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@therock, truth
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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As a parent to young kids (6 & 3) this thread makes interesting reading as we learn to navigate the restrictions of school holidays knowing we have 15 years of this to come!
Personally we have no intention of taking ours out of school to go during term time - although have friends that do and fully understand why (cheaper and quieter)
Given we're only one year into this we are still learning the pros and cons... but feel we lucked out last season by taking the kids to Trysil in Norway during Feb HT.
It's not a resort we would ever of considered pre kids but for them it was awesome with great instruction (yes the 3 year old did some basic sliding), an easy transfer, and some really fun non skiing activities to do. Downside is the ski area isn't huge but sufficient for a week. Also the apres was pretty much non existent but then alcohol is $$$, which together contributed to coming home refreshed from a weeks skiing!
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I like Christmas in a ski resort, and we did loads of Christmases in the mountains. The deal was that skiing is expensive, so kids don't get loads of tat - just a super holiday. The snow IS a bit hit and miss but there's generally enough. I suppose it depends how you feel about the "traditional" Christmas in the UK. That seems to mean eating too much, drinking too much, watching too much telly and spending FAR too much. None of those appeals to me - Christmas Day out on the slopes is like any other day, including ski school lessons.
So, to summarise, I like spending Christmas in a ski resort because it saves having to spend it in the UK! But that all made sense when we had our own apartment. Before that, we found Christmas packages very expensive, and New Year is manic. So we took the kids out of school in the cheapest January weeks. But taking kids out of school is more problematical now.
If I HAD to go skiing at half term, I'd go to Italy.
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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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@Dk7, plus 1 for Trysil. Norway isn't necessarily too expensive - eating out and alcohol are. Check when the Danes and Swedes are on their winter breaks - Trysil will be busy those weeks
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We stayed in Salen one Feb half term and had intended to drive across to trysil for a day as lift pass was valid to do so. Decided in not to when it came to it 
The girls still say how magical that place was and how they would like to go back again one time.
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@NickyJ, any tips you have on Salen would be great. We're in Trysil in March and will likely do a day trip to Salen.
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@therock, we always ski at Easter with the family and I love it. Long days, lunches outside, beers in the sun. Beautiful! That said we always choose to go high (Val Thorens, Belle Plagne, Avoriaz etc) to maximise our chances of good conditions.
We're going at Feb half term in 2024, as it's GCSE year for our eldest so Easter will be solid revision time! It gives us an opportunity to explore ski areas that we wouldn't normally get a chance to explore - and might look at somewhere a little more off the beaten track like Valloire.
I have been at Feb half term quite a few times with my brothers family, and I never found the pistes overly busy tbh (it was busier but nothing that affected my enjoyment).
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@Handy Turnip, you've obviously been going to the wrong (?right?) places if you've never found the pistes to be overly busy
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It's the lift queues that I can't stand.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@dobby you are right. There were a lot of Danes in Trysil this HT as our trip clashed with their holidays (tbh i didn't think to consider nordic holidays prior to going  ). A few longish lift queues but nothing compared to a 3V bottleneck at new year and the pistes never felt busy.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I find spending the December holidays in a ski station incredibly depressing. Would much rather be at home with friends and family. And the snow is hit or miss. You'll never get totally skunked in mid-February, at least. April, well, the holidays here in France tend to be toward the very end of most stations' season -- but ideally, had we no children, I'd ski in April, and in a few years, that's just what I'll do.
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