Poster: A snowHead
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Bit of a broad remit ATM. Looking at blokes' week skiing in March. Needs to be relatively cheap, reasonable apres and reasonable for competent intermediates and beginners. And preferably flying from Bristol.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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When you say cheap - What your idea for budget?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Mr.Egg, there's the rub. Let's say £800 for half-board/chalet. Then the usual for passes (£250ish), kit hire (£50-100) and beer (not gonna say ).
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@dobby, any preferences for country? Any places been to before you’ve like or disliked?
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@PeakyB, no real preference at this stage. Loved SkiWelt (Ellmau - good skiing and cheapish beer), La Thuile (good skiing, but not enough apres for boys' trip), Are (great skiing but beer money would bankrupt me). Liked LDA (weird piste lay-out but I liked it and good apres too). Enjoyed Morzine (some great skiing, with real town, but got peed off with the rain low down).
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Val d'Isere? -not necessarily cheap! but if you want less rain...?
I really think you need to look to Austria for proper Aprés...
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You ought to be able to get into most places in Austria for £850 per head travel/HB. Saalbach?
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Selva Val Gardena in the dolomites might be ideal, has a bit of apres (not up to the Austrian standard), but the slopes would suit and within your budget..
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What about Saalbach Hinterglemm? There are lots of fans around here, I have a few reservations about the skiing but lots of folk love the place, certainly good for a bloke's week.
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@munich_irish, has hit the nail on the head.
Good skiing and a few SH's dotted about the place.
Lots of apres ski and lots of night life within the 2 towns.
Mainly hotel options rather than catered chalet styled places.
My town is a bit sleepy in the evening but good if you fancy skiing somewhere different every day and then cabbing back apres the apres for dinner
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Sleazyjet to Geneva. Sleazybus transfer to Avoriaz.
Pierre et Vacance apartment will be ski in ski out.. Plenty of restaurants or take out options if you don't want to cook.
Pelforth Brune is almost like real beer.
PDS is a huge area and intermediate heaven. [ Just stay off the wall ]
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I'd go with saalbach, solden, or tignes. I only do boys trips and they were in the top three including snow and piste/ off piste possibilities. Next st Anton for sheer madness. Oh wait krazee kangaroo, mooserwirt and the carnage that is the ski down, go to st Anton you'll have a blast!
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Mayrhofen for apres
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You know it makes sense.
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With Mayrhofen you can fly from Bristol to Munich with plenty of transfers from there. Skiing would suit your requirements and definitely no shortage of apres.
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Easyjet fly to innsbruck from bristol
Early morning flight out. Late morning back
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Poster: A snowHead
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Don’t counr on EasyJet being able to land at Innsbruck ... prone to issues with poor visibility
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Munich's always been good for me.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If beer is important then it has to be Austria of course,
Oh ... I forgot you can ski Czech Republic ... now that's a destination we don't often talk about.
But is that real apres as we know it or just great beer?
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If beer is important then it has to be Austria of course,
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Is that Stiegl, Zipfer, Kaiser or Edelweiss?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Saalbach:).
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Cheers all. Will have a word with the troops and see what they say.
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Andorra fits the bill
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Bristol to munich is usually an arm and a leg and unless I have missed something only bmi do the route.
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@Mike Pow, good call. One of us went there last year and enjoyed it
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tatmanstours wrote: |
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If beer is important then it has to be Austria of course,
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Is that Stiegl, Zipfer, Kaiser or Edelweiss? |
Zillertaler of course!!
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countryman wrote: |
Bristol to munich is usually an arm and a leg and unless I have missed something only bmi do the route. |
Flybe from Cardiff as an alternative
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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DavidYacht wrote: |
Don’t counr on EasyJet being able to land at Innsbruck ... prone to issues with poor visibility |
They also fly to Salzburg
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@dobby, Kitzbuhel, stay in Kirchberg - not cheap but nowehere is ime
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You know it makes sense.
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Given your group dynamics, your need for apres and cheap beer and what resorts you've liked in the past, is hard to look past Mayrhofen. It's the first place that came to mind and I see that several others thought the same.
Grandvalira in Andorra would also work, but avoid El Tarter as the apres is limited (one bar, not much going on). Pas de la casa is probably the better option.
Meribel might be an option. The apres is good, there are plenty of runs for every level, cheep beer...(well, you can't win them all), but finding a chalet within budget might be a challenge.
Sauze d'Oulx? never been, but from what I've heard it would also do the job. Not sure about chalet's though.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Saalbach!! Best apres of all is Ischgl, but you'll struggle to find HB accommodation for £800.
Mayrhofen is also a good shout. Wouldn't advise St Anton for beginners, they won't get the most out of it.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Gösser for beer
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