Slovenia

Headed to Bled in mid-March for our first time. Anyone skiied Vogel or any of the other resorts in Slovenia? Input?

I stayed in Ljubliana and Bled last New Year.

Ljubliana is the capital of Slovenia and is not far from Kravavec ski resort. Kravavec was a great place to go and I had a lot of fun for a couple of days there. There's an easy nursery slope for complete beginners, a pleasant blue slope and a few steeper trickier reds. There's an early morning and late afternoon ski bus to get to the resort from Ljubliana bus station which takes about 50 mins. Being the capital, there's a lot of restaurants, bars and shops in Ljubliana and it's an interesting place to wander around in the evening. It's very prettily decorated around New Year time too.

Bled is a pleasant, picturesque village to visit on a lake. There's a small, local ski resort, but there wasn't much skiing to be had when I was there because it was too low level and things were melting somewhat then! I've heard there are other resorts not far away from there. Otherwise there are many pleasant walks to be had around the lake, or a boat trip out to the island which I recommend.

have skiid on the pohorje which is in maribor near the austrian border. you can fly to graz and the 30 minute drive. beautiful village and good ski also. deffo an up and coming country and very reasonable on all counts.

That's really interesting to know, my cousin has just bought a house 4 miles from the Austrian border in Slovenia and 15 mins drive from that ski resort and I was unsure about what it would be like. Happy (free) skiing holiday here I come :D Thanks!