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My partner and I are looking to squeeze in another week on the snow before the end of the season. The only dates we can both get off is the last week of March.
Neither of us have ever been to the Alps but have for a few years now gone to Finland, Romania, Scotland and the States.
The only decent deals within our budget we can find for this time are at Courmayeur, Wengen or Morzine
I'm not sure what the snow fall has been like this year and we are little worried about finding grassy slopes when we arrive which would obviously be a waste of our time and hard earned money.
Are any of these resorts worth considering or should we forget about for this year? The latter would obviously be disappointing but I'd rather be realistic about it.
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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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Jrourke, calm down with your impatience, FFS.
That wasn't the sort of question that is likely to get enthusiastic responses from a forum, was it? Anyway.
As of today, Northern French/Swiss Alps have had a. an absolutely amazing season for snowfall, well over seasonal averages. and b. waaaaayyyy more snow than Italian Alps.
In particular, PDS has had astonishing quantities (of the areas I have skied of late).
Wengen is probably doing OK as we were able to ski the Inferno top to bottom (MUerren-Lauterbrunnen) which is about a 10 year occurrence.
Avoriaz (Morzine) however seems to have done particularly well. Significantly at lower altitudes - e.g. I have never in 25 years seen so much snow in the Ardent car park.
Are you going to turn up in Morzine or Wengen to green fields? Well, entirely possible. We could have a foehn from now till then. But as of what is visible now, you are likely to be pleasantly surprised.
(P.S. I would counsel Morzine rather than Wengen)
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Sorry for the apparent impatience we are just looking to book something as soon as possible.
TBH Morzine seems to have the most options for us so the good snowfall thus far does bode well.
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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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Jrourke, if those are your options, and you are confident that prices won't drop (don't ask me for advice on that!), get your credit card out.
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Wengen is probably doing OK as we were able to ski the Inferno top to bottom (MUerren-Lauterbrunnen) which is about a 10 year occurrence.
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Where can I check on line if that is still open on Easter Monday? I'll be in Engelberg, but I really want to go there, so was thinking get up and check out early in Engelberg, swing by Wengen ski, then drive home...sort of / kind of on the way...
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