On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 03:30:06PM +0000, Ben wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:07:08AM +0000, Joel Bernstein wrote: > > When the lovely snow was coming down, Robin Szemeti and I discussed how > > we should do a London.PM-On-The-Piste social this winter. I was hoping > > to gauge opinion on this... Would anybody be interested in a weekend in > > the Alps skiing or snowboarding? > > I'm in. The weekend of the 14th is bad for me, as I'm in NY to see the missus. > It might be as well to avoid the weekend of the 8th-9th as well. Agreed. Avoiding British and French half-term weeks would be a good thing, but these resorts always fill up at weekends. > > Might I tentatively suggest the last weekend in Feb? Possible... > > Could I also suggest a high resort, to avoid problems with lack of snow - especially > for beginners? Absolutely. I'm a huge fan of Val d'Isere, where I worked for a season. Chamonix isn't too convenient (valley town) but has marvellous skiing and is an hour from Geneva. > > One resort I'm particularly fond of is Saas-Fee, in Switzerland, > http://www.saas-fee.ch/index-e.htm Saas Fee is lovely, and you've missed something! In previous years it's been possible to fly (with Crossair afaik) to Sion airport in Switzerland, which is about half an hour from Saas.
My French is far better than my German so I'm rather tempted to go to France. However I'll fit in with whatevwer the majority prefer. > > It's a very friendly, and family resort, and was the resort used in Wham's Last > Xmas video, for the pop-pickers among us. > > The only drawbacks are that it's a 3hr train, then a 1 hr bus from either Geneva > and Zurich. Flights are definitely available from LTN, LHR and LGW, but obviously > City would be easier for most people. > > This might be a bit of a long journey for just a weekend, but the resort really is > very nice. I spent 2001 there and it was great. > > Anyway, enough of my rambling. Anyone else got a resort in mind? > Val d'Isere is wonderful. WONDERFUL. Possibly the best skiing in the world, good nursery slopes, excellent ski schools (loads of choice too), fab nightlife. It's not cheap, but it's not like going to Aspen or Courchevel. I'd say it's probably on a par with Saas Fee, perhaps slightly better due to the weak Euro. /joel
