 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone been or heard anything about Colletts in Italy?
I am looking for a resort with fun skiing for the adept, along with fun things to do for the skiing averse, someone suggested this place, but Google is not really telling me very much!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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It is certinly possible that that is what i mean... perhaps I should seek clarification from the person who suggested it!
Any of you have to deal with non skiiers?
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fragglerock, try Wengen (I know it's my favorite) plenty of fun skiing plus things to do for the non skier, e.g in resort you can ice skate or go for tobbogan runs or just go for winter walks, plus non skiers can use the trains and cablecars to meet up with the skiers at lunchtimes, if they want to go shopping or see the sites get them a Swiss Pass and they can hop on and off most of the trains, post coaches and lake steamers in Switzerland, trips to Bern to see the bears and go shopping or many other locations possible
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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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They were probably talking about Collett's Mountain Holidays easily found on a google search http://www.colletts.co.uk/ we have been with them in the winter and summer. The skiing in the dolomites is fantastic and has something over 1000km's of piste on one pass!!! you can opt in and out of Collett's organised activities which include skiing and snowshoeing. 
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fragglerock, another Swiss resort suggestion: Saas Fee. Pleasant village, easy access to Zermatt and other local towns.
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maslerdanch, Please do not encourage more people to go skiing in the Dolomites.
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The dolomites are great though! Can anyone who's been there reccommend anywhere similar. I've been to Tignes and Zermatt. Friends who went to Bulgaria this year haven't come back having enjoyed it.
PS I must congratulate Snowheads on their newsletter - most informative!
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fragglerock, I'd second D G Orf's suggestion of Wengen. I used to have a non-skiing OH, and that was his favourite ski resort. I loved it too.
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The dolomites are great though! Can anyone who's been there reccommend anywhere similar. I've been to Tignes and Zermatt. Friends who went to Bulgaria this year haven't come back having enjoyed it.
PS I must congratulate Snowheads on their newsletter - most informative! |
It depends just what similarities you are looking for when you say "similar". There really isn't anywhere else with quite the same type of rock in similar formations, so the scenery is always going to be somewhat different.
But if it is more the types and standard of runs available, then some of the larger Austrian resorts are quite similar, and so is the ambience.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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wanting to keep costs down - do the resorts in Austria overcharge on the mountain - I suppose i'm looking for somewhere just as vast as the Dolomite superski area - I don't think we did the same run twice. The 3 Valleys is big but costly?
Cheers
Mas
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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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| maslerdanch wrote: |
wanting to keep costs down - do the resorts in Austria overcharge on the mountain - I suppose i'm looking for somewhere just as vast as the Dolomite superski area - I don't think we did the same run twice. The 3 Valleys is big but costly?
Cheers
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No, Austrian resorts are generally similar prices to the Dolmites on the mountain.
A few weeks ago in the Ski Welt, I was paying €2.50-3.00 for a hot chocolate, €4-5 for a gulaschesuppe, €7.50 for a TirolerGrostl, for example.
And again, for size, the Ski Welt has about 280Km of linked runs. The Zillertal has 600Km, but split into four main areas and a few smaller ones, lniked by bus/train (free with lift pass). There are other reasonably large areas too.
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Sounds great - will investigate!
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You know it makes sense.
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i"ve been with colletts mountain holidays to arabba, i had a fantastic time, the ski guiding everyday has a choice of two itineries, the easy one and the fast one, the guides are also the chalet boys and girls so a good laugh is always guarenteed, colletts skiing holidays are very well recomended.
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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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compostcorner, 42 of us went with Colletts last year to Pedraces. I can also give them a big thumbs up.
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