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February Half-term - crowds
Hi,
Despite desperately trying to get any other possible time to go, it looks as though my wife and I are stuck with going skiing in the week of the February half-term (Saturday 16th February - 23rd Feb). The price hikes are painful enough, but if we're going to have to pay through the nose, the crowds are going to rub salt into the wounds. Where is best to go to avoid pistes like the M25 and half-hour queues for lifts? It's got to be Europe, and the following resorts look the closest to being affordable: Alpe d'Huez La Plagne Serre Chevalier Flaine Hopfgarten Verbier Pas de la Casa Saas Fee I'd really appreciate any steers. On the comfort/affordability front, the Alpe d'Huez, Pas de la Casa and La Plagne options look nice, but I'm concerned about their popularity - will everyone be there? Cheers, Andy Cooke -- |
February Half-term - crowds
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February Half-term - crowds
wrote in message ... Hi, Despite desperately trying to get any other possible time to go, it looks as though my wife and I are stuck with going skiing in the week of the February half-term (Saturday 16th February - 23rd Feb). The price hikes are painful enough, but if we're going to have to pay through the nose, the crowds are going to rub salt into the wounds. Where is best to go to avoid pistes like the M25 and half-hour queues for lifts? It's got to be Europe, and the following resorts look the closest to being affordable: Alpe d'Huez La Plagne Serre Chevalier Flaine Hopfgarten Verbier Pas de la Casa Saas Fee I'd really appreciate any steers. On the comfort/affordability front, the Alpe d'Huez, Pas de la Casa and La Plagne options look nice, but I'm concerned about their popularity - will everyone be there? Have skiied Flaine in Feb half term about 4 years ago and it wasn't too bad at all. Some predictable queues from resort and a couple of the main runs clogged with people, but once on the mountain and on other routes I can't recall much waiting or slope congestion at all. In fact the worse part about it was the absolutely terrible accommodation office who seem to adminster all bookings and took hours to get sorted on the Saturday. Following year though we did Livigno in Italy at Feb half term and it was much quieter than Flaine. Other Feb half term resorts that I've tried recently are Grindelwald this year (busy but not helped by lack of snow lower down), Killington in USA (quiet but following week was presidents week or whatever and gets clogged - it's worth a look as it was cheaper than going to some european resorts), and Levi in Lapland (twice, once really quiet and once heaving with russians, probably not enough skiing for you there though, as we doubled it with plenty of other family activities). |
February Half-term - crowds
On Nov 27, 5:06 pm, "Paul" wrote:
"john elgy" wrote in message ... wrote: Hi, Despite desperately trying to get any other possible time to go, it looks as though my wife and I are stuck with going skiing in the week of the February half-term (Saturday 16th February - 23rd Feb). The price hikes are painful enough, but if we're going to have to pay through the nose, the crowds are going to rub salt into the wounds. Where is best to go to avoid pistes like the M25 and half-hour queues for lifts? It's got to be Europe, and the following resorts look the closest to being affordable: Alpe d'Huez La Plagne Serre Chevalier Flaine Hopfgarten Verbier Pas de la Casa Saas Fee I'd really appreciate any steers. On the comfort/affordability front, the Alpe d'Huez, Pas de la Casa and La Plagne options look nice, but I'm concerned about their popularity - will everyone be there? Cheers, Andy Cooke -- I would try and avoid France if possible. It will be very crowded. Without doubt it will be the busiest week of the year. John We go to Italy if we have to go half-term. French don't go there, Italians don't have them and, in any case, only ski long enough to justify the long lunch. OTOH, can get crowded in the mountain restaurants if you don't get in there early. Try Courmayeur (pricey, small, intermediate but with lots of off-piste, and short transfer), Cervinia (cheap, bare, long intermediates, connected to Zermatt) or Selva di Gardena (middle-price, touring for intermediates, Austrian efficiency with Italian food, shortish transfer). ...or try North Americal where they also don't have half terms Paul Many thanks for the suggestions. I've had a look around Italian resorts, and have found a pretty decent deal to Sauze d'Oulx. £1170 in a catered Chalet for the pair of us. (Most of the good prices to Cervinia and Selva di Gardena have gone by now - we had to wait this late to book, unfortunately, but at least we should get some decent skiing still). Any advice as to Sauze d-Oulx would be gratefully appreciated. Cheers, Andy -- |
February Half-term - crowds
