 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi there, my cousin and I have just started planning a ski trip for the end of this year (around Dec. 20th). This is the first time we've planned such a trip (although we've skied a couple of times before) and we find that the number of resorts and websites is quite overwhelming. So I thought it would be better to come onto snowheads to get some advice from you regular skiers!
1. Are there are particular resorts that are perhaps well-known to offer the best value in terms of skiing? My cousin and I are both intermediate skiiers and looking for blue and black slopes. We're planning a trip of around 7 days so we would prefer not to have to ski on the same few slopes every single day. 
2. Is it better to book transport, accommodation, day passes/equipment separately or to book a packaged deal via a site like thomsonski or neilson? Are there any other sites where we can find good packaged deals?
Thanks,
Jon
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Package - just about anywhere, iglu, ifyouski & Tour operator sites. If you want lairy apres Austria probably beats France.
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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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Oh, forgot to mention something. I just found the following deal on neilson. Thoughts on Les Deux Alpes? It's all-inclusive of transportation, accommodation, rental and lift pass. Is it a good deal money-wise? Anything I should beware of in general when booking a ski trip?
Cheers!
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atticus92, Book it. Looks a fair deal.
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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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A rough equivalence between European and Canadian grades is:
Europe Canada
Green = Green
Blue = Blue
Red = Single diamond Black
Black = Double diamond Black
But it varies from resort to resort and there is no actual standard
The deal to Les 2 Alpes looks fairly good, but it is very early in the season and not all runs may be open. Even if the snow is good the resort may be a little tardy actually putting up piste markers etc. In my limited experience all the tour operators appear to be much of a muchness. You pay more for more luxury, but still ski on the same slopes. The week you have selected is a week very popular with university ski clubs and you may find yourself sharing the resort with x thousand students from the University of Swindon. It could be raucous.
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I know this hotel in L2A, it is run and operated by Neilson, by that I mean all the staff are English employed by Neilson, reps, chefs everything. Good location the only thing I would warn you about is there tends to be a lot of kids because Neilson run a popular kids club including a lot of Nannys who look after the kids. Not a problem unless you down want lots of kids. Good hotel though, good food and good location and that price looks good.
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Deal looks ok to me, and it will make life nuch easier to have everything set up for you. By 15th dec most resorts are open, but no guarantee. You should be ok with this resort in that week.
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| Deal looks ok to me, and it will make life nuch easier to have everything set up for you. By 15th dec most resorts are open, but no guarantee. You should be ok with this resort in that week. |
The resort will be open, question is how many slopes will they bother to roll out in that week?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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IME the resort will be fully open that week, provided the snow is OK. Certainly should be plenty of scope for a week. Because there is a glacier, there should be decent skiing even if the snow at lower altitude is poor (which is always a risk that early in the season) and Les Deux Alpes is quite a bit cheaper than many, for eating and drinking. I'd expect the resort to be fairly quiet that pre-Christmas week, but that's not a bad thing; who wants to stand in lift queues?
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