Random ski resort reviews

Snow level and quality was excellent for early season and weather was blue skies apart from New Years Eve, where we were treated to 15cm dump of snow plus Fireworks !!!. The resort is very French and is extremely pretty. All 5 ski areas arrive back into the resort, which is ideal for meeting up and even though the skiing may not test expert skiers too much, it is more than enough for most mere mortals. La Balme has the best quality snow, being the highest and most shaded area. Probably…

It's true the main mountain in Chatel is a nightmare for boarders with loads of drag lifts if you want to head to the better slopes in Swizterland, but there are a number of good long off-piste runs if your prepared to endure the drags. All the best terrain is futher along the road in Pre la joux and linga which is acesed by the free ski bus going every ten mins, at both places there a good number of reds and blues and on powder days you cant beat Happy valley with various off-piste…

I rocked up to Abetone because I was en route to the Dolomites from Rome and thought I'd give it a try. Talk about cold, it was minus 14 celcius with a wind chill factor I don't even want to talk about. There were icicles 25 cms long and they were horizontal (I have the pictures to prove it). All that said it's a small resort, very easy to get around with a nice variety of runs. This would suit the intermediate skier/snowboarder, the latter of which comprised at least half those on the…