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:57:01 -0800 (PST),
" squeezed out the following: Many thanks for the suggestions. I've had a look around Italian resorts, and have found a pretty decent deal to Sauze d'Oulx. £1170 in a catered Chalet for the pair of us. (Most of the good prices to Cervinia and Selva di Gardena have gone by now - we had to wait this late to book, unfortunately, but at least we should get some decent skiing still). Any advice as to Sauze d-Oulx would be gratefully appreciated. Buy a weekly bus pass (unless you're close to the lifts). Beware the link back from Sansicario unless you can ski blacks. Red 11 down to the left from Sportinia is the perfect start to the morning. -- Colin Irvine |
February Half-term - crowds
Hi Andy
Looks like you have it sorted, if not you may wish to look at Thyon 2000, Les Masses, Les Collons. This is part of the 4 valleys system but much less commercial the Verbier and very few Q's and crowds. Have a look at http://www.chalet-chasseur.co.uk/. We are booked for that week but if you would like some info on where to stay don't hesitate to contact me. Have a great hols calvahead On Nov 26, 10:08 pm, " Andy.Cooke. wrote: Hi, Despite desperately trying to get any other possible time to go, it looks as though my wife and I are stuck with going skiing in the week of the February half-term (Saturday 16th February - 23rd Feb). The price hikes are painful enough, but if we're going to have to pay through the nose, the crowds are going to rub salt into the wounds. Where is best to go to avoid pistes like the M25 and half-hour queues for lifts? It's got to be Europe, and the following resorts look the closest to being affordable: Alpe d'Huez La Plagne Serre Chevalier Flaine Hopfgarten Verbier Pas de la Casa Saas Fee I'd really appreciate any steers. On the comfort/affordability front, the Alpe d'Huez, Pas de la Casa and La Plagne options look nice, but I'm concerned about their popularity - will everyone be there? Cheers, Andy Cooke -- |
February Half-term - crowds
On Nov 29, 4:36 pm, calvahead wrote:
Hi Andy Looks like you have it sorted, if not you may wish to look at Thyon 2000, Les Masses, Les Collons. This is part of the 4 valleys system but much less commercial the Verbier and very few Q's and crowds. Have a look athttp://www.chalet-chasseur.co.uk/. We are booked for that week but if you would like some info on where to stay don't hesitate to contact me. Have a great hols calvahead On Nov 26, 10:08 pm, " Andy.Cooke. wrote: Hi, Despite desperately trying to get any other possible time to go, it looks as though my wife and I are stuck with going skiing in the week of the February half-term (Saturday 16th February - 23rd Feb). The price hikes are painful enough, but if we're going to have to pay through the nose, the crowds are going to rub salt into the wounds. Where is best to go to avoid pistes like the M25 and half-hour queues for lifts? It's got to be Europe, and the following resorts look the closest to being affordable: Alpe d'Huez La Plagne Serre Chevalier Flaine Hopfgarten Verbier Pas de la Casa Saas Fee I'd really appreciate any steers. On the comfort/affordability front, the Alpe d'Huez, Pas de la Casa and La Plagne options look nice, but I'm concerned about their popularity - will everyone be there? Cheers, Andy Cooke -- Thanks, calvahead. Yep, I'm now booked for Sauze d'Oulx. Half board in a hotel (Gran Bosco). But many thanks for your (and everyone elses) help - I really thought that half-term would be murderous. -Andy Cooke |
February Half-term - crowds
On Nov 28, 8:27 am, Colin Irvine wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:57:01 -0800 (PST), " squeezed out the following: Many thanks for the suggestions. I've had a look around Italian resorts, and have found a pretty decent deal to Sauze d'Oulx. £1170 in a catered Chalet for the pair of us. (Most of the good prices to Cervinia and Selva di Gardena have gone by now - we had to wait this late to book, unfortunately, but at least we should get some decent skiing still). Any advice as to Sauze d-Oulx would be gratefully appreciated. Buy a weekly bus pass (unless you're close to the lifts). Beware the link back from Sansicario unless you can ski blacks. Red 11 down to the left from Sportinia is the perfect start to the morning. -- Colin Irvine Thanks, Colin. We're now booked in at a hotel (Gran Bosco). All in, including lift passes for the Milky Way, ski hire for the missus, and ski carriage for me, £1400. I'm quite satisfied seeing as we left it so late. Looking forward to the first chair up to Sportinia ... :-) Andy Cooke |
February Half-term - crowds
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:58:40 -0800 (PST),
" squeezed out the following: Looking forward to the first chair up to Sportinia ... Wrap up well - it's a long cold ride! -- Colin Irvine |
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