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What options for longer ski holidays?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

hi, i'm fortunate in that my work sometimes leaves me with several weeks/months between jobs, although it reduces the amount I make each year. I'm looking at the options for spending longer than a typical week out in a resort skiing. I've ski'd a few holidays now and would like to improve faster than just the annual ski trip and a bit of time in the dome, but most accommodation seems to be booked for a week at a time through a regular ski holiday company unless you go for private chalets that are crazy expensive

Are there other options for someone who might want to spend a month or more skiing. I'm tempted by one of the skills building courses but they're several grand for 2-3 weeks, so I was also thinking that perhaps there's other accomodation that could be booked for a month and then find a local instructor to work with regularly 2-3 times a week and spend the days practicing in between.

An annual ski pass seems to be reasonable cost from what I could see online but it's the accomodation that I'd really appreciate an insiders knowledge of. is this sort of thing do-able do you think. I had thought of trying to work a season (i spent several years working as a massage therapist so thats another option) but my current career (in film production) pays reasonably well for short periods but is such that I can't plan ahead until each job finishes.

Thanks,

Justin.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

mr_magicfingers, have a look at the all-in holidays offered at UCPA centres (French website but has an english version). Costs are low and include tuition, lift pass and full board. You could do some weeks in different centres.

Otherwise, there'd be no problem at all booking an apartment for a month, though to keep costs reasonable you'd need to avoid local peak weeks (which in the case of France would be New Year, then the four weeks from mid-Feb to mid-March) when costs would be higher. You might well get a good deal on a studio somewhere - several SHs deal in accommodation and I'm sure you'll get some other replies.
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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?

You can rock up in certain ski towns in North America and find a room on Craigslist or local noticeboards/websites pretty easily certainly within a week of staying in a motel. Even somewhere like Whistler which is traditionally pretty hard to find accomodation in has a bunch of Aussies who go home for Uni late January. I'd imagine places like Chamonix etc might be similar as people always get hurt/sacked and are looking for someone to take over their lease while they go home for rehab.
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Mr MagicFingers.. There are ways you can spend plenty of time on the slopes without it costing a fortune, if you can decide that you dont need to stay in a world famous resort. Very often you will be able to let a small apartment for a season for very resaonable prices, the apartments are generally smal an privately let.
Heres one I know about
http://tinyurl.com/cd5tnbj
Some of my neighbours of my neighbours have small appartments but never advertise publicly.
The trouble with this is you probably wont get there in she school holidays, consistently, as then every one is full but you could easliy grab a month at a time.

There are alternatives to look at that wont cost you any cash at all, although those opportunities are rare Smile, and have to be a good fit with your personal prefernences.

However I think you have every chance of getting what you need, provided you dont want to pick somewhere world famous. In many cases you will get the slopes to yoursleves, and have much better skiing any how.

Other places to look , Axalp, Disentis, Obersaxen, Tschiertchen... there are loads to pick from, I think on balance you would need a car, and try a few. You can get ski passes which are valid across the entire canton.
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