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Spend your Ski Vacation in Europian Ski Resorts
Saas Fee - Switzerland With a ski area between 1,800m and 3,500m and access to a glacier, Saas Fee is a favourite destination for pre-season ski tests and late-season powder hounds. While there are only 140km of pistes, a good number of these are on the glacier and those that aren’t are equipped with snow cannons meaning that snow is pretty much guaranteed and an all year ski holiday is possible. The resort exudes the sort of Swiss alpine charm that many other high resorts lack in their starkness. Cervinia, Italy Located on the other side of the Matterhorn to Zermatt, this Italian resort gets better snow than its neighbour and has direct access to the huge glacier on the Klein Matterhorn. Set at 2,050m, Cervinia is the more affordable option in the newly-named Matterhorn Ski Paradise but still enjoys a good share of the ski areas of Valtournenche and Cervinia. The Cervinia bowl is an intermediate's heaven and has plenty of off-piste for powder junkies to play on. For a leg-burner, try the 14km run all the way from the Swiss-Italian border down to the resort. Head down to the village for a good selection of rustic Italian restaurants such as the Chalet Etoile by the Plan Maison chair. Norway If you are after something a little off the beaten track, try Norway. With guaranteed snow of the kind the Alps can only dream about, the scenery of fjords and lakes is magical. At night you can even catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights. Norway is a favourite with ski tourers thanks to its abundance of cross-country routes. The terrain is varied and immense and the ski slopes are wide with modern lifts. The abundance of snow means there is also plenty for non-skiers to do such as dog sledding, tobogganing and ice fishing. Posted by travelguru AT 2/15/2008 1:22 PM 0 comments » post a comment | digg it « back home |
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