Ace wrote:
On 21 Jan 2005 03:25:38 -0800, wrote:

I'm going to be in Lausanne for business for 10 days ending on a
Thursday evening. Obviously my boss wouldn't send me to Switzerland
in
winter if he didn't intend that this should be followed by skiing,
so
my other half will join me on Thursday night.

Where should we go, leaving Lausanne (earlyish) Friday morning,
returning from Geneva/Zurich/anywhere else Monday evening? We would
prefer to travel by train, but are prepared to drive.

The closest Swiss resorts would be the Gstaad/Diablerets area, but
these are not particuarly convenient to get to, and particularly not
to get around if you don't have a car.

Verbier is probably easier to get to by rail (look at www.sbb.ch for
train times) and offers just about anything you could wish for; then
there's the French resorts of Portes du Soleil, Grand Massif (Flaine,
Samoens et al.) and Chamonix within about an hour and a half by car.

We ski reasonably competently on piste, mainly on reds & blacks, and
incompetently off piste.

Verbier looks obvious, but we've been there a few times and would
like
to try somewhere new.

Well any of the French ones I mention would be suitable, although you
may be better off not going to Chamonix 'proper', but there are
several resorts (les Houches, St. Gervais, le Contamines, St. Nicolas
etc. etc.) at the near end of the valley which also have some good
skiing for a day or two.


Thanks for the advice. Champery looked attractive (and an easy train
journey) but there seems to be no room in any hotels there.

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