 Poster: A snowHead
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Gotta go skiing in school hols next year, as junior will have started school. 3rd April is the first week of the hols.
Not looking for enormous amount of skiing, just plenty snow and family friendly resort. Any tips would be appreciated!
Many thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Lorenzo, Saas Fee would fit the bill, good late season snow and a very nice village for the family with other things to do off slope like the tobogganing/walking hill. Its got about 4m of snow there at the moment! Bit of a long transfer from Geneva is the main drawback and not one for high mileage piste bashers. Otherwise Zell Am Zee with Kaprun glacier is a good bet.
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Lorenzo, Primary school or secondary?
Always a contoversial subject, but if primary what's the Education Authority/Schools view on hols in term time?
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check your dates
i am booked with daughter 28th march to 4th april at Montgenevre
that gets us back easter Sunday and uses the first week of holidays
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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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Lech, Saas Fee, Zermat, Ischgl, Obergurgl, Obertauern.... Zell fine but if snow is poor in the salzburger area there can be huge queues to get up the glacier and a complete free for all for buses on the way home.... everyone from Maria Alm / Zell / Kaprun / Dienten / Rauris / and half of Austria tries to make it to eh Kitz in crap snow.... personally i love Zell and it's my wifes favourite resort but in the past when we've gone at Easter I've made do with the slush of Zells slopes for 5 out of 6 days rather than try and fight my way up the glacier and queue for hours for lifts and food / drink when up there..... snows great though!!!
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| cockerhoop wrote: |
check your dates
i am booked with daughter 28th march to 4th april at Montgenevre
that gets us back easter Sunday and uses the first week of holidays |
Ah, but we are in Scotland. A pity, as a week earlier would be better!
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| Boris wrote: |
Lorenzo, Primary school or secondary?
Always a contoversial subject, but if primary what's the Education Authority/Schools view on hols in term time? |
I have thought about this one - it is recorded as "unauthorised absence". She hasn't actually started yet, so I don't have a feel for whether we can take her out. I know it would have no effect whatsoever on her education at that age, but don't really want start off school on the wrong foot. Will think about this some more, depending on the options available for April!
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| SnowGod wrote: |
| Lech, Saas Fee, Zermat, Ischgl, Obergurgl, Obertauern.... Zell fine |
Thanks for the list - I will work my way through brochure! Obergurgl caught my eye already, as it reports a good snow record and lots of ski to door.
How guaranteed is the snow in these places - does snowSURE really mean what it says? I would hate to pay the exhorbitant cost of a ski holiday, just to end up with a sun holiday!!
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Lorenzo, worth checking with the school - ot does differ from place to place - but our school allows up to 10 days per year if agreed in advance. Very handy for mid-Jan trip!
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lorenzo (no reference to a night club at Dunfremline i hope?)
i did that last year i was not aware that the kids broke up the day before good friday and booked a week at Livigno
£265 for me and daughter
she had to take 3 1/2 days off i put a letter in and it was ok
the week we have booked next year at Montgenevre in the new apts was only £340 each flying from Manchester
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Lorenzo,
I have been skiing in April every year for about ten years and I would say that the snow should be fine in most places. I have only been to resorts with glaciers twice in that time. A couple of years the snow was average to indifferent but perfectly skiable with excellent skiing still on a few higher slopes. The rest of the time I would say I had good to excellent conditions.
Personally I would always choose a resort with some North facing skiing and a reasonable amount above 2000m. In most resorts that I have visited you can always ski back to the resort at the beginning of April though in lower resorts in a poor year you will be reliant on man made snow and you may be water skiing after 10 am at the bottom.
Obergurgl sounds an excellent place for what you say you require, it has a reputation for being a bit pricy by Austrian standards, but everyone I know who has been has been pleased.
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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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| Lorenzo wrote: |
| I know it would have no effect whatsoever on her education at that age. |
Then take her out - even if they refuse to authorise it (which they probably won't). Theoretically they can fine you, but that is only likely if you are a serial offender in the same year.
"Unauthorised absences" count against the school, which means they are incluined to authorise it if you make it clear you are going anyhow.
We notify the school in September about the coming seasons absence - they've always authorised it no question even though they say they may ask us in for an meeting with the head.
Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Tue 10-03-09 16:40; edited 1 time in total
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forgot to say after i made the mistake of booking a week early i phoned travel agent to see what the price would be a week later
it was £450 each, hence we went term time
hearing some horrendous stories of people trying book next feb half term, ie cannot get a weeks hald board with full ski, pass and school for £3500 for a family of 4
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You know it makes sense.
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Lorenzo, not particularly family-friendlybut definitely snow-sure: Tignes/VDI or Val Thorens, perhaps better Courchevel 1850?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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we take our son out of primary school for one weeks ski each year. We apply to the head for permission and she usually grants it with no questions. I think she must be a skier as she did once say to us "oh no - you cant go skiing in half term, you are going to ski not to stand around in queues !!! " LOL 
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Poster: A snowHead
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In my experience, Cervinia is very family friendly and snow-sure (I've skiied there in July!) You have the Zermatt side of the Alps for that North Facing slopes, but they maintain the easier runs on the Italian side very well, except for the last part of the run into the village where it can get slushy.
Junior Ski-School, and Snow-Creche are well run and organised and the ice skating, air-boarding, Bowling alley etc are brilliant for Children. I'd advise you to organise the trip yourself, flying to Turin/Milan and driving up to the resort to somewhere like a family run hotel on the outskirts of the village, this means they will drive you to and from the ski-shop/cable car station avoiding the worst steps and path I've ever seen... also I've found they can organise better prices for ski-hire etc and April is one of their discounted times
Typically the Italians are great with kids and the restaurants will do their best to accomodate their food.
let me know if you want any other suggestions
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Lorenzo, 1st two weeks in Scotland are official school holidays, regardless of when Easter occurs. The idea was to clamp down on unscrupulous travel companies who ramp up their prices at school holiday times - and guess what they did, yup they ramped up their prices first two weeks and at Easter if it fell outwith.
Anyhoo back to original question - apart from the obvious French high altitude resorts, add Obergurgl, Serfaus and if you have a big budget Oberlech. Stuben is a bit of a gem, having just spent a week there - quiet ski school, great snow record, queit village but great value considering you have some of the best ski resorts in the planet on your doorstep (St Anton and Lech). Would not recommend Ischgl for a family trip, but Kappl down the road may suit better. Would also be very surprised if Zell am See had good snow low down in April
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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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See if you can get out now. Best winter in years.
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