Tommy Petersson wrote:
(Puerto Pollensa Travel Guide) wrote in
om:

Help please. We've decided to go skiing as a family next year 2005
probably at Easter (end March) & cannot decide on a resort. We
parents are complete beginners but intend to take some dry ski
lessons first & also at Milton Keynes (real snow). Our sons (aged 16
& 18) will have 4 & 6 weeks experience from school trips & are
looking for somewhere with a variety of runs. We've heard that
Austria is best for beginner ski instruction but I also like the
idea of chalets (mostly in France) or club hotels & am not too keen
on the purpose-built resorts (les Arcs etc.) So any suggestions
please.

We have looked at Cervinia & have now received suggestions of Alpe
d'Huez & Serre Chevalier - all good for late snow. The French resorts
look a lot larger than the Italian one - is that good or bad?

Zed

I don't think Cervinia is such a good alternative. You will stay in
Cervinia, while the experienced skiers quickly will take the lists
over to the better pistes in Zermatt.

Val d' Isère is a good alternative (but don't stay in La Daille or
Tignes). You have many places in the system where you can take the
same lift, take different coloured pistes - and end up in the same
place. The better skiers can then take the blacks 3 times while you
cruise down the other 1 or 2 times, then you move to the next lift.

Why not Tignes? There are better beginers runs back into the resort.


--
Chris *:-)

Downhill Good, Uphill BAD!

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