J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by acarr

All that snow has clearly attracted some undesirable wildlife. Yikes!

daved wrote: ..that mohair shirt at £375 was a bit steep but they were selling ..

:shock:

Arinsal is listed as Pal-Arinsal.

Go on sale from 5am tomorrow (Fri).

Have you considered Les Carroz? It's in the Grand Massif, so easy access to Flaine, Samoens and Morillon. It is a nice small town. If you have a car you can shop for groceries in the valley, which is much cheaper. AFAIK it's about an hour from Geneva, so handy if you need to pick up visitors who have flown in.

We went to Saas-Fee in March 2015. We didn't notice it being any more expensive than the UK for things like a coffee and cake - similar to prices charged in UK high street coffee chains. We went on a package which was half board so we only had to buy lunch and snacks, and prices seemed reasonable depending on what you bought. The one thing we did think was expensive was the lift pass because it covers the whole area - Saas-Fee, Saas-Grund and Saas Almagell, which for us was a waste of money. Also, bad weather closed the upper slopes for a couple of days so we felt we'd paid a lot of money just to ski on the village nursery slopes.

Get booking! :D

Surely the easiest and most cost-effective way would be by train? We were in Munich this summer and the trains are very impressive - punctual, clean and efficient. I had a quick look on the two rail booking sites I use and a return journey from Munich to Westendorf takes a couple of hours and costs around 25 Euros per person one-way, so that's less than £20 single. If you time it right, you might only have 1 change. It's very straightforward. The only thing is, it's probably too early to book if you're going Jan/Feb/March but I think both websites have an option where they will email you when the dates are released.
I use loco2.com or thetrainline-europe.com