 Poster: A snowHead
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As our usual place in zermatt is'nt avaible we've decided to try somewhere new (even if its only over the next valley) so does any one have any recommendations or advice for a break in Saas Fee in mid december? which lift is best to stay near, any good bars places to be, and accomodation.
cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Happy Bar is cool, not in the center but Saas Feen isn't that big! Popcorn is ok but gets full of younger folks now.
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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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how expensive is the beer on the swiss scale of expensive to very expensive?
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Most people head up the Alpin Express, but there are few hotels in that part of the village. The alternative is to take one of the nursery slope lifts and cross to the Felskinn (or follow the track back to the Alpin Express). There is a good selection of hotels close to the nursery slopes. Can't recommend any individual hotels, though, because I've not stayed in them, but the food in the Mistral and the Waldesruh is quite good. For apres ski there is the Black Bull, but the bars have always been beyond me in the evenings.
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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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is there a free ski bus? more importantly where can I get the best gipfel from
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We stayed in an apartment called Helvetia (I want to say Helvetica but I think that might be a font on Windows!) - 5 minute walk to the main gondola up to top. Saas Fee is car-less so I don't think there's a ski bus, but some of the hotels have little electric golf-type buggies that they ferry people around in. Popcorn's good for late evenings, and we spent Christmas Day in the rotating restaurant at the top. Have fun!
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papasmurf, My neighbour has a flat in Saas Fee. Are you staying in hotel or are you looking for apartment. If interested PM me and I'll give you his details. He could give you a much better lowdown than me since I've never been 
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There was a free electric skibus last season. There are several shops where you can buy a range of gipfeln and several small supermarkets if you are self-catering.
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Best bar is the Black Bull, in town but quite near the end of the slopes. Its very lively between about 16.00h and 19.00h - much more so than the bars in Zermatt. Music is very German Europop (Ballermann).
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We stayed in the Glacier hotel on a Warren Smith ski camp a few weeks ago - I'd recommend there - nice big rooms! Food v.good. Only thing is the pillows were poor...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| papasmurf wrote: |
| is there a free ski bus? more importantly where can I get the best gipfel from |
Not knowing what a gipfel was (apart from meaning a mountain summit or peak in German), a quick internet search has revealed that it is also the Swiss name for a croissant.
Amazing what you learn on Snowheads. 
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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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I stayed at the Domino for a couple of weeks (split over two seasons) a few years ago. Friendly and cheapish and nice - but B&B only. You could skip the buses and potter down to the main lifts - but it was a bit of a hike. The walk back could be interesting, too. The hotel's home page is here.
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We have stayed in the Hotel Glacier - good size rooms, good buffet style meals and friendly, helpful staff. We have also stayed in the Hotel Elite - a smaller family run hotel, smaller but pleasant rooms and excellent food (dinner served at your table) and very warm and welcoming. Would happily return to either and they are similar distances from the lifts, being near the centre of the village.
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You know it makes sense.
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Having visited Zermatt a number of times and Saas Fee once - I think you need to think this one through carefully. Our visit to Saas Fee was only for 4 days and even for that short a visit we found the slope options very limited (compared to Zermatt where there a lots of options). The village is lovely.
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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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SkiingQuinHat, The village is indeed lovely. Not quite sure what you mean by slope options - if the local areas are included there is a fair bit. No too many challenging slopes on piste, but the off-piste is very enjoyable - and getting out of the first train in the morning to climb through the tunnel roof to go touring is not to be missed as an experience (I hope they still do that).
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Poster: A snowHead
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achilles, We did not go touring and stuck to the piste as we were nervous with the glacier. However, the touring may well be good - I was really only commenting on the pisted runs.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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SkiingQuinHat, fair enough. Flyer and I joined a guided party for a day's touring which was fabulous.
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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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We stayed at the Waldesruh in April. Lovely hotel and good food. Handy for the lifts and can ski back sadly not easily when we were there as it was very late in the season.We arranged through a company called otp who offered hosting which was useful to get orientated as we were only on a short break .
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Oh yes, the Carnival! After one of these encounters we were still shaking confetti out of our ski gear two days later!
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