 Poster: A snowHead
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| turms2 wrote: |
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| How much is Carnivale likely to affect Italy? Thinking either Austria or Italy for half term next year… |
were exactly in Italy? if you mean Aosta valley etc, it will be relatively ok i think.
But if you mean S. Tirol , its really affected ... at least in the carneval Week in DE |
My girlfriend and I are traveling through Italy during the Feb 14-22 carnival week (bad timing) and are wanting to do a two day ski holiday somewhere. With the olympics in Cortina and Livigno, we have been debating between Cervinia or going to Serra Chevalier in France. As an American outsider, I would love to get your thoughts on expectations for crowds at these two options. Will Cervinia have manageable crowds - especially if we go during the week, instead of weekend? Any thoughts on if Serra Chevalier would be less crowded? Thanks 
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Hello!
I'm a ski instructor from Cervinia It is very unlikely to find big queues at the lifts in Cervinia as it is a very big ski resort also Carnival in Italy it's very fragmented, depending on the regions kids have different school holidays.
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Anyone got any experience going VT on 28th Feb - 07 Mar week?
I.e. French zone C
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Is March pretty safe from French holidays then? I have not been in March before.
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| Samgriffiths20 wrote: |
Anyone got any experience going VT on 28th Feb - 07 Mar week?
I.e. French zone C |
What experience do you need? It's a single zone as opposed to two zones but it includes Paris - it will be very busy. But if you have no choice...
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| blahblahblah wrote: |
| Is March pretty safe from French holidays then? I have not been in March before. |
From 7th March yes. March is a great time to ski.
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Can i ask we are looking around Saint Gervais uk February half term which is w/c 16th feb. Firstly will the traffic be horrific inbound in line with French half terms? And also queues at resort?
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@Victoria, not meaning to be rude but why would you think it wouldn't be?
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| Layne wrote: |
| blahblahblah wrote: |
| Is March pretty safe from French holidays then? I have not been in March before. |
From 7th March yes. March is a great time to ski. |
Thank you.Reflected in the 3000 Euro discount on the apertment from the week before!!!!! ( Its a big apartment).
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@blahblahblah, I mean anytime is a great time of the year to ski right but once the school hols are over, the days start to lengthen, the lifts open a tad later and the sun shines a tad more...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Yes, this was my logic, have been forced to do school holdays up until now, and April was not the best.
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| Layne wrote: |
| @Victoria, not meaning to be rude but why would you think it wouldn't be? |
I wouldn’t think it wouldn’t be just wanted to know how bad it is? I only went in half term as a child have never experienced it as an adult so was just asking how bad is it? Never driven either! Just a question……
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You know it makes sense.
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@Victoria, I've done HT once, it was post pandemic so I am not sure it was up to full throttle. We stayed in Les Coches and skied all over the Paradiski area. We drove in mid-morning Saturday after a supermarket stop in Albertville - which is our normal Christmas and Easter routine. It wasn't too bad. We drove out Saturday evening (again our normal routine) and same as when we drive out at Christmas the queues inward were extreme. Outward was fine. Moral of the story is drive in as early as possible. Leaving, less of an issue.
Anybody who knows La Plagne knows the usual bottlenecks and these were definitely much worse - especially mid-morning and mid-afternoon. As ever on a busy week, get out early, ski through lunch, plan well but also chill when you do have to queue.
From what I've read on here I think HT is a bit of a mindset thing.
Happy to answer and questions about driving or how to mitigate the busyness. Although I've never been to St Gervais - so it would only be from a general perspective.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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On paper this week (sat 10/01 to Sat 17/01) should be pretty quiet (no school holidays anywhere? ) but richb67 is in Madonna now and just posted in the dolomites thread that it’s busier than he expected with lots of families (from Eastern Europe?) and occasional queues.
It is orthodox new year on the 14th … is this having an unexpected effect ?
And if so - is the effect widespread or limited to the Eastern alps ?
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Is there the same available for next season?
Many thanks in advance!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@boggyjo, there's a link on the first post.
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How busy would you expect Les Menuires, 3 Valleys to be w/c 21st feb? Looks like there are still some French, German, Dutch holidays that week.
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| blacksheep wrote: |
| How busy would you expect Les Menuires, 3 Valleys to be w/c 21st feb? Looks like there are still some French, German, Dutch holidays that week. |
Two French zones (including Paris) plus various others on holiday - it'll be busy.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| DJL wrote: |
| blacksheep wrote: |
| How busy would you expect Les Menuires, 3 Valleys to be w/c 21st feb? Looks like there are still some French, German, Dutch holidays that week. |
Two French zones (including Paris) plus various others on holiday - it'll be busy. |
That was my fear. Thanks.
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