1st hol after learning

My wife and I learned to ski earlier this year during a week in Tignes. Although I eventually managed a few runs around the valley my wife was a bit less successful so we need a European resort with plenty of nice long but easy runs. Any suggestions?

Yes. Get some more lessons )

Seriously thousands. What else are you looking for\/

Try Seefeld, excellent ski school as well.

Welcome to J2ski, dangerous.when.wet

Earlier this year, I carried out an exercise, looking for resorts that would meet the need of a couple of beginners, and some who have skiied for many years. I had some great help from fellow J2skiers.

Two resorts that I rejected, because they did not have sufficient difficult runs, were:

Austria ~ Filzmoos, only 12km of skiing, but lovely Austrian village, 13 runs, 8 of which are blue.

France ~ Risoul, more skiing, plus more difficult skiing. Possibly less attractive a place than Filzmoos.

You can ski gently into both villages.

At your stage of learning, a big resort is not neccesary, can be quite off-putting, and is an opportunity to experience small village life. Once you improve, and move on to the bigger faster resorts, it is hard to justify going back.

Most importantly, keep taking ski lessons for a few years. It is just about the best bit of ski investment.

You say, "first holiday, after learning", I say, "I'm still learning, entering my 41st year of skiing."....

Ski well

dangerous.when.wet wrote:My wife and I learned to ski earlier this year during a week in Tignes. Although I eventually managed a few runs around the valley my wife was a bit less successful so we need a European resort with plenty of nice long but easy runs. Any suggestions?

Yes, Valmorel in the Tarentaise has a longstanding reputation as a good place for learners and novice skiers to gain confidence. There are lots of long gentle slopes, blues and greens in the ski area.

Les Gets also has plenty of friendly skiing with plenty of tree lined slopes.

Crans Montana also has many miles of easy cruising.

Tignes is a pretty tough introduction for beginners IMHO.

You need to have more lessons. Hubby and I learnt to ski in 2006, we will be going back to Niederau for the 4th time in Jan '09 and have lessons booked again. You will find that there's loads of stuff you've forgotten about and bad habits will creep in. Plus, you get to know the resort really well with an instructor and gain confidence from them and others in your class. :D

I think tignes is a toughy for beginners too, but at least everything else will now seem easy by comparison!

from experience Alpe d'huez is excellent for beginners as is les arcs 1950, 2000 and peisey villandry. new generation are supposed to be an excellent ski school in plan peisey.

good on you for keeping at it :thumbup: