Any Suggestions?

I'm Skiing over Christmas, but i'm planning to go for a second dose of the good stuff in either late January or late February (after the half-term break when its less packed and not a rip off). Anyways, i'll carve to the chase, has anyone got any suggestions on where to go; i'm looking for somewhere with great scenery, good accomodation, intermediate runs and lots of snow, also preferably in Europe. I'm at the moment thinking Sauze D'Oulx, Igls or maybe Levi.

Any ideas/personal opinions would be appreciated.

La Rosiere hits all the buttons you've listed; the secenary is spectacular, check out some of the views on www.tracksvacations.com over 11 peaks above 3,000metres in a single vista. The skiing is good for all grades but intermediates love the varied mix of blues and reds in France and Italy. Over 150 kms of pistes on a single lift pass that's remarkable value at just over £100.00 for 6 days.

Late January or February is usually very good, La Rosiere is very snow- sure, it holds the record for maximum snowfall in France and our proximity to Mont Blance ensures we get snow when other resorts don't, see the comments from the good ski and snowboard guide on our home page.

We've got a special offer for January, a free 6 day Espace San Bernardo lift pass with every adult weekly booking, makes our holidays even better value especially when you factor in free transfers to/from Geneva and ski-hosting.

Regards

David

Mike, i was in Passe Tonale in February/March. I found it to be superb. Good snow, not too busy and a good assortment of intermediate runs.

mikedib87 wrote:I'm Skiing over Christmas, but i'm planning to go for a second dose of the good stuff in either late January or late February (after the half-term break when its less packed and not a rip off). Anyways, i'll carve to the chase, has anyone got any suggestions on where to go; i'm looking for somewhere with great scenery, good accomodation, intermediate runs and lots of snow, also preferably in Europe. I'm at the moment thinking Sauze D'Oulx, Igls or maybe Levi.

Any ideas/personal opinions would be appreciated.

where u goin skiin at christmas and jan or feb im goin skiin in december and february!!

thanks for the replies guys, much needed info. I'm going to St Wolfgang on the 23rd for some skiing/grassy hill rolling(whichever the weather permits), and don't know where yet for either end of Jan or end of Feb, which may end up being my only ski of the year if this warm continues. I don't want to blow my own trumpet but i know about the weather (operate weather station and worked at met. office briefly), but i really did not expect this when we booked in Feb. Anyways, where are you off to gemma~lou?

Mike, I'm off next week as well but I fully expect La Rosiere to be open, in the last 20yrs it has only failed to open on the scheduled date once. In my experience last 6+ yrs we've always had enough snow by Xmas week. We do seem to get weather that other resorts don't, according to the locals it's the proximity to Mont Blanc that ensures we get masses of snow, the pass to Italy the Col de Petit St Bernard has been closed since mid Nov and won't open again until June. In fact we can often have snow when Les Arcs, 6kms away directly across the valley has none and Val d'Isere 20 or so kms away along the valley gets it's weather from a totally different direction and relies on Southerly winds coming up through Italy. I guess the bottom line is that weather in the mountains is often very local and whilst the overall weather pattern has an influence it's not the be all and end all.



Regards


David