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Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« on: December 26, 2013, 01:39:14 pm »
Hi all,

Looking to book a trip for early Jan for myself (intermediate skier), an intermediate snowboarder and a beginner snowboarder.

Where have you guys been? Our budget is around £700 for flights, HB accommodation and transfers

Thanks!  :happy2:

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Re: Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2013, 07:34:22 pm »
I am VERY much a beginner, not been to any in Europe but i have in Canada. Blackcombe in British Columbia and Canmore just outside Baniff, Alberta are my favourites :)

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Re: Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2013, 07:58:53 pm »
In Europe Austria is the most beautiful and picture-sque!!!! Zell am see. Wonderful!!!!

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Re: Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2013, 08:37:36 pm »
I'm going in Jan. :party:


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Re: Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2013, 07:00:24 am »
I'm going in Jan. :party:



Me too and heading here http://www.chaletmorillon.co.uk/chaletwinter.html and still some availability I see.

And just to tempt you here's the run home back to the village http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qfFoMZCjU-Y
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Re: Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2013, 07:17:06 am »
Alpe D'Huez gets my vote :happy2:  Im, very luckily, going there three times this season :happy2:
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Re: Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2013, 10:24:21 am »
For that budget Les Arc's or La Plagne would be good options.

Plenty of runs and a decent mix of difficulty.

Or Tignes maybe.

For £700 you should be able to get a Catered Chalet and lift pass easy.

Stick to the smaller resorts really, otherwise you will end up paying lots for an area that the rookie boarder wont really be able to enjoy.

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Re: Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2013, 09:19:45 pm »
Anyone else try to go to Chill Factore today!?  Feck me, gave up after an hour of queue waiting, the roads around Manchester were another world of crap.

On a bizarre different note, we saw a man running down the M56, towards traffic in the outside lane on the way back - pitch black, we had to swerve to avoid him! :scared:

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Re: Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2013, 09:34:12 pm »


On a bizarre different note, we saw a man running down the M56, towards traffic in the outside lane on the way back - pitch black, we had to swerve to avoid him! :scared:

That'll be why the 'pedestrians in road' was flashing on the matrix boards whilst I was trying to get home then!  :stupid:


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Re: Skiing / Snowboarding - Which Resort?
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2013, 12:41:44 pm »
Most likely mate, was feckin' unnerving to say the least, few inches closer... :sick: