Random ski resort reviews

Basically I am told the conditions there are the best in the country. This is probably due to the fact that San Moritz spends a lot of money making snow and grooming etc. Note this is not a big mountain, nothing like Zermatt with endless runs and amazing terrain. Here is what I exprerienced. Around Dec. 30-Jan1, hard ice, not very pleasant but bareable if you are into east coast ice conditions it was marginally ok. Jan 1-3 it snowed and the runs were much better, evenetually around Jan…

We went to Ischgl for Easter 2008. This was my first ski trip to Austria, and I was happy that it lived up to its reputation for good friendly service. Ischgl is not a cheap resort as a rule, but some things were cheap if that's not a complete contradiction! A week’s basic ski hire was around £80, and whilst resort drinks can be expensive, self service restaurants on the mountain offered reasonable prices and huge (shareable) portions. Drinks on the slopes are…

Who ever says that this resort is not pretty is really not giving the resort justice - with its' little streets lined with shops, especially in the snow is quite idyllic. Moving onto the skiing side of things - well the ski area just in Val Thorens is truly spectacular, with it's superb and super efficient lift system, the amount of runs are just endless! Myself and my partner still found that we had not skied every run even after 2 whole weeks skiing the area. So it has to be said…