended.
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| chect2000, just came back from the Mountain Sun trip (boot camp - but more of a ski camp this year). Contact Joanne at mountain sun for more info, and/or read the october Group post. Highly recommended. |
Is this suitable for a family??
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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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chect2000, yes, kids are welcome. I did the boot camp last year in that half-term week. We got 2.5 days skiing, but lost half a day as the lifts were closed. I have a feeling that they were closed for a couple of days after we left too. I guess that is the same for all glaciers, but you need to be aware of possible problems in advance.
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| Ray Zorro wrote: |
| chect2000, yes, kids are welcome. I did the boot camp last year in that half-term week. We got 2.5 days skiing, but lost half a day as the lifts were closed. I have a feeling that they were closed for a couple of days after we left too. I guess that is the same for all glaciers, but you need to be aware of possible problems in advance. |
Having not been there could you give me some more info please.
Destination airport
Destination village (closest to lifts etc)
Thanks shane
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chect2000, Hintertux. Fastest uplift, more open, easier to get to, better accommodation. Or, as an alternative, look at Solden... got the opening world cup races on that week-end so will be buzzing.
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chect2000, fly to geneva, stay in chalet les melezes in tignes les boisses. they provide a mini bus shuttle to and from the funicular to the glacier.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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mountainaddict, Sure the funicular is fast but there is often a big queue (which makes a mockery of 5-6 mins), then you need the cable car to get to the very top (again, often queues and a wait). Hintertux on the other hand requires 3 fast gondolas from top to bottom and I can't emember the last time I had to wait. Once up there the top gondola affords more vertical in the shortest possible time and no waiting.
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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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Stubai Glacier
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FAQ
Not if you're talking village to glacier it's not - unless the Gletscherbus has been upgraded and beats the 5 or 6 mins that the Tignes funicular takes? 
