On Nov 26, 9:08 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
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Why don't you just avoid the big resorts altogether. These will be
particularly crowded. La Plagne and Alpe d'Huez of your list will
probably be most crowded since popular with international clients and
the week of 16/02 is not only the Paris area of France it's all other
European countries too. Flaine or satellite resorts like Samoens
http://www.peakretreats.co.uk/ski/samoens.htm or Morillon
http://www.peakretreats.co.uk/ski/morillon.htm are even better from
that point of view. See special half-term deals many other smaller
resorts at http://www.peakretreats.co.uk/ski/ha...iing-deals.htm

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