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New Year-How Crowded?
We have always skied off peak, usually last week Jan, first week of Mar.
This year we are contemplating the week including new year. Is it very crowded all week? Any suggestions for where might be relatively quiet in Europe, assuming there is reasonable snow everywhere. Cheers, Rod Jenkins UK |
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New Year-How Crowded?
"Rod Jenkins" wrote in message ... We have always skied off peak, usually last week Jan, first week of Mar. This year we are contemplating the week including new year. Is it very crowded all week? Any suggestions for where might be relatively quiet in Europe, assuming there is reasonable snow everywhere. Cheers, Rod Jenkins UK Not as bad as Feb, but I've found it crowded pretty much everywhere in France over the New Year, except in the very small resorts. The week before Christmas is better by far, but less snow sure, so you would need to pick your resort carefully. I skied the 3V (based in St Martin de Belleville) then and there was no waiting anywhere. Pete |
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New Year-How Crowded?
The day after Xmas the whole of Germany gets in there cars & invades
Austria . New Years Eve is normally booked out completely. Expect big lift lines however, the ambience & atmosphere is great which most people go for at that time of the year, skiing is just a sideline :-) nigel PG wrote: "Rod Jenkins" wrote in message ... We have always skied off peak, usually last week Jan, first week of Mar. This year we are contemplating the week including new year. Is it very crowded all week? Any suggestions for where might be relatively quiet in Europe, assuming there is reasonable snow everywhere. Cheers, Rod Jenkins UK Not as bad as Feb, but I've found it crowded pretty much everywhere in France over the New Year, except in the very small resorts. The week before Christmas is better by far, but less snow sure, so you would need to pick your resort carefully. I skied the 3V (based in St Martin de Belleville) then and there was no waiting anywhere. Pete |
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PG wrote:
"Rod Jenkins" wrote in message ... We have always skied off peak, usually last week Jan, first week of Mar. This year we are contemplating the week including new year. Is it very crowded all week? Any suggestions for where might be relatively quiet in Europe, assuming there is reasonable snow everywhere. Cheers, Rod Jenkins UK Not as bad as Feb, but I've found it crowded pretty much everywhere in France over the New Year, except in the very small resorts. The week before Christmas is better by far, but less snow sure, so you would need to pick your resort carefully. I skied the 3V (based in St Martin de Belleville) then and there was no waiting anywhere. Pete That's spot on. Small resorts have been good in my experience, and although it can be busy in the big places it is not as bad as Feb. I've also found St Anton was not quite as busy as I'd expected at New Year, probably quieter than France, but I've only been there once at New Year so it could have been a one off. It is *much* worse in Whistler if that is any consolation:-). New Years day is often quiet on the slopes around the world though, especialy in the morning. Can't think why. As for specific suggestions, I'd just avoid the big names and take it from there (i.e. not Val/Tignes, 3V, Verbier and the like). How about Les Contamines, they've had good snow early season when I've been there. |
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New Year-How Crowded?
"Hermann Strobl" wrote in message ... dans l'article , PG à a écrit le 1/11/03 20:06 : Not as bad as Feb, but I've found it crowded pretty much everywhere in France over the New Year, except in the very small resorts. The week before Christmas is better by far, but less snow sure, so you would need to pick your resort carefully. I skied the 3V (based in St Martin de Belleville) then and there was no waiting anywhere. New year is much more crowded than feb, because it is the same week for all regions of France... and the rest of the world ! Not my experience. In France *everybody* goes skiing at some point during Feb, and the rest of the world seems to join them. Not the case early Jan. Pete |
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On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:01:37 +0100, "PG"
wrote: "Hermann Strobl" wrote in message .. . New year is much more crowded than feb, because it is the same week for all regions of France... and the rest of the world ! Not my experience. In France *everybody* goes skiing at some point during Feb, and the rest of the world seems to join them. Not the case early Jan. But New Year's week itself is consistently the busiest of all in most French resorts. It seems that the whole of France goes to the mountain for New Year. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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New Year-How Crowded?
Hi
As Hermann said Christmas-Newyear is the most croweded time. On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:47:18 -0000, "Rod Jenkins" wrote: We have always skied off peak, usually last week Jan, first week of Mar. This year we are contemplating the week including new year. Is it very crowded all week? Any suggestions for where might be relatively quiet in Europe, assuming there is reasonable snow everywhere. At switzerland i know 2-3 Villages. Kandersteg www.kandersteg.ch but there are only 11km slopes. But you can go from the to Adelboden with train and bus(I don't know if there is a shuttle from Kandersteg to Adelboden). The main aera is normaly crowded at Christmas, so you go better to Engstligenalp www.engstligenalp.ch at the back of Adelboden. Or Elsigenalp www.elsigenalp.ch between Frutigen and Adelboden.( Bus from Frutigen) Other opinion got with the train through the tunnel up to the Lötschen Vally http://www.lauchernalp.ch/. Btw you can also stay at Frutigen. Bad Ragaz it's not a ski resort it's a healt resort but at the Pizol they got ~55km slopes www.pizol.com . You can make day trips to Davos, Arosa, Lenzerheide if you like. (by train + bus) Sörenberg www.soerenberg.ch Only good if all lifts are open. The main area (Village area) isn't very high (1160-1700m) last season there was just a ~5 lifts open. And the lift at the Brienzer Rothorn( the other area). Johannes |
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"Ace" wrote in message ... On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:01:37 +0100, "PG" wrote: New year is much more crowded than feb, because it is the same week for all regions of France... and the rest of the world ! Not my experience. In France *everybody* goes skiing at some point during Feb, and the rest of the world seems to join them. Not the case early Jan. But New Year's week itself is consistently the busiest of all in most French resorts. It seems that the whole of France goes to the mountain for New Year. Of course it's incredibly busy, but it's not the 'traditional' ski holiday time for the French. Most once a year holiday skiers tend to go during Feb, and stay longer. Conditions are more likely to be good, especially for the smaller resorts. I'd be interested to see the monthly stats for visitors though. Approx. some 350,000 Brits go skiing in France alone each year, joining around 4 million French on the slopes, as well as 200,000 Dutch, 300,000 Spanish/Portuguese, 250,000 Belgians, 300,000 Italians (always seems more), 80,000 Central Europeans (mostly Czech), and just 12,000 from the US and Canada . Most Germans head for Austria, then Switzerland, and Italy, before France. So the Brits are still at the top of the league table of skiing visitors to France (2001 figures). None of which has much to do with the original subject, but in reply to Ace's point, it's true that I've taken most of my New Year breaks in the smaller resorts of the southern French Alps where the New Year has been relatively *quiet*. Pete |
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New Year-How Crowded?
Rod Jenkins wrote:
We have always skied off peak, usually last week Jan, first week of Mar. This year we are contemplating the week including new year. Is it very crowded all week? Any suggestions for where might be relatively quiet in Europe, assuming there is reasonable snow everywhere. Clears throat, begs for silence Waits for crowd's murmurings and sneezin to stop Take deep breath French Pyrenees. legs it out of side exit -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F GN250 CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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New Year-How Crowded?
Take deep breath French Pyrenees. legs it out of side exit Not out of the question. We spent a summer holiday in Bareges. In June. It snowed the first night (Saturday) and the Tourmalet didn't open 'til the Friday. Having walked some of the pistes we do have a yen to go back to see what the skiing is like. Rod |
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