 Poster: A snowHead
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Any ideas for early season skiing ?????
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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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Tignes seems to get early snow, and if not, the glacier is there. I've seen early season deals for that week some years. Often hotels use that week for training staff, so you might get a cheap week.
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I think that everyone'll point you in the direction of the high (glacier) resorts. Tignes, L2A in France. L2A opens 1 December. Tignes open now until May?. Solden (don't know when opens, but world cup there in mid October), Hintertux (opens mid Oct) in Austria. Zermatt in Switzerland (seems to be open all year). Lots of other places, no doubt.
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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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Val Thorens has great skiing early season and lively nightlife.
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bostin1978, Question: any ideas skiing 8/9th dec? Answer....yep....somewhere with snow.
Not being facetious. I personally tend to wait before booking at that time of year since there can be places with some (often unexpected) and some without. My worst decision was early booking to save some money and then went to L2A early in Dec. All the runs to the town were grass. There was one decent run open, and they couldn't open the glacier because of high wind. It was sh*&. And it rained.
Zermatt and Saas Fee tend to have something open whatever the weather and seasonal snowfall, although Zermatt is expensive. There are plenty of small family guesthouses in Saastal - ie right through the valley, and if you have a hire car you can ski at Saas Fee, Saas Grund, or drive to Tasch and then train to Zermatt. Don't rule out places such as Andermatt. Personally, if you want to book now I would do a fly drive to a place where you can hit a number of places depending on snow fall. If you base yourself in Bourg St Maurice you can go to Tignes, Les Arcs or La Rosiere depending on snowfall; you could stay in Grimentz and hit Zinal, St Luc, Nendaz or Crans Montana.
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1. Tignes;
2. Val Thorens;
3. Zermatt.
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1. Obertauern
2. Ischgl
3. Serfaus
4. Obergurgl
All normally open by then, either natural snow or excellent snowmaking. Andy Murray's fault that I'm up now typing this at stupid o'clock!! 
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The Aosta Valley in Italy has a good early season snow record with some very good resorts to choose from. Cervinia is probably the safest as there is the glacier. That said, in 25 years of going to either Courmayeur, Pila or La Thuile in the first week of December, there is only one occasion in that time where lack of snow has been a problem and that was last year.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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bostin1978, What level of skiing are you at and is the nightlife just as important ?
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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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Ischgl
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clarky999, Certainly covers the nightlife aspect from what I hear !.
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You know it makes sense.
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Good call on Ischgl we skied last year at the end of April was great snow. Have gone for Val d'isere for 9th december, taking a chance I know but great deal woth VIp chalets. If no snow then it a week of beer and films...... Thanks for all the info 
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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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Val D'Isere.... try YSEski (http://www.yseski.co.uk/home/prices.php).
They do early season discounts where you need to get a flight out for connection with their transfer from GVA (they provide the flight back on their charter) and they do lift passes for the Espace Killy for €130 so it works out cheap. I did it one year and it was ace, very empty and loads of snow.
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Poster: A snowHead
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USA? We had a good week in Mammoth the first week in December a good few years back. Ditto Winter Park. Much of Colorado is scheduled to be open but wait for the snow and last minute deals.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm may be mistaken but that's the launch weekend of the Apres Ski 2013 album in the Mooserwirt in St Anton.....no brainer that.
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FAQ
I'm skiing there again at the weekend I hope 
