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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wow! There's some forward thinking!! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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O no....Carneval week in germany with zone c in france....f@@k
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| turms2 wrote: |
| O no....Carneval week in germany with zone c in france....f@@k |
Don't forget Wales & Flanders too!! 
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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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@luigi, o thats the meaning of W???
ok really positive that NL, DK and E/S/I are one week later.
I think this week will be better in Austria or maybe Switzerland instead of France ... at least for us
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Quite a newbie for these, I'm restricted to going in the English Feb half term (Partner is a teacher), looks like it's gonna be hella busy. Any suggestions of areas that maybe wouldn't be so busy according to this?
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where are heading the Skiers from Zone C ? Generally speaking....
Toulouse and Montpellier are South, so the South Alps are affected, Paris is on the other Side of France, so the Northern Alps are affected? is France a no-go next HT?
The Zone C is the worst?
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@hogofwar, usual suggestion is Italy. Or have a mindset shift to accept the busyness. Being in ski school (as you said you are a newbie) would help a bit as you get priority on the lifts.
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@turms2, not sure it makes much odds.
It's never a no go. Just depends if you have alternatives and an acceptance of the busyness.
We even did it once. Actually I was also in Serre Chev donkeys years ago during holidays. We got by.
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| Layne wrote: |
@turms2, not sure it makes much odds.
It's never a no go. Just depends if you have alternatives and an acceptance of the busyness.
We even did it once. Actually I was also in Serre Chev donkeys years ago during holidays. We got by. |
the only alternative is no-go
we will go definitely Christmas/New Year and Easter
the question is if its worth it in this week (Carneval) or not.
Howerver i will go in Les Gets this year in HT. I can check it out there.
Last couple of years in Chamrousse (perfect) and Flaine was ok. But it was not with Zone C
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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By the standard logic a one zone week must have lower footfall than a two zone week.
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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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@hogofwar, I would recommend heading for a small resort that you've probably never heard of before. As a beginner you won't need many miles of pistes. A large resort can feel intimidating / frustrating and will attract those that like to hoone about.
I'd always recommend one of our favourites, Albiez-Montrond in the Maurienne Valley. Tiny but delightful with a beginner friendly feel.
https://www.station-albiez.com/fr/
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Bump -- time for a sticky ??
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You know it makes sense.
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Agree! Time to start thinking. Might not be so bad in Austria perhaps? Have never been to the Arlberg and would like to.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@abricotine, if this dates are 100% right, then the week 2th to 9th Januar is perfect for france and carneval week for switzerland. Even if the Netherlands come a week after, the carneval Week in south germany leads to some overcrowded resorts in Austria
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Poster: A snowHead
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So glad I found this. Appreciate the help on forward planning. We are stuck on the Feb 13 week with kiddo. I am guessing it's Italy again as France/Geneva area might be jammed
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The government recommends 13–20 February for the southern Netherlands. However, because Carnival is celebrated in the south, most schools there choose to close between 6 and 13 February instead.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Our two's school in their wisdom have decided to break up on Wednesday 16th pre xmas - which removes the pre xmas week option we like unless they miss a few days. They go back on a Wednesday too which rules out the post new year week too.
We have 13-20th Feb for kids HT. Looks like Italy or Austria might be the best option with Carnaval being the week prior. We've had quiet-ish weeks in Switzerland for prior HT's but Geneva and Zurich holiday clash might scupper that. Def not France with A&C off.
Easter looks a good option for us, kids break up midday on 24th March. Could be in the alps that evening on a cheap midweek flight. Could work well for an extended trip until 3rd/4th April somewhere high in France if we can find an option we can book from midweek.
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@Dk7, the number of Swiss families skiing is very small compared to the German and French equivalent. There is usually a handy Dutch website which shows this in a bar chart against the holiday weeks, but it’s not available yet.
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@Dk7, yes the Carneval Week in Germany ist one week before, but if the Netherland have in the week 13-20 Feb, then Austria will be also relative crowded. Of course not as when they go all together.
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Not sure why but Wales Feb half term is early and so is the start of Easter holidays. Feb clashes with France zone C so I think Easter looms the best choice. My son is in his last year of school so won’t have to worry about this again.
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why did they change it?
ok the week 2nd till 9th January seems the best till now. No French holidays, no Dutsch Holidays.
But why they change it for the Februar Week..oh man
According to this Excel, the carneval Week 7-14 Feb, there is the C Zone in France (45%) , and 43% of the Swiss??
That means that France and Switzerland will be overcrowded.
It will be really difficult.
I thought it will be a good idea to avoid France and head to Switzerland. But so will do almost 40% of the Swiss.
Places like Flaine or PDS will be definitely too crowded. Will be better lets say in Val Cenis , Valloire etc? or is France a no go?
And in Switzerland?
and ideas?
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@Dk7, thanks, I love this diagram!
@turms2, I never find there are enough Swiss to overcrowd Swiss slopes! It’s German holidays that make a huge difference where I go. This year is much better for us at half term as the Feb peak is spread out whereas it was focused on one week this year. Plus the weather sucked!
If French C zone is on holidays I would look at German speaking areas.
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@abricotine, generally, i live in Germany. so i have to go whith the German Holidays. But in the Carneval Week, in France, until now it was acceptable. But never had Zone C
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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thanks. According to these i have to avoid Austria in the Carneval Week, and probably some places in S. Tirol.
Swiss are not so many also. Nice...
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Sorry for being stupid, but which country is DUI please....!!??
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You know it makes sense.
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@snowhound, it's Dutch for Germany - Duitsland
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Layne, Thanks. Weighing up going either 27th March or 3rd April and it seems then it's ze Germans who make the first of those weeks busier!
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@altis, what is the vertical? Numbers?
Is the most busy week really New Year?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Layne wrote: |
| @snowhound, it's Dutch for Germany - Duitsland |
Meaning the land where the Dutch live. Fundamentally, there is something wrong with the English language approach to European geography. Not surprising for an island called "big Brittany", where the largest country got its own name wrong* and the second largest didn't do a lot better†.
* The Saxons unified much of Britain and called it Angle-land.
† "Scot" originally meant "Irish"
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| abricotine wrote: |
@Dk7, thanks, I love this diagram!
@turms2,
If French C zone is on holidays I would look at German speaking areas. |
Btw the week 7th till 14th February is the carneval week un germany and also zone c..and also south Holland
Places like austria and south tirol (not overall) are not the best option
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@tsgsh, Great Britain is the largest of the British isles. Brittany (in France) is little Britain.
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| snowhound wrote: |
| @Layne, Thanks. Weighing up going either 27th March or 3rd April and it seems then it's ze Germans who make the first of those weeks busier! |
We go then every year.
It won't be busy anywhere.
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@Layne, Yeah, we're Easter skiers too (both teachers so school holidays only for us). The factor which usually defines which particular week we go is the cost of flights which is very dependent on whether Easter weekend is at either end of the week we go.
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| joffy69 wrote: |
| @tsgsh, Great Britain is the largest of the British isles. Brittany (in France) is little Britain. |
In French:
Bretagne: Brittany
Grand Bretagne: Great Britain
The names in English are derived from French, not the other way round.
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| Quote: |
In French:
Bretagne: Brittany
Grand Bretagne: Great Britain
The names in English are derived from French, not the other way round. |
"Britain" derives from Latin, and before that Greek - and you can go further back into the very mistiest mists of time. Brittany/Bretagne was so called because of the migration of British/Celtic tribes to the area from Britain.
[url=]https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_(place_name)[/url]
[url=]https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany[/url]
But I sense a thread drift from the impact of European school holidays on ski resorts.
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