April ski holiday

Hi, I live in South Africa, I am hoping to plan a ski trip ( first time overseas) the first 2 weeks of April 2012, where can I stay and still have good snow so late in the season, we are novices , skied twice in Lesotho south Africa.

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Adman

Adman wrote:Hi, I live in South Africa, I am hoping to plan a ski trip ( first time overseas) the first 2 weeks of April 2012, where can I stay and still have good snow so late in the season, we are novices , skied twice in Lesotho south Africa.

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Adman

Val D'Isere/Tignes, Zermatt, Solden, Stubai, Hintertux, Les 2 Alpes.....all pretty safe and high.

As Tony says check the forecasts and ski high :thumbup:

What a shame you cannot go a month earlier!
I'm sure an opportunity to get to one of the big European stations doesn't happen every year and whilst there will be skiing and good snow higher up all resorts will be loosing the snow on their lower runs.
Conditions will be much better in March and you would be able to appreciate one of the big ski areas (and there are loads across the European Alps).
No chance you could get over a month earlier?

Les 2 Alpes would be a good choice, most of the easy stuff is at high altitude.

Many thanks, all for the info, the full length of the run in Leshoto is 1200m so anything longer is a bonus, 28 march is the soonest we can travel, I am planning to book befor the end of the yr, will check out your resorts, which one would be the best?
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Adman

Be careful Adman, some of the resorts suggested would not be suitable for novices, and several are not rated for novices by the TOs.
Andy, at Les2A, can a novice safely negotiate off the easy slopes down to the valley? If so, that may well be the good suggestion.
In the main season, you might often go by the TO guide. Hence, when the snow is good, Val D'Isere only rates 3/5. Similarly with Zermatt. Most of the novice slopes are at the bottom in most resorts, and of course, in April, there is unlikely to be decent snow at village level. Hence it is important that a novice can get safely down off an upper slope to the valley.
Caw canny; just because a resort is high does not make it novice-friendly.

Perhaps a definition of "novice" might be useful here, as I assume Dave is talking about bunny slopes for beginners. Maybe, having skied twice before, the poster is looking for intermediate slopes.
If not, maybe a re-assessment of when they are travelling may be required?