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A Beginner's Guide to Skiing in Mayrhofen
Date Posted: 05 November 2024One of Austria’s best ski resorts, Mayrhofen offers a hefty range of snow-sure skiing for beginners (and other abilities!). It’s part of the Zillertal Valley, which is home to 4 separate ski areas within close distance of each other and has a charming Austrian feel to its historic town, which was once a traditional farming village. A well-organised resort with top ski schools, Mayrhofen is a good pick for beginners - with plenty of shopping and other activities to explore when you’re not ...
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A Beginner's Guide to Skiing in Cervinia
Date Posted: 25 October 2024One of Italy’s most famous ski resorts, Cervinia is a gateway into a huge area of snowsure, high-altitude skiing. It’s part of the Matterhorn Ski Paradise area - along with glitzy Zermatt and neighbour Valtournenche - and is overlooked at almost every angle by the enchanting Matterhorn mountain (think Toblerone packaging!), providing breathtaking views wherever you go. A well-organised resort with plenty of top ski schools, Cervinia is a very solid pick for beginners - and being Italian rather...
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A Beginner's Guide to Skiing in Val d'Isère
Date Posted: 04 September 2024One of the best-known ski resorts in the world, loved for its party-scene, upmarket vibe and snow surety, Val d’Isère should be considered by beginners, along with other levels of skier. Whilst here, you’ll ski the Espace Killy ski area comprising both Val d’Isère and Tignes, named after J-C Killy, the hero of the Grenoble Olympic Games, who was brought up here. The name Espace Killy is not in use so much now, rather the resorts are referred to separately, and here we’ll concentrate on Val d’I...
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A Beginner's Guide to Skiing in St Anton
Date Posted: 03 September 2024St. Anton, or, to give it its full name, St. Anton am Arlberg, is a ski paradise. It draws all levels of skiers, because here there are fabulous snow conditions, world-class après-ski, and good value to be found. In particular for beginners, there are easy slopes in certain areas (we’ll tell you about these areas later), and fun slopes for families with kids who are learning to ski. Skiers have flocked here since 1885, when a Norwegian engineer first skied here! In this guide, we’ll help you ...
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A Beginner's Guide to Skiing in Obergurgl
Date Posted: 02 August 2024Obergurgl in Austria is an idyllic location for a beginner skier. There are only 400 residents here, but they are keen to welcome everyone to their stunning mountain home. The resort became better known, when in 1931, the balloonist Professor Auguste Piccard and a colleague made an emergency landing after becoming the first people to reach the stratosphere. Found at the head of the Ötztal Valley in Tirol, Obergurgl is just a bus ride from Sölden, which featured in the 2015 Bond movie Spectre, ...
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