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Hi all,
After a bit of guidance please.
I am looking for new resort to try for our group ski in March 2011.
We have battered Ischgl for the last two years, which has ticked every box possible.
Varied and large skiing area, legendary apres,  and good accomodation.
I would like to try something simliar, but not in France, they're just........
Austria, Switzerland, Italy, all would be OK, they just need to be able to stand up to St Anton, Ischgl et al. TIA Mark 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Verbier
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Kitzbuhel and Davos should be considered
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Zermatt
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Mortington Crescent
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What's wrong with French resorts? There's something in the Portes du Soleil for everyone, including Swiss resorts! Although that side isn't as good.
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Zermatt, Verbier would both tick your skiing and apres ski box's
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St Anton or Saalbach
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Callai, no lederhosen, oompah bands or DJ Oetzi of course!
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Solden
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Verbier.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Soll - or the Skiwelt
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| deerman wrote: |
| Soll - or the Skiwelt |
Probably be slushy in these resorts in March though 
Ski Amade region maybe?
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You know it makes sense.
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| Arno wrote: |
| Callai, no lederhosen, oompah bands or DJ Oetzi of course! |
tfft.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Dr John, surely you need to go first via Visp before Mornington Crescent?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Why not wait 'til April and do the Snowbombing festival in Mayerhofen. Awesome week. I think Austrian Apres does take some beating. I've been to Soll, St Anton, Ischgl, Kitzbuhel (the week leading up to the Hahnenkamm is mental but it's the end of Jan) Zell am See and Kaprun. Ischgl and St Anton are the best.
I've heard good things about Solden and Verbier and been to Zermatt which is good but pricey! Spent a winter working in Barcelona two years back and drove to Andorra every weekend. If you can forget the ugly resort and not amazingly challenging terrain, there was a lot of fun to be had in Grand Valira and Pas de la Casa. As it is mainly considered a beginners resort, there were fresh tracks to be had for days and it's now quite a large linked area.
Deux Alps and Val D'Isere are the two best French resorts for apres. Don't rate Portes du Soleil.
and Mornington Crescent!...... Sorry, I Haven't a Clue what you are on about
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twoodwar, I thought lift linked resorts were wild?
Oh well; Visp.
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You'd struggle to better Ischgl & St Anton for the combination of great skiing area & apres. Solden is great for Apres and good skiing. Have you ruled out France on grounds of apres ? It removes some of the best skiing areas.
La Rosiere is almost in Italy. 
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Dr John Montreux
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The girls just love wild apres bars, so Austria has tended to be favourite.
Whilst I agree the French have some of the best skiing going, the apres is a bit dull.
Don't get me wrong here, we ski hard from early til late, but I do enjoy an hour of riotus apres, diner and 8 hours of sleep, I am getting old 
Going to Obergurgl with my wife at Christmas, which includes Solden, I think?
St Anton with the boys in January, so dont want to repeat in March.
Verbier seems the most popular at the moment, any other suggestions?
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Mayrhofen is a good combination of Apres and slopes from rememberance, however I found the apres a little too good and spent most of the new year week nursing a hangover.
Kitzbühel has already been mentioned but that's a really good resort.
Never been to St Anton or Ischgl so it's hard to compare with that. I would see why you would try to avoid the French resorts, the Austrian people are so much more friendlier, but on the other hand I've been to Austria 9 times, France once... And the best week I've had (in terms of skiing) was in in Morzine.
Therefore I wouldn't totally write off the French resorts, Morzine was a fairly vibrant town in February when I went, even if it was slightly large and more spread out that one would have hoped for. And ofcourse, staying in Morzine gives you access to the vast Portes du Soleil ski area.
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I would think that Saalbach would tick a lot of the boxes. Just watch out for Fasching week, which I believe is 5th to 12th March??? Lech would be a very good option but would cost you a fair bit. Have done Oberlech as couples and with families and both occassions we managed to get to the Mooserwirt which the girls (and kids) loved. The apres ski in Lech is actually OK but no where near as good as St Anton or Ischgl
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hemel hempsted!
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twoodwar, Nendaz
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Although not in the same league as Austria, Val D'Isere (Le Petit Danois and a few other bars) is the best French Apres I've experienced.
Verbier is OK but, again, nowhere near the levels of Austria. The Farinet has a live band and dancing on the tables (and bar) a la Austria but the Mont Fort is pretty dull IMHO.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Dr John, perhaps a new thread should be started for this game... perhaps we can call it Montgenèvre Crescent? Anyway... Alp d'Huez.
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Dr John, Stevehaskew has a point, good game though!
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You know it makes sense.
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MarkL My group have skied and partied in the following Austrian resorts; Ischgl, St Anton, Kitzbuhel & Saalbach. We consider the apres to be almost as important as the skiing. You already know how good the apres is in Ischgl, well we consider St Anton to be just as good and Saalbach nearly as good. Kitzbuhel was a big disappointment on the apres front.
Don't expect much apres in Obergurgl for your Christmas visit. There are a few lively bars, but nothing on the scale of Ischgl.
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