Glacier skiing November in Europe

Tom W

thanks for the suggestion of Stubia, really surprised by the amount of terrain that is likely to be open. Just a shame it's only a weekend trip.

Finn

Finn,
We went last year and I wrote a full report on it here:

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/6855.page

What surprised me (I'd never been ski-ing out of season before) was the way that most things were shut. There was a cafe open at the bottom of the glacier, and the restaurant at the top of the funicular was open, but as far as I could see most of the resort was shut and the free ski bus to the chalet wasn't running. So I was very glad the chalet people were there to deliver and collect us from the glacier.

The only very slight snag with the deal at Tignes is that they only collect and deliver people from Geneva once per day. It's nearly a 3 hour drive from there to Tignes. So, if you're flying from a regional airport you might not get a flight to fit in with this, because it's out of season, and have to stay in a hotel in Geneva, which would considerably put up the total cost of the holiday. There are plenty of flights to Gatwick though.

We had so much fun last year that we're doing it again this October half-term. I just hope the weather is okay and they don't have to shut the glacier because of a blizzard or something.

Ally

Just booked for Hintertux, had to bring the escape plans forward so now going on the 15th Oct..
Kids are going to love staying at home with grandma. :twisted:

40 days & counting down.....

Finn

Finn wrote:Just booked for Hintertux, had to bring the escape plans forward so now going on the 15th Oct..
Kids are going to love staying at home with grandma. :twisted:

40 days & counting down.....

Finn

Be sure to let us know how you get on!! Are you staying at the Badhotel Kirchler? I got a lovely birthday email from them on Friday. Nice touch.

tino_11 wrote:

Finn wrote:Just booked for Hintertux, had to bring the escape plans forward so now going on the 15th Oct..
Kids are going to love staying at home with grandma. :twisted:

40 days & counting down.....

Finn

Be sure to let us know how you get on!! Are you staying at the Badhotel Kirchler? I got a lovely birthday email from them on Friday. Nice touch.

Couldn't get in the Kirchler totally booked up so opted for the half price deal with Aktiv & Wellness Hotel Bergfreid. Got to say I think we got a good deal on this one.

Thanks for the help Tino.

Finn

Could anyone tell me what the likely kms of piste open by last week September?

dixie dean wrote:Could anyone tell me what the likely kms of piste open by last week September?

Current conditions 9/21 lifts running serving 20km piste.
Last year 50km piste open by early October. Always the risk of not getting on the Glacier if the weather closes in.

Finn

Finn wrote:

dixie dean wrote:Could anyone tell me what the likely kms of piste open by last week September?

Current conditions 9/21 lifts running serving 20km piste.
Last year 50km piste open by early October. Always the risk of not getting on the Glacier if the weather closes in.

Finn

I've been on the Tux in some very interesting conditions, they don't seem to like closing it.