14 days

I've find the opposite, have been on a 14 day trip but never found a 10 day trip.

We skied for two weeks for our second ever skiing holiday, which was in Sauze D'Oulx (booked through Thompson). For us it meant more time skiing (13 days vs 12 for two separate weeks) and it also worked out a lot cheaper as you only have one set of flights and IIRC the lift pass was cheaper per day pro rata. At the time we could not have afforded two holidays and the two continuous weeks, the first with group lessons and the second with a few private lessons meant our skiing improved tenfold.

Personally I was fine with 13 days non stop skiing. However, this was not first to last lift everyday and I know by the end my OH was ready for home (I often continued on my own later into the afternoon and I could have happily stayed for the rest of the season!!)

I would happily go for a fortnight again but if you're considering it be sure to pick somewhere with enough skiing to keep you occupied or arrange to stay in two different resorts. Staying in the same place has its advantages though, as the slopes are often virtually deserted on changeover day. :D

Tony_H wrote:I've never skied more than 6 straight days, but I do know I think I'd struggle, and personally I wouldn't want to take a ski trip and then not ski, so thats why I take 1 weeks trips at a time.
I think if you go across the Pond it would be different, as I wouldn't want to take just a week for such a long flight, so I'd probably do 10 days and ski 6 or 7 of them, with a day off before and after to prepare for the flight.

We did one in 2001 Fernie & Big mountain back to back for £350 for the both, room only Fernie & B&B in BM alot of travelling & reported by the locals as the worse snow conditions for 35yrs ( that's the Brooks effect ) now who wants to go skiing with me :twisted: .

I've done a fortnight in Europe, in Canada and in the US on a number of occasions. It's great - no problem with skiing every day - some days you ski harder than others! And if the weather's bad, you don't feel the pressure not to ease off for an afternoon or morning. Two weeks at Lake Tahoe was perfect - skied in a number of resorts: Heavenly, Squaw Valley, Sierra, Northstar and the very best: Kirkwood.