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Natural snow depths were way below-average, but a good covering of manmade from their many snowguns meant roughly two-thirds of all slopes remained open during the week. The skiing is ideal for intermediates, with most runs being steepish blues or reds. However, beginners and experts should look elsewhere. There are few shallow pistes for newbies, while advanced riders will struggle to get excited about the handful of mediocre blacks and modest offpiste. The several ski areas, which…

I have worked in kitzbuhel before in the 2001/2002 season, I must say it is a good resort, with good apres, espeically the holzl and the londoner. I must point out though, the area is more for intermediate skiers and boarders. I am a boarder and I found most of it very flat and the only place that was worth going for advaced boarders was pass thurn, on a powder day this is where you wanted to be. eating out was good with the mexican a favourite for the seasonnaires and guests.

Spent the week of 16th to 23rd December in Cervinia. We drove there and had a somewhat quaint (in a sixties sort of way) apartment in the Theodule Block next door to the Petit Palais, very convenient for the lifts to Plan Maison. Weather was brilliant, and sking superb, we skied pretty much everything, including lots on the Swiss side - nothing ever closed by wind. The pistes here are huge, and seem to go on for ever, absolutely perfect for intermediates. There were also no queues for…