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Where can I expect good snow in Europe early Jan?
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Where can I expect good snow in Europe early Jan?
think you might be suffering from a mild case of amnesia - I can personally
think of at least 5 trips in the past 20 years where I've had s**t conditions in January....last one, Serre Chevalier two seasons ago....and two years before that !!! Regards "Dominique Foucart" wrote in message ... January is supposed to be excellent for snow in most ski resorts of the Alpes. In over 25 years of december / january ski, I never failed to have enough snow to enjoy my holidays. Best Regards, Dominique -- * /^\ Dominique Foucart * /\ / \ * Photos et randos en Haute-Savoie | V /\ \ Pictures and trails in Haute-Savoie / / \ V°o www.samoens.int.ms |
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Where can I expect good snow in Europe early Jan?
"WeatherCam" wrote in message ...
think you might be suffering from a mild case of amnesia - I can personally think of at least 5 trips in the past 20 years where I've had s**t conditions in January....last one, Serre Chevalier two seasons ago....and two years before that !!! "Dominique Foucart" wrote in message January is supposed to be excellent for snow in most ski resorts of the Alpes. In over 25 years of december / january ski, I never failed to have enough snow to enjoy my holidays. .... or easily pleased I have been in Europe France, Zermatt, St Anton at Christmas or in Jan a bit (~10 weeks?) over the last 10 years. What I expect is. - Not necessarily full snow cover - About 50/50 clear skies and socked in. - Some Cold/windy - Some closed down lifts for some of the time due to weather. So:- Go high - get more snow and cold and wind Go low - hope for snow and a bit of shelter I, sad bugger that I am, always go high. Never had the bottle to try lower down 'cos I like the snow. I have no idea if it is the "right" choice. One GOOD thing about Jan is that it is pretty quiet when everything is open - So there is the option of a late booking after you have determined the snow conditions. I have done the late booking bit a lot in Jan and have never yet been unable to find somewhere decent enough to go. |
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Where can I expect good snow in Europe early Jan?
No amnesia at all, I have been skiing in at least 12 different resorts (and
the last 5 years in Samoens) and never ever had a no snow situation... -- * /^\ Dominique Foucart * /\ / \ * Photos et randos en Haute-Savoie | V /\ \ Pictures and trails in Haute-Savoie / / \ V°o www.samoens.int.ms Appartment Rental Information: http://web.wanadoo.be/fam.foucart/lo...info_rqst.html Information Locations: http://web.wanadoo.be/fam.foucart/lo...info_rqst.html "WeatherCam" a écrit dans le message de news: ... think you might be suffering from a mild case of amnesia - I can personally think of at least 5 trips in the past 20 years where I've had s**t conditions in January....last one, Serre Chevalier two seasons ago....and two years before that !!! Regards "Dominique Foucart" wrote in message ... January is supposed to be excellent for snow in most ski resorts of the Alpes. In over 25 years of december / january ski, I never failed to have enough snow to enjoy my holidays. Best Regards, Dominique -- * /^\ Dominique Foucart * /\ / \ * Photos et randos en Haute-Savoie | V /\ \ Pictures and trails in Haute-Savoie / / \ V°o www.samoens.int.ms |
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Where can I expect good snow in Europe early Jan?
I have been in Europe France, Zermatt, St Anton at Christmas or in Jan a bit (~10 weeks?) over the last 10 years. What I expect is. - Not necessarily full snow cover - About 50/50 clear skies and socked in. - Some Cold/windy - Some closed down lifts for some of the time due to weather. So:- Go high - get more snow and cold and wind Go low - hope for snow and a bit of shelter I, sad bugger that I am, always go high. Never had the bottle to try lower down 'cos I like the snow. I have no idea if it is the "right" choice. One GOOD thing about Jan is that it is pretty quiet when everything is open - So there is the option of a late booking after you have determined the snow conditions. I have done the late booking bit a lot in Jan and have never yet been unable to find somewhere decent enough to go. Probably the best bet... On low or high, the good combination if you can afford it is to stay in a village that is low in the valley, and to ski on a reasonably high resort (1600 in the north alpes, 2000 in the southern). -- * /^\ Dominique Foucart * /\ / \ * Photos et randos en Haute-Savoie | V /\ \ Pictures and trails in Haute-Savoie / / \ V°o www.samoens.int.ms Appartment Rental Information: http://web.wanadoo.be/fam.foucart/lo...info_rqst.html Information Locations: http://web.wanadoo.be/fam.foucart/lo...info_rqst.html |
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Where can I expect good snow in Europe early Jan?
No amnesia at all, I have been skiing in at least 12 different resorts
(and the last 5 years in Samoens) and never ever had a no snow situation... ;-) Despite your impressive address then I'm afraid that either your standards for what counts as enough snow are less than mine or you just haven't been about much. Over the years I've been to lots places where there existed a "no snow"* situation, including (roughly left to right): Whistler, Sun Peaks, Lake Louise, Fernie, Les Deux Alpes, Alpe de Huez, Avoriaz, Cervinia, Val d-Isere, Verbier... I could go on. This was all high-season and there were many unhappy punters in each case. Of course I just went somewhere else... the sad people were those who'd been duped by the ski-holiday operators. My basic point is that it's generally a little bit foolhardy and dangerous to do what the tour operators want and book way in advance... it certainly helps their cash flow, but it's no guarantee of snow. So my answer to the question "where can I expect good snow in Europe early Jan" is... ask me in early January. If you absolutely can't wait until then, pick somewhere with summer skiing or take/hire a car and be prepared to move. phil [* ok, so they always have a little white strip of man-made snow somewhere to keep things running. In some cases they may even have a good 15cm everywhere laced with rocks, or a flat glacier with summer conditions on it. Even these can be crappy when it rains.] |
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Where can I expect good snow in Europe early Jan?
Go high - get more snow and cold and wind Go low - hope for snow and a bit of shelter There are resorts where you have both high altitude runs if the snow is iffy and treelined runs for shelter/light definition (and just hope that there has not been much snow and it is foggy all week!). You could try Courcheval Courmayer Sestriere Selva Zermatt Serre Chevalier Schladming Flims |
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Where can I expect good snow in Europe early Jan?
"phil" wrote in :
No amnesia at all, I have been skiing in at least 12 different resorts (and the last 5 years in Samoens) and never ever had a no snow situation... ;-) Despite your impressive address then I'm afraid that either your standards for what counts as enough snow are less than mine or you just haven't been about much. The impressive address is actually rather the point. If you live close to the skiing you always know where the snow is (or more importantly, isn't), even within a single resort or a small area, so you never end up going where there's no snow. The same thing applies with crowds, incidentally. Horrendous lift lines do still exist, but I, living in Geneva, generally manage to be somewhere else. I absolutely agree with waiting until the last minute to choose,if you're going in January. It's quiet anyway, and if snow is limited you will be sure of being where it is, rather than where it isn't. Jeremy |
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