 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
Does anyone have any advice on the best places to go for cheap skiing in out of the ordinary places? I am looking for somewhere to go (in Europe) that has plenty of runs and good hotels very near to the slopes so, while I would like somewhere cheap, price is not the main priority.
I have skied the extensive Skiwelt at Kitzbuhel and Soll, inter alia, which were fantastic but would like to try somewhere different without the expense of the glitzy French and Italian resorts and therefore thought about Romania and Bulgaria until I saw how few runs they had.
I am an intermediate skier and would be very grateful for any suggestions?
Durham Red
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Tatras in the Czech Republic. Friends went there with Mountain Paradise last year and had a great time. But don't expect extreme difficulty. Worst thing they found was the standard of on-mountain toilets.....
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks. I'll look into that. Are in Sweden, Borovets in Bulgaria and the Skiwelt (again) are the frontrunners at the moment. Are would be perfect if I didn't abhor button lifts!
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We skiied Are, and it's definately NOT cheap! Also its a bit linear, so not many hotels close to lifts. That said, it was my favourite holiday owing to the organisation of the swedish, and the family friendlyness of the place. Not sure there's loads for an internediate. Still struggling with parallel turns myself!
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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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Durham Red, Ski Amade in Austria gives massesof skiing with plenty of sensible priced accommodation in the area.
You can go non glitzy France or Italy.
Dolomites are meant to be fab but I have not been. Milky way is certainly non glitzy with masses of skiing.
Risoul is siad to be very reasonably priced and extensive. Valloire/Valmemier has plenty of skiing and is not exactly pricey. Serre Che is non glitzy and by French standards is very reasonably priced. On average I wold say that if you are wanting to hotel it Austrian hotels give you a bit more bang for your buck than French ones. The fairly small number of Italian ones I have been to have been between French and Austrian standards.
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I reckon Montgenevre or Claviere is a pretty good bet in the Via Lattea (Milky Way) as mentioned by T Bar.
On the reasonably priced side of things for Italy and France. Good snow coverage.
Over 400km of skiing in Italy and France. But enough in the local area to keep intermediates happy. All the accomodation is rather close to lift access.
From what I've heard much better skiing than in places such as Bulgaria and the atmosphere and traditional French/Italian culture is present.
I stayed in on piste self catering accomodation at chritmas. Even at christmas 2 years ago it cost us £600 per person for the week including lift pass, transfer, lessons, flights to Turin, ski hire and accomodation.
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I've said it before - only ski in Eastern Europe if you are sure you won't need a doctor or hospital!!
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I really don't intend needing a doctor or hospital (but then who does?). Still, Eastern Europe is not getting much favourable feedback so I'll look into the French, Austrian and Italian resorts mentioned.
Thanks everyone.
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Durham Red, Arabba, Corvara, Selva & Canazei in the Italian Dolomites have plenty of accommodation near the lifts that link these resorts together in a 510km linked area around the Sella Ronda, not mega-cheap but certainly good value compared to top French resorts.
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http://www.wtss.co.uk/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=100
one of the best links you will get for finding resorts. On the left handside find resorts by putting in your top three priorities. Then it will give you impartial quality advice on the suitable resorts.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Durham Red, I am assured by my Slovenian colleague that the medical care there is excellent, however, she usually skis in Switzerland or Italy.
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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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| Thanks. I'll look into that. Are in Sweden, Borovets in Bulgaria and the Skiwelt (again) are the frontrunners at the moment. Are would be perfect if I didn't abhor button lifts! |
I wold not recommend Borovets to my worst enemy - it may have changed now of course (it's about 20 years since we were there) but I'm not tempted to go back to check 
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You know it makes sense.
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Buy some skins.
Best value lift pass ever!
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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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"Where to Ski and Snowboard" would be better if it got its facts right. I've just done some checks on resorts I know well and some of the entries are bizarre. So they are probably just as inaccurate on resorts I don't know - so I'd be most reluctant to base a holiday choice on that site, without plenty of independent checking.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Christopher, @luigi:
Glad you find WTSS useful and reliable. I thought you might like to know that the "shortlist builder" you have linked to is no longer available, but will shortly be replaced by a new improved version. We have rebuilt the whole site this summer, and that rather challenging bit isn't yet ready for public consumption. I'll post an announcement when it is.
@pam w:
All feedback welcome, of course. Would you be willing to give some examples of these "bizarre entries"?
cheers
Chris
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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onapairofmissions, Your "Find a resort" function doesn't seem to work.
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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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Your "Find a resort" function doesn't seem to work.
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no, I couldn't make it work either. It couldn't even find "France" so I gave up.
When the site is mended I'd be happy to give some examples of the entries I found bizarre. One very odd thing is how Alpbach (which even in the guide itself is listed - very accurately - as having more cons than pros, and has a tiny ski area), has made it into the top 200 resorts in the world.
That's a matter of judgement, obviously. I'll give some specific examples of sheer inaccuracy once I can find my way into the resort entries. I thought it was just my slow dial up connection, but obviously rjs, is having the same problem.
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