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Madesimo is a traditional italian ski station with an excellent snow record. Whilst Madesimo is not the largest ski area in the world, it makes up for this with a fantastic lift system. When we visited most of the major lifts had no queues at all and you could literally ski right through the turnstile and onto the chair. The mountain restaurants were good value. We found the Italians very warm and friendly on the whole and did their best to accommodate us. The town is pleasant but…

The ski area of Ellmau is linked up to the Ski Welt which is pretty big. We have only skied part of it so lots more to explore yet. Ellmau seems to attract return visitors year after year and we are returning again this winter. Ellmau is a very good choice of resort for beginners and intermediates. Probably OK for advanced too although they may need to venture further across the Ski Welt to find the black runs!! We aren't big on apres-ski so can't comment too much on that although I…

Matrei am Brenner is a nice, quiet small charming place. It is not the best place for intermediate and expert skiers: there is not too much challenge. Matrei is very good though for families with children. Superb kindergarden (5 Euro per hour) where you can leave kids if they do not want to ski or are too tired.