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Suggestions for Austria / Switzerland - mixed ability group
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Hi all,
Been a while, but nice to be back!
We are looking to break free of the clutches of France and head a little further afield this year. Austria and Switzerland seem to be the countries of choice. We ar going the last week of January
We are a mixed group of 4. 1 near beginner, 1 person who has skiied for about a week or so and 2 solid intermediates.
The ideal would be somewhere with plenty of good wide pistes, blue/reds to keep everyone happy but somewhere with sufficient green runs to let the beginner prosper. I tend to be a bit of a mileage hound, so somewhere with plenty of decent length pistes!
My 10 mins of research seem to be pointing towards Lech or Verbier....but all advice happily accepted.
Any recommendations for cheap/good value accomodation for 4 would be great too.
Also, just to add to the complication - we are planning on making a road trip of it so nowhere tooo remote!
Thanks!
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, Lech is one of my favourite places in the planet and would fit the bill for you. Might struggle to find cheap accomodation though.
http://www.lech-zuers.at/xxl/_lang/en/_season/at2/_area/585621/_subArea/585774/_inc/live-camera/index.html
good for finding rooms. I prefer to stay in Oberlech as it's ski in ski out -
http://www.oberlech.com/winter_en/index.html
That said I doubt if Verbier would be much cheaper???
Have you thought of Saalbach or Obergurgl?
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I'd go with that .... Lech is a great place. I went there with 2 weeks under my belt and had no probs at all.
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Saalbach would be perfect.
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Lech is great, not sure if it is ideal for a near beginner but if they are quite confident and likely to learn quickly they'll be fine. I would probably go for it over Verbier purely for the type of skiing you are looking for. My only advice on accomm would be to get a guest house or apartment the quality is way better than most French or swiss apartments and hotels but the flipside is it there isn't anywhere really cheap. Had a text from a friend of mine who lives there and she was getting face shots yesterday so the snow is shaping up well. Enjoy!
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Crans-Montana in Switz.
One thing to bear in mind: they generally don't have "greens" outside of france, the easiest pistes are classed blue.
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