Best destination for beginner/intermediate skiing overseas?

Question

Recently decided to take up skiing again (after a break of 16 years). Booked in for my refresher lessons, but early next year I want to ski overseas...any recommendations for somewhere with plenty of green and blue pistes thats not too pricey?

Answer 1

French Alps (Les 2 Alps, Les 3 Vallées,...), Dolomites - Italy (Cortina, Madonna,...), Tyrol - Austria (Innsbruck, Stubai, Molltal,...). Switzerland is also good, but I've never skied there, so I can't tell you much. Above mentioned places are very good, spacious and mostly not to crowded. You can ski even through the whole year on glacier ski resorts. But avoid famous ski resorts like Kitzbuhel or St. Moritz, because they're very expensive.

If you travel across Alps you see that winter tourism is #1 economy branch there. Almost every suitable slope has a ski-lift.

Answer 2

If you're from Great-Britain, the closest skiing resorts are in the Massif Central, France. They're on each side of "Le Puy de Sancy". "Super-Besse" and "Mont Dore" which are linked by slopes when there's enough snow. So the fee for a day is about £15 and renting skis and boots is about £10 a day. Even if the two resorts aren't connected because of a lack of snow you can change the resort by taking a free coach. These coaches are free and take you down town and to the resorts and also other spots where you can go snowshoeing or cross country skiing. As for the accommodation there some B§B from £14 a night by Murol a medieval town and Saint nectaire (a very reknown cheese). However the season is over but next year you can still visit the following website: www.auvergne.decouverte.free.fr to see the webcams which are on all year long and another website  www.skiinfo.fr which gives how much snow there is etc... for all the French skiing resorts and a lot more information and the next website: www.montagnemassifcentral.com will enable to see the amount of snow but will also provide you the maps of slopes for skiing, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.

Answer 3

Id recommend looking on somewhere like Thomsons or Thomas Cook at their ski deals, also Crystal holidays specialise in skiing, most of the places are based on your level of how well you can ski, and they have courses and lessons and equipment all for hire, so these places are good if your a beginner, but Id recommend somewhere like Switzerland etc. it could be cheap to go over if you went by boat and drove. Also remember to take out your travel insurance to cover you for anything! :)

Answer 4

Well I have skiied for 5 years now totalling 20 times. My choice if I was a begginer would be the snow resort of Montchavin in France