- Oct 17, 2008
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You jest but Castleford, near where I used to live and about a half hour drive from Barnsley, has one of the biggest and best indoor snow hills in the country…
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[Travel] Skiing 2025
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Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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We’re off to Quillan in the Pyrenees next week, for five days. We’ll probably have two days skiing - one in Font Romeu, one in Les Angles.
More to follow in March/April.
More to follow in March/April.
When we first went skiing (40 years ago) we went to a few 'smaller resorts' St Johan, Coumayer, Cavalese and found we had skied all the pistes within a day and very quickly got bored. So for the last 35 years we have been going to the big linked resorts with 200Km+ and continued this when the kids were born and started skiing. Obviously these resorts are more expensive (hotels, passes, restaurants, everything).
Last year, with the guys I play football with we went to Bardonecchia and although we'd skied it all in 3 days, I was quite happy taking it 'easier' and the prices were a real eye opener. This has now opened up hundreds of 'smaller' resorts for Me and Mrs Wz that are far cheaper. From what I've seen, really good Hotels in small Austrian resorts are half the price they are in Tignes, La Plagne, Three Valleys etc
(The kids still want 100s of kms)
A not dissimilar story. Post pandemic (an almost captive audience of very wealthy Europeans, determined to make the most of life) I noted some big price hikes, compounded year on year, in hotels, lift passes, ski rental, transfers. Starting this winter I looked further afield, far less fussy. Quite exciting trying new places too.
East Staffs Gull
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I used to have the “who on earth would want to ski the same run more than once?” mindset, but I now enjoy skiing the same slope in different ways, by varying the line, different turn shapes, etc. and, of course, slope conditions will usually change through the day.
Brighton will be like a monastery, no vaginas in town…..
We are off to Les Deux Alpes on February half term (for my sins
), will be busy but hopefully snow will be ok.I'd be interested in any advice on some smaller Austrian ski resorts with decent spa hotels (for next year). No pressure...just any place that comes to mind in five minutes
.Cheers
I’ve heard Thredbo is excellentWe are off to Les Deux Alpes on February half term (for my sins
I'd be interested in any advice on some smaller Austrian ski resorts with decent spa hotels (for next year). No pressure...just any place that comes to mind in five minutes
Cheers
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We are off to Les Deux Alpes on February half term (for my sins
I'd be interested in any advice on some smaller Austrian ski resorts with decent spa hotels (for next year). No pressure...just any place that comes to mind in five minutes
Cheers
What month do you have in mind? Lots of low altitude villages where Dec, Mar or Apr would be a big risk. Jan and Feb so many options.
Yes, good point about the altitude of some Austrian resorts.
At the moment we're tied to Feb half term (3 more years, although we don't ski every year). I'd also consider Xmas as a treat for Mrs R, when we'd be ok with decent food and pool, even if snow was below par.
So, let's say Feb for now.
Thanks
I'm sure it is
VAL1850
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Loving Saalbach in my post St. Anton years.....
Yes, good point about the altitude of some Austrian resorts.
At the moment we're tied to Feb half term (3 more years, although we don't ski every year). I'd also consider Xmas as a treat for Mrs R, when we'd be ok with decent food and pool, even if snow was below par.
So, let's say Feb for now.
Thanks
An hour from Salzburg or less, there’s the Ski Amade villages such as Rohrmoos-Untertal, Wagrain, Zauchensee and Flachau. So many nice hotels, I use TripAdvisor with the usual qualification regarding their mates plugging places or a few awful customers trying to destroy places. Flight costs at that exact time will be horrendous unless you’re able to sneak away a couple of earlier. Cheaper flights from Vienna (we did that once, but a 3 hour drive) and Zurich. Zurich would be good for Zurs (pricey), Warth.
All these villages/hamlets have that fantastic ski to door thing.
There are also iconic villages such as Alpbach and St Johann in Tirol, but limited skiing and the slush/rain risk (climate change in action).
Booking very early for highly rated places in high season (Feb) is now commonplace …. a year ahead.
Extremely helpful thank you. I've hiked and biked in Austria but never skied there.
I'll take a look at your suggestions over the weekend, and I take on board your advice about booking early!
Thanks so much for your time and help
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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Where the ****s with good knees indulge
Not there
The quiet shores of those
....who quest mountains not
would take soft cheese
without lodge
and know that they,
ski liftless,
will observe
at least
for once
this year
a **** I wasn't
Not there
The quiet shores of those
....who quest mountains not
would take soft cheese
without lodge
and know that they,
ski liftless,
will observe
at least
for once
this year
a **** I wasn't
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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Dunno, I’m past it now but about thirty years ago a group of about twenty of us used to go to Andorra every year, It was amateur hour on the slopes and the nights were akin to Ibiza, the booze was cheaper than it was here and you could and did drink 24 hours
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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Ahh I miss skiing.
Ahh Pas de le Casa, many a wild trip down there in the 90’s
Snowing has finally stopped, lucky arrivals today have a week’s sunshine ahead according to meteosuisse and no thaw.
Sergei's Celebration
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For some reason i have agreed Bansko this year.