Snowboarding Season

Hello,
I am thinking of doing a snowboarding season (Jan to Mar) next year. Can anyone advise me where is best to go for snowboarding for that amount of time and if they know of any cheap accommodation? Plus does anyone know how to get cheap seasonal lift passes? Appreciate any help. Many thanks.
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If I could answer those questions I would be there too!!

Hi,
I don't actually know the answer to any of those questions, but I know how I would go about finding the answer.

I'd start with picking my resort - e.g. Val Thorens, where I've just been on holiday. Then I'd go on the tourist board website, e.g. valthorens.com, and e-mail the lift people, setam, to ask them the price of the seasonal pass. I don't know how reliable the information is but skiinfo.com says the seasonal lift pass for Val Thorens costs 707 Euros.

Then, again from the website, I'd e-mail the estate agents in Val Thorens, e.g. Val Thorens Immobilier, the one we've just used, to see if they could provide you with accommodation for those months, and find out how much they'd charge. We let out holiday accommodation here in the U.K. and sometimes we do long lets, and I'd guess that at that time of year you could probably get it for 60% of the usual price, but I'm only guessing. It would depend on their usual occupancy rates etc.

I suppose you could also advertise in the press here for accommodation, hoping that a British person here would be glad to have a long let and save all the hassle involved in weekly lets.

And if you were wanting to work as well, I'd go on another website, e.g. natives.co.uk for people living and working in Val Thorens, to see what advice they had.

I have no idea if you'd have to get a special visa to stay 3 months, but you could easily find out from the passport people, once you'd decided which country you wanted to go to.

I hope this is of some help,

Ally

Go road trippin' in the US - you are much more likely to be picked up for work with your accent that you are in overrun Europe....

Thanks for your replies. Liking the idea of contacting people direct. You've certainly given me some starting ideas so thanks for that.

I looked into the whole America/Canada working thing & apparently at the age of 34 I'm considered too old to get a visa! :(

Thanks again.

K x