J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Gareth Fair

Try Cervinia if you are an early intermediate. Wide open slopes and nothing too challenging.
It's at 2000m too so snow sure and some great restaurants.

I go most years that week for a long weekend. It's a great time to ski as most of the resorts are empty.
Val Thoren, Tignes, alpe D' huez are all usually good that week. It's also pretty much the only week all season that accommodation is cheap and plentiful.
Book your flight now and wait to book accommodation until the very last minute and you will be fine.

Thanks for the information, looking like La Thuile as some of our group are going for a week and some for just four days and Hotel Planibel can do short stays.

Thanks Baldy, I do like the sound of a laid back Italian feel to the place.

Looking at a week at the start of March and have narrowed it down to these two.

Hotel. Planibel in La Thuile or Hotel Champoluc in Champoluc. Both half board and both good value.

Does anyone have experience of either and which ski are would be better for the week.

I have found another great value week in Bardonecchi but reckon that the ski area is too small.

Thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks.

No but am considering it for March 2015. I usually only go for four days at a time due to work and family so find it very difficult to book accommodation.

Depends what you are after.
Cervinia is lovely but the skiing is limited enough.
I did four days a few years ago and skied it all in a day and a half.
There is a link to Zermat which is much better but the link back can be difficult and we were on the worlds longest drag lift back to Cervinia.
Bad weather can close a lot of the mountain quickly enough too.

Thanks for the information.