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Planning (already) for next year - (this years a washout due to work again), it looks like it will need to be a week at Easter. Can anyone help with recommendations for a resort, probably Austria or France that is relatively snowsure, driveable from UK and maybe traditional rather than high-rise for a family of advanced/intermediate skiers.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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traditional rather than high-rise
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trouble is, at Easter, you need a reasonable altitude and genuine traditional villages (as opposed to purpose built jobs trying their best to look traditional) weren't built up high. So you might need to choose between staying up near the snow, somewhere purpose built, or staying down somewhere more traditional and driving to the snow (and possibly being surrounded by blackened grass, or maybe even green grass with crocuses if the snow's been gone long enough.
I should think anywhere except the resorts in the very southern bits of France (e.g. Isola) would be driveable from the UK.
But Easter isn't usually very busy. I'd leave it till much nearer the time, and see how the snow is. If it's good, it might well be possible to go somewhere more traditional. If it's not, you'd probably want to head somewhere like Obertauern or Tignes.
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mikeh, Easter 2012 is April 8th, so the answer is, almost anywhere. 
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Scandanavia via Ferry boat?
Norway will be warming up, but snow covered, as will AAre in Sweden.
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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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Easter is early-ish in 2012, schools break up around the 31st of march so could ski the first week in April. Most resorts are still going to be open with more or less full operation. Having said that I'd still go high to avoid an afternoon slush fest if you can.
Obergurgl would be the stand out resort in Austria (traditional and high) but also Lech (if your expecting a cash wind fall in 2012) and Ischgl if your into 18-30 euro trash disco. the stubai glacier (although i've never been) really gets a good write up for the villages).
If you can bare to wrench yourself from Austria or France. I'd go for Maddona in Italy(It is drivable.. well if your determined)
High snow sure late season sunny skiing. Or Saas-fee in switzerland, very high and a wonderful picture perfect, chocolate box village. Skiing is hard work bwetween lifts but probably the nicest village we've skied in.
Check out link below for maybe other ideas
http://www.greatskiholidays.co.uk/search/resort-traditional%20village%20high%20altitude
cheers LC
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| alanmartin wrote: |
Scandanavia via Ferry boat?
Norway will be warming up, but snow covered, as will AAre in Sweden. |
That just got me thinking.... but on doing a brief bit of searching I don't think there is a direct ferry from the UK to Norway any more. Best option seems to be be a ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg, drive across Denmark then onto Norway/Sweden.
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