 Poster: A snowHead
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We've just moved out to live in Lausanne, so this was our first trip skiing as many of the Swiss do. Amazed at how easy it was - we love skiing but have never managed more than a week away a year, and often less than that. We generally go with big groups, but stuff like babies/weddings/work etc means it's quite hard to get people together these days, so the last time we went was in St Anton in 2011.
SBB (Swiss Railways) do a "Snow and Rail" deal that includes travel and a ski pass at a reduced rate. You also get discount off rental (still don't have our own kit  ) but we got a decent deal online. It was only about an hour from our door to the slopes, with a train from Lausanne to Aigle, then up the mountain on a delightful cog train to Leysin. We went to the Endless Ride shop to get our gear, which was very good and took now time at all. A 5-10 minute queue to get the lift pass was the only queue we had all day.
Conditions were great. Very cloudy when we left home, but we were well up above the cloud cover and had sunshine and beautiful blue clouds and sunshine. The ski area is fairly small, but perfect for the day trip. You can't really get lost, so we just wandered from one side of the map to the other. Well groomed, virtually empty slopes and some amazing scenery meant we had a great day getting our ski legs back. There's nothing especially challenging but it would be a great place to go for those who are just starting out and want to build confidence.
There is a bus you can jump on to Les Parchets where there are some more runs, but we had plenty to do where we were. I don't think you would want to spend a week there, but well worth a visit in conjunction with the other resorts in the area.
Hopefully this day trip stuff will be a regular occurrence!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We skied there just on the first day of our main skiing holiday last year in very very cold conditions. Lovely easy empty slopes though so great for a blast to get ski legs back.
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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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Cheers - definitely looking to get a fair few trips in. Thanks for the tips!
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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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I learnt to ski there. Happy memories 
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