Shooting the breeze about the ski industry, the great outdoors and general gossip from the Doorstep Skis HQ in Morzine, France.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Morzine! One of Europe's Best Apres Ski destinations
This might sound like an impossible task after a punishing day on the
mountain, but the saving grace of après is that it usually releases you
from its clinches at around 9pm – plenty of time to shake off the
crimes from the night before and still hit first lifts.
Whether you’re looking for a few sophisticated Vin Chaudes in a
French local or you want to stomp on the rule book and keep the party
going ’til 4am, here’s our pick of the best European resorts for après
Read more at http://whitelines.com/travel/12-of-the-best-european-resorts-for-apres.html#DmFLe8eqMja5iJTz.99For
many, Après has long been a legendary part of a snowboard trip. It
normally lures you in around 4pm with a casual jug of beer and before
you know it you’re knocking back the Jägers, dancing more
enthusiastically than you thought yourself capable of to euro-pop and
laughing in the faces of skiers as they attempt to clamber on tables in
their silly boots.
This might sound like an impossible task after a punishing day on the
mountain, but the saving grace of après is that it usually releases you
from its clinches at around 9pm – plenty of time to shake off the
crimes from the night before and still hit first lifts.
Whether you’re looking for a few sophisticated Vin Chaudes in a
French local or you want to stomp on the rule book and keep the party
going ’til 4am, here’s our pick of the best European resorts for après
Read more at http://whitelines.com/travel/12-of-the-best-european-resorts-for-apres.html#DmFLe8eqMja5iJTz.99
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Why late season skiing is best for families
The Easter holidays are traditionally the last great hurrah of the ski season,
and 2014’s Easter is very late: most UK schools break up today (April 4) and
don’t return until Tuesday, April 22.`
For ski tour operators, this is a double-edged sword: on the one side, many
families consider the ski season finished by mid-March, so a late Easter
getaway to the slopes is usually replaced with a summer break. But the brave
families who do decide to head out to Europe will be let in on the
mountain's best kept secrets: late season is the absolute best time to take
the family skiing. And here's why…
Sun worshipping
Contrary to popular belief, the snow does not melt after half term. Most ski resorts are open well into April - even the Pyrenean resorts such as Baqueira Beret, often thought of as Europe’s least snow sure areas - are open well into the third week of April, and many Alpine resorts carry on through to the beginning of May.
Contrary to popular belief, the snow does not melt after half term. Most ski resorts are open well into April - even the Pyrenean resorts such as Baqueira Beret, often thought of as Europe’s least snow sure areas - are open well into the third week of April, and many Alpine resorts carry on through to the beginning of May.
“Most people who come out around the end of the season,” says Rude Chalets
owner Helen Lavender, “are families whose parents know their stuff - maybe
ex-seasonaires, or instructors - and know that spring is the time when the
best deals are on, and when the kids are going to have the best time in the
sun.”
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