Travel
Skiing & Snowboarding for Christmas
Are you looking for a place to ski or to snowboard for the Christmas holidays?
Don´t worry too much. Even if the weather can be unpredictable making it difficult to know if there will be snow for Christmas, it is always possible to find a place. You just have to choose a village high enough or with a glacier nearby.
Here are a few suggestions where you could go:
EUROPE
SWITZERLAND:
- Wallis
Crans Montana (1,500 m) all year round skiing on the glacier Plaine-Morte nearby
Saas Fee (1560 m) skiing up to 3600 meters – Allalin glacier allows all year round skiing
Verbier (1500 m)
Zermatt (1605 m – can ski up to 3,889 m – Matterhorn glacier nearby
A snowboarder in the Matterhorn ski paradise – credit zermatt.ch
- Graubünden (Switzerland)
Davos/Klosters (1560 meters)
St Moritz (1772 meters) – has 163 days of snow guarantied each year
- Berner Oberland (Switzerland)
Jungfrau Region has fantastic views.
Schilthorn Piz Gloria (2,971 m) – Day trip to the Jungfraujoch top of Europe (3,454 m) and view of Aletsch Glacier
Gstaad (1,100 m) with skiing up to 3,000 m – outstanding panorama at Glacier 3000
FRANCE:
- Savoie (France)
Arc 2000 near Tignes – you can ski up to 3226 meters
La Plagne located in Savoy in the Tarentaise Valley will have guaranted snow
Val Thorens (2300 meters) in the Trois Vallées – snow guaranteed as it is the highest altitude resort in Europe – ski up to 3200 meters
Tignes in the Espace Killy region-it has all year round skiing due to the Grande Motte glacier
Val d’Isère: guaranteed snow
Freeride in Chamonix – copyright Christophe Henry OT Chamonix
- Haute Savoie (France)
Chamonix: is the oldest winter resort in France and has guaranteed snow with glaciers nearby
- Isère (France)
Les Deux Alpes: can ski up to 3600 meters – all year round ski resort
GERMANY:
- Baveria
Garmish/Partenkirschen – can ski up to 2962 meters
winter activity in Stubaital – copyright Tourismusverband Stubai Tirol
AUSTRIA:
- Tirol
Pitztal with Pitztal glacier and skiing up to 3440 meters
Sölden with Rettenbach (2684 meters) and Tiefenbach (2796 meters) – can ski up to 3340 meters
Stubaital with Stubai glacier and skiing up to 3213 meters
Zillertal up to 3250 meters
Hintertux/Finkenberg with Hintertuxer glacier – skiing up to 3250 meters
- Kärnten
Mallnitz with the Mölltaler glacier and skiing up to 3122 meters
- Salzburger Land
Kaprun/Zell am See – can ski up to 3029 meters
Sölden – copyright Veronique Gray
UNITED STATES:
- Colorado (USA)
Breckenbridge – can ski up to 3914 meters
Copper Mountain – can ski up to 3914 meters
Snowmass – can ski up to 3813 meters
Aspen – can ski up to 3777 meters
Vail – can ski up to 3527 meters
female Telemark copyright Alta-Snowbird
Utah (USA)
Alta/Snowbird -can ski up to 3550 meters
Montana (USA)
Big Sky/Moonlight Basin – can ski up to 3403 meters
California (USA)
Mammoth Mt 3362 meters
CANADA:
Alberta
Banff-Lake Louise/Sunshine – can ski up to 2690 meters
If you need to find out about the weather forecast and last snow falls before you leave, check out snowforecast and metcheck.com . You need to find a chalet or a place to go at the last minute, check out igluski.com.
