Skiing in Europe over the Christmas break

I am considering bringing my family to Europe to ski over Christmas
break. We are looking for a location that has advanced terrain, but
are concerned that skiing in Europe at that time of year will mean
poor conditions. Any suggestions as to where we could go that would
have the greatest likelihood of good snow? Any help will be
appreciated.

(Jeffrey Golenbock) wrote in
om:

I am considering bringing my family to Europe to ski over Christmas
break. We are looking for a location that has advanced terrain, but
are concerned that skiing in Europe at that time of year will mean
poor conditions. Any suggestions as to where we could go that would
have the greatest likelihood of good snow? Any help will be
appreciated.

Sölden, Tignes, Verbier...

/Tommy P.

On 27 Feb 2004 01:07:01 GMT, Tommy Petersson wrote:

(Jeffrey Golenbock) wrote in
. com:

I am considering bringing my family to Europe to ski over Christmas
break. We are looking for a location that has advanced terrain, but
are concerned that skiing in Europe at that time of year will mean
poor conditions. Any suggestions as to where we could go that would
have the greatest likelihood of good snow? Any help will be
appreciated.

Sölden, Tignes, Verbier...

....Zermatt, Val Thorens, Val d'Isère...

--
Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
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.

Ace wrote:
On 27 Feb 2004 01:07:01 GMT, Tommy Petersson wrote:

(Jeffrey Golenbock) wrote in
om:

I am considering bringing my family to Europe to ski over Christmas
break. We are looking for a location that has advanced terrain, but
are concerned that skiing in Europe at that time of year will mean
poor conditions. Any suggestions as to where we could go that would
have the greatest likelihood of good snow? Any help will be
appreciated.

Sölden, Tignes, Verbier...

...Zermatt, Val Thorens, Val d'Isère...

OK two votes for Espace Killy so far... three with mine,

How about Les 2 Alpes and Kaprun?


--
Chris *:-)

Downhill Good, Uphill BAD!

www.suffolkvikings.org.uk

"MoonMan" wrote in
:

Ace wrote:
On 27 Feb 2004 01:07:01 GMT, Tommy Petersson wrote:

(Jeffrey Golenbock) wrote in
om:

I am considering bringing my family to Europe to ski over Christmas
break. We are looking for a location that has advanced terrain, but
are concerned that skiing in Europe at that time of year will mean
poor conditions. Any suggestions as to where we could go that would
have the greatest likelihood of good snow? Any help will be
appreciated.

Sölden, Tignes, Verbier...

...Zermatt, Val Thorens, Val d'Isère...

OK two votes for Espace Killy so far... three with mine,

How about Les 2 Alpes and Kaprun?

I don't especially like Kaprun, and I have never been at Les 2 Alpes any
time of the year, but there ought to be early snow there as well...

/Tommy P.

MoonMan wrote:
Ace wrote:


OK two votes for Espace Killy so far... three with mine,


Note to the original poster: Espace Killy = Tignes/Val d'Isère. Val d'Isère
is probably the nicer of the 2 to stay in as it has more traditionally
Alpine architecture.

Another option is St Anton (plenty of expert terrain and a fantastic village
atmosphere), my favourite resort in the Alps - I've only been once over
Christmas and had great conditions, don't know what they're usually like
that time of year. Probably worth finding a website that shows average snow
depth for time of year and checking it against some of the above
recommendations. Zermatt should also fulfill your requirements and would
have a great atmosphere that time of year.

How about Les 2 Alpes and Kaprun?

Kaprun is good for snow, but poor for advanced terrain.. even Zell Am See
down the road is very tame..

I certainly don't class myself as an advanced skier, but I found nothing at
these two places very challenging..

"Tommy Petersson" wrote in message
. 1.4...
"MoonMan" wrote in
:


I don't especially like Kaprun, and I have never been at Les 2 Alpes any
time of the year, but there ought to be early snow there as well...

/Tommy P.

I was in Les Deux Alpes last week and have skied Val d'Isere/Tignes for the
past 3 years based as La Daille - no competition IMHO.

It's a one horse race and Val wins it by many lengths.

Clive

Yn erthygl , sgrifennodd
Jeffrey Golenbock :
I am considering bringing my family to Europe to ski over Christmas
break. We are looking for a location that has advanced terrain, but
are concerned that skiing in Europe at that time of year will mean
poor conditions. Any suggestions as to where we could go that would
have the greatest likelihood of good snow? Any help will be
appreciated.

How about central Switzerland? If you're hiring a car, you'd give yourself
the choice between Engelberg and Andermatt (probably both good at that
time of year). If the snow's good, you may like to try Melchsee-Frutt
- the black down to the bottom (was open just after Christmas this year)
is pretty good.

Adrian

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

"MoonMan" wrote in message ...
Ace wrote:
On 27 Feb 2004 01:07:01 GMT, Tommy Petersson wrote:

(Jeffrey Golenbock) wrote in
om:

I am considering bringing my family to Europe to ski over Christmas
break. We are looking for a location that has advanced terrain, but
are concerned that skiing in Europe at that time of year will mean
poor conditions. Any suggestions as to where we could go that would
have the greatest likelihood of good snow? Any help will be
appreciated.

Sölden, Tignes, Verbier...

...Zermatt, Val Thorens, Val d'Isère...

OK two votes for Espace Killy so far... three with mine,

How about Les 2 Alpes and Kaprun?

All of these sound great. I've been to Val d'Isere and Val Thorens,
both were fun, but that was in February. I know there are no
guarantees, but is the snow cover at the end of December likely to be
pretty good, or would we be taking a big chance? We ordinarily ski in
late December at Alta in Utah, which is pretty much guaranteed to have
good snow, sometimes great snow, and we're wondering if we skied in
Europe, we might find ourselves with poor conditions that time of
year.

Also, how does St. Anton compare with these places in terms of likely
good snow conditions.

Thanks for your help.