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Europe Ski Trip Destinations

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yungskigga
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Hey NS,

Planning a trip for Jan 2 to Jan 10 either in France, Switzerland or Austria. We are looking for a place that has a decent chance of having powder but is also not very popular as this is probably the busiest week of the year and I do not feel like 1 hour chairlift queues. Any ideas?
Sep 26 2022 9:09AM
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tvonny
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Went to Chamonix last spring, highly recommend. Never waited in a lift line the entire week.
Sep 26 2022 9:15AM
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oldmanski
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I agree with @tvonny, Chamonix is super fun. La Clusaz is fun too. Working on planning a trip myself. Looking at St. Anton in Austria at the moment but havent committed to anything yet.
Sep 26 2022 9:49AM
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aldicigg
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is park a priority?
Sep 26 2022 9:58AM
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powpatrol
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oldmanskiI agree with @tvonny , Chamonix is super fun. La Clusaz is fun too. Working on planning a trip myself. Looking at St. Anton in Austria at the moment but havent committed to anything yet.


Can heavily vouch for St Anton, the access to free ride zones is amazing, huge area and dank ass kebab shop in town
Sep 26 2022 11:15AM
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DanielHanka
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If in Austria - just go to Tyrol - Innsbruck area. There`s like hundreds of sick resorts everywhere and it covers every aspect of skiing you can imagine. Plus Innsbruck is a great party area, with a lot of friendly, helpful and likeminded people. Depending on how long you go, you can get so called Tyrol Pass. Which costs I think 900Euro. With this you have acces to all those 100 or so resorts in Tyrol area, where usual price of a day pass is 50E. Main spots for Tyrol pass would be: Mayrhofen, Nordkette, Patcherkoffel - park.. And then anything else for for some pow and stuff. If you wanna look into it more, visit: https://www.tyrol.com/things-to-do/sports/skiing/ski-pass
Sep 26 2022 11:52AM
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SamuelForsgren
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Sep 26 2022 12:23PM
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RIP_leos_shack
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Engelberg Switzerland can get hammered and the terrain is all time. Can't vouch for the line situation though since it's fairly close to Zurich and a big destination.
Sep 26 2022 1:07PM
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hoodratz47
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I've really wanted to ski that tunnel in france
Sep 26 2022 2:37PM
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Rich_D
Posts: 99 - Karma: 527
yungskiggaHey NS,

Planning a trip for Jan 2 to Jan 10 either in France, Switzerland or Austria. We are looking for a place that has a decent chance of having powder but is also not very popular as this is probably the busiest week of the year and I do not feel like 1 hour chairlift queues. Any ideas?


It won’t be that busy at that time of year. February half term and Easter tend to be busier than Xmas and new year. What sort of skiing are you looking to do
Sep 27 2022 5:57AM
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Rodigan
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tvonnyWent to Chamonix last spring, highly recommend. Never waited in a lift line the entire week.


Too early for Cham
Sep 27 2022 7:57AM
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Rodigan
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oldmanskiI agree with @tvonny , Chamonix is super fun. La Clusaz is fun too. Working on planning a trip myself. Looking at St. Anton in Austria at the moment but havent committed to anything yet.


Too early for Clusaz too…..
Sep 27 2022 7:58AM
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Rodigan
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yungskiggaHey NS,

Planning a trip for Jan 2 to Jan 10 either in France, Switzerland or Austria. We are looking for a place that has a decent chance of having powder but is also not very popular as this is probably the busiest week of the year and I do not feel like 1 hour chairlift queues. Any ideas?


Have a look at Davos / Saas Fee or Tignes / Val ……..for Swiss / French

Hanka gave you the Austrian lowdown…..

enjoy
Sep 27 2022 8:01AM
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Rich_D
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Verbier for big off piste stuff for Switzerland. 3 valleys in France for just pure amount of area. To be fair there are so many great places to go. I wouldn’t look to travel to different areas just chose one of the large interlinked places and explore. Remember there are no rules for off piste either - you can pretty much do what you want over here. If you give some idea of what you’re looking to ski and your level you’ll get better direction
Sep 27 2022 1:08PM
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Rich_D
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hoodratz47I've really wanted to ski that tunnel in france


It’s a bit over rated, not that hard and rammed with gapers. Still kind of cool though
Sep 27 2022 1:09PM
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milo-mcsenderson
Posts: 604 - Karma: 7,651
DanielHankaIf in Austria - just go to Tyrol - Innsbruck area. There`s like hundreds of sick resorts everywhere and it covers every aspect of skiing you can imagine. Plus Innsbruck is a great party area, with a lot of friendly, helpful and likeminded people. Depending on how long you go, you can get so called Tyrol Pass. Which costs I think 900Euro. With this you have acces to all those 100 or so resorts in Tyrol area, where usual price of a day pass is 50E. Main spots for Tyrol pass would be: Mayrhofen, Nordkette, Patcherkoffel - park.. And then anything else for for some pow and stuff. If you wanna look into it more, visit: https://www.tyrol.com/things-to-do/sports/skiing/ski-pass

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This is the way.

+1 For Tignes/Val as a ski area and place to hang out, loved my season there.
Sep 27 2022 1:32PM
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yungskigga
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Rich_DIt won’t be that busy at that time of year. February half term and Easter tend to be busier than Xmas and new year. What sort of skiing are you looking to do


Looking for a powder/off piste mainly but since you cant predict the weather i'd like to go to a place that has a decent park (beginner-intermidiate park) in case we get no fresh snow. Mainly I do not want to be stuck skiing piste for 7 days if there is no powder.
Sep 28 2022 6:32AM
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Twig
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RodiganHave a look at Davos / Saas Fee or Tignes / Val ……..for Swiss / French

Hanka gave you the Austrian lowdown…..

enjoy


Unless it's a shitty season, I would scratch Saas-Fee. No park to speak of last year and super sketch glacier after the hot summer. Still fun but there are better resorts. Zermatt is probably my pick of Switzerland resort wise, or Adelboden/Laax for pure park in recent seasons.

Kitzsteinhorn is awesome for some park plus backcountry jump terrain, Tignes is a ton of fun for that too. And of course, Dan is spot on the money about the Tirol pass. Probably the best variety of skiing in one area on the planet.
Sep 28 2022 10:44AM
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