J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by biki17

dellaga1 wrote:How about Valtournenche? Cervinia/Zermatt (not in France, I know) is high and snow is normally very good well into April

Admin wrote:That's close to our shortlist for Easter too! With The Dolomites as a last-minute outlier if it gets cold too... 8)

They're all pretty good choices with the possible exception of Gressoney if apres-ski does matter to you; brilliant location if the snow's good, however, and probably our preferred option by a whisker at the moment. Champoluc has more restaurants, bars, etc. I haven't checked this year yet, but the Monterosa resorts usually do some free-lift-pass-with-accommodation offers for the last week or 2 of the season.

La Ros probably least likely, for us; it's high and sunny so needs to stay cold for Easter to be good (for us) there. Good spot for some Spring skiing and cold beer in the sunshine after though.

Right now we're waiting to see how the snow falls and will go North or South of the main alpine ridge accordingly.

The snow could really go either way at the moment; next week is looking pretty good for the north side of the ridge and Chamonix valley, PdS, Grand Massif, etc. look like getting the goods as March arrives.

That said... a Genoa Low is starting to feature in the forecasts beyond next week and that could push some decent snow into the Aosta Valley and maybe the Dolomites.

Wait and see?

J2SkiNews wrote:It is hard to rank one over the other to be honest. Both are very big, both have a huge range of skiing, both pretty 'snowsure' - in Les Arcs' case with the glacier up to 3200+ metres and Ischgl is more just a strong snow record. Ischgl opens earlier and closes a little later (start of May) than Les Arcs but Les Arcs could stay open later if they wanted. Ischgl is 'very German' wheras Les Arcs has quite an international mix - a lot of Brits, Dutch, Scandinavians... Ischgl you can ski over the border in to Switzerland and buy stuff duty free in Samnaun, Les Arcs you can take a double decker cable car over the valley to La Plagne...