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Hi, looking for a long weekend or 1 week from Sat 24th Novemebr. Only plave I can find open is 3 valleys. Is there any other resort I have overlooked? thanks in advance 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Val Thorens only in the 3Vs, and full opening not guaranteed. The other two valleys will be shut.
Tignes might be open. Hintertux glacier is 365 I believe.
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Check Ischgl, though it may be a few days after that.
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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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WASHOUT,
Hintertux and stay in Madziet
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Stubai stay in Neustift
Fly to Munchen
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Oh Yes .. if Ischgl is open go there ... just a bit further to drive.
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Ischgl opens on 23rd which is spot on. Easier to get to Innsbruck from Aberdeen than to get to Geneva so big bonus point. Priority is best chance of good skiing.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Tue 11-09-12 22:54; edited 1 time in total
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Zermatt if it is a weekend. More accommodation choices.
Tignes if it is a week. Better early skiing.
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| chocksaway wrote: |
| Tignes opens on 29 Sep for the season, by 24 Nov you can normally ski the whole of the Grand Motte down to Val Claret. |
Apart from last year... 
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Saas-Fee opens on 1 Nov.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The glacier at Solden opened on 7th September. The rest of the ski area opens on 17th November.
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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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| WASHOUT wrote: |
| Ischgl opens on 23rd which is spot on. Easier to get to Innsbruck from Aberdeen than to get to Geneva so big bonus point. Priority is best chance of good skiing. |
When I was flying form Aberdeen into Austria (did it regularly as was a student there the last three years, and my gf lives in Innsbruck) I'd often find KLM Aberdeen-Amsterdam-Munich to be the cheapest/least hassle flight. Other plus is that if you give them 24 hours notice there is no size restriction on luggage size, so get the most enormous ski bag you can find, and put all your skis/equipment/clothes in it, and you only need the one bag for the trip. Munich to Innsbruck/Ischgl/Stubai/etc is also a very easy journey (I used the train most of the time).
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With a bit of luck Hintertux could be open all the way to base station, not just the glacier.
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You know it makes sense.
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thanks for all the excellent replys. At the moment its between solden and ischgl, I cant see past austrian hospitality.
clarky999 lufthansa is also flying this route now through frunkfurt. approx £175 (if you book early enough) and excellent connection times
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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samerberg sue. good option. will investigate further.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Tignes is open 24th Nov! http://www.skicollection.co.uk/Tignes/
Val d'Isere is too, and there are a few in the Pyrenees open on 24th Nov: Cauterets, Saint Lary, Peyragudes, Font Romeu, Les Angles.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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dodgy time...no guarantees AT ALL...can you look at other dates...
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Chris Brookes, Bollocks! The glaciers are your friends anywhere in Europe at that time and there is a great variety of choice from Innsbruck if it is a poor start to the season.
Early response because I'm off to the Hintertux glacier for the day where we have half metre of freshies! 
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Ischgl is a good option. Obviously it depends on the snowfall but at least three of the last five years have seen about 75% of the lifts and pistes open at that time of year. They have invested very heavily in snow making.
I'd say Ischgl or Hintertux if the snow conditions are less good.
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How is Innsbruck easy to get to from Aberdeen? Not being cheeky, interested if there is a flight option I am missing.
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| Chris Brookes -Bo11ock$! |
That's 100% spot on Samerberg Sue - We've skied decent snow on the glacier at Tignes in early November in an early season drought year (2006) and had powder last November at Stubai when everywhere other than the glaciers was very brown and snowless.
Other than that we've had substantial cover and fantastic November skiing every year for about the past 12 years. The glaciers are indeed our friends  .
Frankly, it's amazing that some people think there's only 'guaranteed' snow in the Alps from January to March (yawn...).
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| Ghost Dog wrote: |
| How is Innsbruck easy to get to from Aberdeen? Not being cheeky, interested if there is a flight option I am missing. |
Roughly 50% of my flights (whilst studying in Aberdeen) were to Innsbruck airport, the rest to Munich - which airport was determined by price. Plenty of options, though usually via somewhere (I don't know why some people consider that a problem, usually doesn't add much to the journey time). A website like skyscanner should show some options, think my Ibk flights were normally with BA or Lufthansa.
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Ghost Dog. lufthansa is offering good flight options from aberdeen to innsbruck and geneva through frankfurt. they even have a flight out of innsbruck half 6 in the eveining arriving aberdeen late same evening this may give you an extra day of slope or day in innsbruck. I've flown to innsbruck with them twice and both times cost well under £200 return and take in consideration there ski baggage allowance i think this is very good value.
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