Poster: A snowHead
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The earliest me and my Mate can go ski-ing is 22nd March for a week.
Thus we are looking at resorts where the snow is still going to be good.
Booking through Mark Warner seeing as we can get a discount we are looking at the following resort
St Anton
Tignes
La Plagne
Val D'isere
Les Deux Alpes
From looking through reviews I think we'd prefer St Anton but not sure what the conditions will be that week,
Can anyone recommend which would likely be best for this time of year?
Thanks in advance
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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22nd March is not late - just about anywhere could be fine.
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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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justinj, Choice should be made with regards to what you want to get from the holiday. The timing is not an issue, as all the resorts you mention above will have good skiing in March.
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Cool, well its about my 15th time ski-ing although I haven't been for a few years and have always been with my parents/the school/uni.
Tis my mates 3rd time ski-ing, but he is pretty competant.
I quite like the idea of Mark Warner's ski-hosting seeing as it'll just be the two of us so perhaps having others ski-ing with us might be more enjoyable.
Seeing as food is included in the Mark Warner package, we'd be looking for good apres ski, i.e. places with a few good bars, maybe a club for 1 night of the week. Just going looking for a good time really.
So basically I'd say looking for
Good ski conditions for the day
Place with a few bars and quite lively in the evenings.
Pretty sure St Anton covers this but also like the look of the hotel in Les 2 Alpes. Went there with the school when I was 12 so remember there being a few bars there but wondered if its good fro Apres ski?
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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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justinj, As telford_mike says, 22nd March is not late, and given that all of the Mark Warner resorts are generally pretty snow sure, you are unlikely to have a problem with snow levels with any of their holidays in that week.
St Anton is probably the best known "apres ski" resort in the whole of Europe, if that is important to you. And the reputation of Val D'isers suggests it is one of the best in France - although likely to be more expnsive than St Anton.
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Go for the cheapest and save the rest for beer tokens.
The beer will probably be far cheaper in St anton if you read all the threads about France being well expesive this year
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Val D'Isere - amazing. La Pagne is equally good but no way as dramatic.
What about the Portes Du Soleil? Les Ges is 1200m but has great snow that time of year and the area is fantastic.
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Livigno is really cheap and good altitude too lots of Apres ski but watch where you stay if that what your after is a long resort you need to be one of the centres of it
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Mark Warner is a good option but stay well clear of the Chalethotel Morris in Val D'Isere - it is a shed! Water running down the walls and no toilets in the rooms or clean toilets anywhere else really. We used MW for a few until we came across this hovel.
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I've been to all of them except LDA and the skiing is great at each, though with most of St Anton being south facing, conditions at the end of march are likely to be worse than in the other resorts you've mentioned (in an average year, local fluctuations not withstanding etc etc). If you want a beer fuelled riot though, SA wins it, with VDI second.
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Totally agree with telford_mike ie. anywhere in the Alps will be fine. Mid-March is usually when you have the highest snow depth of the whole season as it has been accumulating. So much at moment that should still be fine everywhere until the end of April. You can probably find better deals elsewhere for that particular week.
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