J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by dobby

Are opens a week tomorrow....

Hi Furthy. Chose les 2 alpes because it was cheap, good snow and I am one of those who like this marmite resort. I know lots of people don't! Chose Risoul because nephew did a season there and recommended it for families. Good resort for beginner kids with easy greens. Recently been to Hemsedal and åre. Also skied in Italy, Andorra and Slovenia. Will hopefully ski in Austria one day and got my eye on trip to St johann which looms good for family trip

Furthy's post does raise the interesting question about why people ski where they ski. I guess a lot of it is habit/cultural. I am a recent convert to skiing in Scandinavia but five or six years ago I would never thought of skiing there.

Well said admin. And there are some great little French resorts even where the TOs go, such as Risoul/Vars.

Oh. FFS. I wonder why Germans ski in German-speaking Austria. And from Germany you have to go through Austria to get to the French ski resorts.

Andymol2 - thanks for the info - am trying to wangle a cheeky trip in Jan. with a mate, so thinking about best time to book

No views on the place Nuttynutnut, but I suspect that where ever you go, you're going to have fun keeping up with the kids.... Your comments on Niederau are interesting and support comments that other people have made in relation to some of the runs being quite difficult for nervous/beginner skiers.

And Trysil too. Like Hemsedal, only one real run open.