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Lech is a beautiful resort which has great facilities for kids, lots of blue runs for intermediates, and also has some challenging ski routes ***ping off Rüfikopf. The slopes at Lech are rarely crowded and for an early morning skier, like myself, you often have the entire run to yourself. While the nightlife at Lech is quiet, the cafes and restaurants are great and you'll want an early night to enjoy the mountains in any case.

The snow conditions weren't great with slush on the lower runs in the afternoon and icy conditions early morning. The lower runs (which tended to be blue and green runs) were pretty much unskiable after lunch. I wouldn't go back to Alpe d'Huez as, in my opinion, the 3 Valleys resorts and Val d'Isere are much better from a skiing point of view. The problem is that most of the upper runs (the reds and blacks) are primarily serviced by cable cars and gondolas with the resulting queing,…

The village is purpose built but very nicely constructed and well laid out. There is not much in the way of night life. The on mountain restaurants were busy and quite expensive. All accommodation appeared to be of a high standard and easy walking distance to lifts. All the pistes come back to one point which was superb for us as we had a mixed group and it allowed our teenagers to safely snowboard in a small group without us worrying that they\'d get lost! The pistes were very quiet…