Skiing in April

I am thinking about a ski holiday second week in April. Does anybody know of a good resort that won't be too slushy or worn-out by then? :shock:

No guarantees of course, but Chamonix has been fine in April the last few of years.

Last season I kept a "blog style" snow report. Have just looked back over it and we had nearly 4m snow depth on the upper slopes at the beginning of april!!! here's a link to the snow report:
http://www.chaletinthemountains.com/snowreport06-07season.htm

For the 05/06 season before that, there was a discussion on this board about the snow depths late in the season ... might be interesting for you:
http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/951.page

Hope this helps!!

franzklammer

For central Europe may I suggest, Tignes/Val D'Isere/Verbier/Saas Fee/Zermatt or Chamonix.

Always check that the lifts are going to be operating before you book, as this is a short season because of an early Easter!
Zermatt and Saas Fee tend to stay open year round.

And take out a second mortgage to pay for the coffee on the slopes......

tignes is agood bet check out joanne at mountain sun 3 days skiing for 79 pounds or your money back up till may 7th i,ll be there.

:DHi Franzklammer,
You should give Les Arcs a bash,with skiing up to 3226m and resort heights at 1600m ,1800,1950m and 2000m the skiing is pretty much sorted,in fact i always have a week in april as the resorts are quiet,and the slopes are not busy (mind you Les Arcs never seems to be ,which is great)in fact i will be there myself from 8th - 15th,also you can get fantastic dumps of fresh snow in april(but not 100%).
Just for the record the last skiable day this season is April 26th.
But wherever you decide to go have a great time.
jon.

FZammer - so did u decide on where to go yet? I've got the exact same question as you and am curious as to which resort you chose. The difficulty of course is that making a decision late means you're booking flights late and are paying hefty prices for it.

Also - does anyone know which of these north-facing and reasonably snowsure resorts can be reached by train from an airport?

Another question - someone mentioned the concern with rain. Does it rain on the snow fields? Or is it because it won't be as cold in April and instead of snow it rains?

kwcmau wrote:
Also - does anyone know which of these north-facing and reasonably snowsure resorts can be reached by train from an airport?

everywhere in Switzerland can be reached by public transport, that's the beauty of an integrated public transport system :D

http://www.sbb.ch/en/index.htm

You can buy a special ticket that covers transfers from the airport to the resort and return.