plenty of easy (green)runs picturesque

Westendorf in Austria gets my vote, have been 3 times and now it is linked by Gondola to Kitzbuhel. It is a very pretty village, shops, cafes, good cakes, and there is a train station and a bus service to take you to other villages and further afield. The top of the Alpenrose Gondola is lovely to sit in a deckchair and enjoy the sunshine. Westendorf has taught more British skiers than any other resort (apparently), it has several ski schools and nice easy green/blue slopes in the village itself (so non-skiers can sit and watch) and an easy red (Talkaiser) and some blue (Choralp) at the top of the Alpenrose Gondola. The lift pass covers the Ski Welt area and not far from Salzburg or Innsbruck Airports. Not been for a few years, but have happy memories of 3 years on the trot there!

chapell d abondance long green runs for the novice skiers but can cut though trees and onto red or blues fast new lifts no quing plus links to the biger resorts .nice quiet village with bars and restaurants .very frendly staff compared to larger resorts.

chateaudoz wrote:

Wanderer wrote:I'd like to give a vote for Alpe D'Huez. It may not meet the picturesque criteria but it does have loads of very gentle skiing suitable for the most timid of skiers. Perhaps most importantly, this includes several runs back to base so no tricky, over-crowded resort runs that you tend to encounter in most other resorts. :D

While a few people have mentioned Courcheval, I would have two reservations. Firstly, it tends to be very busy - not something that timid skiers like. Secondly, it is extremely poor value for skiers who will only sample a tiny portion of the resort. In my view, they are better off looking at smaller resorts which will suit their skiing ability and cost them a lot less :wink:

ADH gets my vote too. Even in the satellite villages, like Oz en Oisans, you can always get back by lift, so you can travel around the resort and not just be stuck in one place.
Thay way, should you choose to, you can experience the resort without actually having to ski what my better half used to call "a cliff of death".

Alpe D'Huez not picturesque? Not the ugliest either! Plenty for all abilities.

Nice photo Andy ...