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Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 02:59:09 GMT

I'm looking for some destination options from Amsterdam from Sunday January the 18th and return on the 19th for some downhill skiing.

I'm willing to fly and save time to ski.

Recommendations? I've looked at Munich as a destination but the flight cost is too expensive and drive time is 7-8hrs each way.

Thanks!

Re:Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:51:34 GMT

Can you get reasonable flights to Geneva or Innsbruck? Both of those have a lot of resorts within an easy drive (1-2 hours). Currently, your best choices for snow are probably Austria unless you go high (so longer drives from GVA in general), but...

Keep a close eye on the forecasts; could be a fair amount of snow coming in this weekend which will be great for powder, not so great if you're relying on tight timings for your flights and drives...

Re:Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:06:34 GMT

200 euros on easyJet direct return to Geneva. "Cheap and expensive" are very relative terms, but I think if you are willing to travel just for a day of skiing and book at short notice, this is plenty cheap.

Re:Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:23:43 GMT

Winterburg is only a couple of hours down the road. Limited but it appears to be open https://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/Germany/Winterberg_webcams.html

Re:Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:53:37 GMT

Down the road from where? Bit far from Amsterdam :)

Re:Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:14:11 GMT

I used to get Dortmund to Amsterdam in under 2 hours another 3/4 to Winterburg not to much of a problem as I used to get from Iserlohn to Winterburg in just over 1/2 hour. As the OP is only looking for a couple of days it might be an option.

Re:Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:23:44 GMT

Winterburg is too low for any decent skiing this season. Not worth the money IMHO. Amsterdam-Geneva-Chamonix is doable in just little bit over. Easybus now provides very cheap transfers from GVA to Chamonix too.

Re:Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:46:45 GMT

I agree it is very low and limited but the OP was only going for a day or two and at the moment it does have snow.

In the end you pay for what you get

Re:Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:43:44 GMT

Thanks all for the options! Chamonix sounds really interesting and agree with the lack of snow. I'm in Canada and only 40 minutes from skiing here (albeit small hills) and it appears we have more snow than the close options suggested.

I'll have to check into flights as I'm flying in internationally early AM on Sunday and need to figure out connections if I'm going to do this.

I'm pleasantly surprised that Geneva is more economical to get to by flying than Frankfurt or Munich from Schipol!

It also looks like snow is coming in full force in the next 72hrs and need to consider that too. (ironicly wanted but not to disturb the flights!)

Re:Economical Downhill Ski destinations from Amsterdam?

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 14:14:41 GMT

Good news regarding snow!