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ok so as you may or may not know I went to the famous Niederau and was a tad underwhelmed! but anyway thats another story and from this trip i have decided what we want as a family.

So I am looking at next years 2010 ski trip (but dont tell hubby coz he thinks we are going somewhere hot! lol)

So here are my requirements:

Family of 4 (kids aged 9&11), looking for large ski resort with nice cruisy blues or tame reds, somewhere that links to lots of lifts (I have been to skiwelt before and somewhere like this would be ideal), we do not need apres ski in fact we only left the apartment once during this ski trip and that was to go toboganing!, not bothered what country but dont really want to have a long commute from airport to resort, we will be taking the kids out of school so not stuck to school holidays, would like to go somewhere where it is not mega expensive. (wouldnt we all? lol).

I was thinking about maybe the first week in March. Is this a good time? or maybe first week in February? not bothered as long as the resort has good snow resort and is high enough. Is it worth me prebooking it this year for 2010 or should we wait till last minute?

Any info will be greatly recieved and processed.
Karen
calling all newbies on line
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 93 Replies
you cant expect in the space of 10 mins from one post to the next that people are going to jump in and introduce themselves! give them time at least to psych themselves up lol
Back from Niederau today
Started by User in Austria, 133 Replies
Sun on the nursery slopes was one of my worries as I knew the kids would be spending the majority of their time their. When Tony H was there I dont think there was much sun at all on the nursery slopes but when we were there they were never in the shade (except when it snowed lol :wink:).

I think going to Niederau has defintley cemented what we want as a family out of a skiing trip and that is to find a resort that has lots of long easy cruises with loads of lifts and I have a few ideas at the minute but decideing whether I should wait till last minute to book or book ahead of time. What kind of discounts do Tour operators make for children? do you get free child places? is it like a summer holiday?

Karen
What should you be doing ?
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 73 Replies
I should really be emptying our suitcases (whilst freeing up some space on my sky + lol) and have in a fashion but seem to have made more of a mess than I started with
Lost a ski
Started by User in Ski Hardware, 15 Replies
will your insurance not cover this sort of thing?
Back from Niederau today
Started by User in Austria, 133 Replies
this is a pic of the snow and conditions on the day it dumped 2 foot of snow at the top of the mitermoos

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and what it was like on the nursery slopes the same day (notice the volume of people still in the background)!
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the kids having fun in the snow, throwing snowballs (or snodgers as us geordies like to call them!)

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and I had to post this little clip it of the ski school entertainers at the ceremony evening
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Well that is probably all Ive got for one night. I hope I havent bored the pants off you! Well you know what its like when you go to a friends house and they get all the photos out then start showing you holiday videos! you can only take so much :wink: You just have to tell me! lol
Back from Niederau today
Started by User in Austria, 133 Replies
just edited those videos. the first link I had put up was Jack, he is so dramatic!! you want to see him now! the pair of them just have no fear!
Back from Niederau today
Started by User in Austria, 133 Replies
dont know if this will work but thought I would put a video clip of my son Luke on his first day of ski school to show how he came on. sorry you will have to put your head sideways. He is the one in the red jacket with grey hellmet on in front of the kid with yellow jacket and as you can see he can bearly stand up and promptly falls over.
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and this was him on the fourth day
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