Christmas 2006 suggestion

Hi,

We would like to go skiing at christmas, however the missus' family
are visiting us until Boxing day. This still leaves 6 days until
we have to go back to work on the 2nd (we live near Frankfurt AM, so
can set off somewhere as soon as we've dropped them off at the
airport) but obviously as this is not Sat to Sat, etc. a chalet or
apartment is almost certainly out to the question and quite possibly
hotels won't be too keen/have availability either.

I'm thinking that the best way forward will be to look for a hotel
a distance from some resort and drive up every day. This isn't ideal,
but seems the plan most likely to result in getting any skiing in at
all.

I guess depending on the snow, somewhere like Innsbruck might be a
good start as it looks as if there are a lot of different slopes
within driving distance. Any other ideas would be great?

Cheers.
Iain.

Memascii wrote:

We would like to go skiing at christmas


Looks at no-snow reports

Wouldn't we all.


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Memascii wrote

Hi,

We would like to go skiing at christmas, however the missus' family
are visiting us until Boxing day. This still leaves 6 days until
we have to go back to work on the 2nd (we live near Frankfurt AM, so
can set off somewhere as soon as we've dropped them off at the
airport) but obviously as this is not Sat to Sat, etc. a chalet or
apartment is almost certainly out to the question and quite possibly
hotels won't be too keen/have availability either.

For the second year in a row I'm going to an apartment in Chamonix,
Wednesday to Wednesday. Can't speak for other resorts, but I wouldn't
instantly rule out the mid-weeks for accomodation.

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Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com

as this is not Sat to Sat, etc. a chalet or
apartment is almost certainly out to the question and quite possibly
hotels won't be too keen/have availability either.

My experience last year in Les Gets was that it was pretty quiet on
Christmas Day and the first half of the week. The resorts may not fill
up until closer to New Year.

Rod

On Nov 30, 9:11 pm, Charles Sweeney wrote:
Memascii wrote
apartment is almost certainly out to the question and quite possibly
hotels won't be too keen/have availability either.
For the second year in a row I'm going to an apartment in Chamonix,
Wednesday to Wednesday. Can't speak for other resorts, but I wouldn't
instantly rule out the mid-weeks for accomodation.

Chamonix was another place I was considering, can I
ask who you booked your apartment there through?

Cheers.
Iain.

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:01:15 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

Memascii wrote:

We would like to go skiing at christmas


Looks at no-snow reports

Wouldn't we all.

This'll be the first time in nearly 15 years that we're not skiing at
christmas.

Does that make it all my fault?
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All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:48:42 +0000, Rod wrote:

as this is not Sat to Sat, etc. a chalet or
apartment is almost certainly out to the question and quite possibly
hotels won't be too keen/have availability either.

My experience last year in Les Gets was that it was pretty quiet on
Christmas Day and the first half of the week. The resorts may not fill
up until closer to New Year.

Rod




I would suggest that you wait until the week of the 18th. Pick a
shortlist of resorts that you like based upon SNOW.

Call the local tourist offices. Anyone that offers accomodation
through them and has vacancies for 26 - 29th will bite your hand off.

Stan

Ace wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:01:15 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

Memascii wrote:

We would like to go skiing at christmas


Looks at no-snow reports

Wouldn't we all.

This'll be the first time in nearly 15 years that we're not skiing at
christmas.

Does that make it all my fault?

Probably yes

Have you been told when you can get back on your skis yet?


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On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:03:25 -0000, "MoonMan"
wrote:

Ace wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:01:15 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

Memascii wrote:

We would like to go skiing at christmas


Looks at no-snow reports

Wouldn't we all.

This'll be the first time in nearly 15 years that we're not skiing at
christmas.

Does that make it all my fault?

Probably yes

Have you been told when you can get back on your skis yet?

Saw the surgeon on Tuesday who says the bones have all healed up so I
can start doing some exercise now. Specifically, I'm allowed to jog or
cycle, and diving on our hols over xmas should be fine too. I did
mention to him that I was still intending to lead a ski holiday in
March and he seemed to think that was entirely reasonable.

So I reckon I might be tempted to give it a try sometime towards the
end of January.

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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.

Stan Mullery wrote:

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:48:42 +0000, Rod wrote:

as this is not Sat to Sat, etc. a chalet or
apartment is almost certainly out to the question and quite possibly
hotels won't be too keen/have availability either.

My experience last year in Les Gets was that it was pretty quiet on
Christmas Day and the first half of the week. The resorts may not fill
up until closer to New Year.

Rod




I would suggest that you wait until the week of the 18th. Pick a
shortlist of resorts that you like based upon SNOW.

Call the local tourist offices. Anyone that offers accomodation
through them and has vacancies for 26 - 29th will bite your hand off.

Stan

Yup - I think Stan's on the money. Feeling I get at the moment is that
there are a lot of people waiting to see what happens next week before
making Christmas plans. New Years on the other hand is a bit more
booked up. No hard and fast evidence for this - I only have air travel
prices and my wife's childcare bookings to go on.

Matt