Early April Skiing in St Anton, possibly?

So do you reckon this would be a good place to go skiing so late in the season, if not could you recomnd some other good places which are likely to have snow at this time of year, in europe.

:Dhi ,t.Anton has one of the best snow records in the alps,as the Tyrol well sighte to take advantage of different weather pattens,if you are looking at an early april trip you wil have some time to keep an eye on the alpine conditions and make a more informed choice.As far as Austria goes i have only skied St.Anton and Livigno and would say both should still be good places to go that time of the year,in france you could try Val D'isere (closes 6 may 2008 this year i think),Tignes (shares the L'espace Killy ski area with Val D'isere,also another excellent place in april would be Les Arcs 1600,1800 1950 and 2000( last day skiing is 26 april 2008)i usually go for the last weks skiing in Les Arcs and most years have been rewarded with excellent snow with good dumps off snow in april.Other places you could look at are the three valleys Val Thorens,Meribel and courcheval.
To help with your choice narrow it down to ski areas with skiing that goes over 1600+metres and have skiing as high as possible,also a resort with a glacier will ahve better snow,if a resort does not then try to find one with more northerly and eastery slopes that go up to and over 2800-3000 metres.
i hope this info is of some use and wish you a very safe and enjoyable trip.
many regards
jonG.

Yeah St Anton has a great snow record, and at height, gets a huge amount of it. Probably one of the powder capitals of Europe. So, shortage of the white stuff shouldn't be a problem, even last season it wasnt!!

Btw JonG, Livigno is in Italy not Austria )

:shock:hi sorry about that little slip up with regards to livigno,dont know what i was thinking(what a numpty!)would not be so bad but i went there a few years ago,must be going senile in my old age...or a lack of white powder (the cold stuff from the sky mind you).cheers.

thanks for ythe reply guys. I was also looking at alpe d'huez which is really high but apparently its mostly south facing so id guess that would be a problem during the spring

randominality wrote:thanks for ythe reply guys. I was also looking at alpe d'huez which is really high but apparently its mostly south facing so id guess that would be a problem during the spring

I've not been out with a tape measure but I'm not sure it's any more south facing than St Anton from memory. Alpe d'Huez would be as good, at least, for spring looking from this far away.