Ben wrote: > Could I also suggest a high resort, to avoid problems with lack of snow
I can highly recommend Les Trois Vallees (Meribel, Courcheval, etc). > The only drawbacks are that it's a 3hr train, then a 1 hr bus I can also highly recommend going via Eurostar. I forget how long it is, something like 8 hours, but then it's only a 20-30 minute minibus ride the other end. You walk straight on/off the train. No pissing around in custom, baggage claim, etc., something that is always gnarly when lugging boards/skis around. No long check-in times, no long coach journeys. You can drive down to Ashford and catch the train there if you prefer it to Waterloo. I reckon that all-in-all it takes about the same time going by train as it does flying. But with the train you get to spend most of that time sitting in a comfy seat. If you go on the overnight train then you get to party it up all night, too. You can also get an extra day's skiing in at the end by coming home overnight instead of spending your "last" day travelling. A
