I am planning on going skiing after easter with some non-skiers. They particularly like walking and I was wondering what the best resorts for them would be in Europe. The French resorts I have been to seem to have too much snow around for walking at this time of year.
Adrian D. Shaw 12 March 2005 00:47:10 [ permanent link ]
Felly sgrifennodd Mahatma <No@Spam.pls>:>I am planning on going skiing after easter with some non-skiers. They>particularly like walking and I was wondering what the best resorts for them>would be in Europe. The French resorts I have been to seem to have too much>snow around for walking at this time of year.>
Can anyone suggest any good ones?
Might they like sledging? There are some great sledge runs around; I particularly like the look of the ones in the Jungfrau region (I did one once but still prefer skis!). They're miles long and easily accessible.
There are walks there too, high in the mountains, which they keep (mostly) open during the ski season. I never tried those in winter though.
Adrian
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If you are pepared to have a compromise why not stay off-resort ?
*NBBias alert* I have a property in the French Pyrenees which is in a 'normal' village with plenty of walking, but its about an hour to the slopes (maporama says less, and indeed I have done it in 50 mins but be safe). 9 of us were there in February and went walking on Siunday and several skiied Tues, Thurs Fri. (Higher up there was so much snow and wind the slopes were closed Mon and Wed but the walking from our village was still available).
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Marco Cattaneo 14 March 2005 11:38:26 [ permanent link ]
Zermatt has loads of footpaths both at town level (without snow in April) and at altitude (a good pair of walking boots should be sufficient). In addition, all ski areas are reachable by pedestrians (trains, cablecars etc.) so it's easy to arrange to meet (e.g. for lunch) on the slopes.
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