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Austria
St. Anton
am Arlberg
“World class”
is a term that is often used just a
bit to loosely.
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Kitzbühel
Of all of the
resorts gathered under the umbrella of this
one ski pass, More
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France
Autrans
Neatly and Sweetly tucked away in a little section of France.
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Chamonix
Chamonix is a resort that
this writer for one finds hard to get a handle on.
No matter how
many times I visit,
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Italy
Bormio
OK!...lets say you are
reading this report directly from your computer screen in, say,
Tokyo.
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Cervinia
"what's this about The
Matterhorn then" I can here you ask? Well dear reader here,
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Switzerland
Zermatt
This is a resort
where
skiing visitors are really spoiled for choice.
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Verbier
Switzerland
There are scores of ski resorts and resort areas in
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Saalbach/
Hinterglemm
I remember the old days
of visiting
Saalbach Hinterglemm. More
Mayrhofen
Mayrhofen, Finkenberg and Zell am Ziller joined
forces with the rest of the skiing in the Ziller.
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Salzburg
"One of
the most beautiful regions on earth" was how the famous 19 century traveler
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Bad Gastein
The ski pass to the area
tells a story. The super version, the one which covers all of the
ski terrain.
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Scheffau
Scheffau lies in the heart of the Austrian Tirol about
fifteen minutes drive from Kitzbuhel nearer More
Lech/Zürs
In Lech and Zürs
they went the class route. They built the best,
and it has served them well.
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Stubai Valley
The first
thing that will most likely strike you, whether in snow covered
winter,
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Kirchberg
This tale of two resorts and
what may be termed as their "Working neighbor"
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Seefeld
Where on earth are you
reading this article? Did you come by it by electronic means or
conventional print?
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Alpbach
OK now. You are deciding on a destination for your next ski vacation, right? Somebody
suggests Austria. Well why not?
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Bad
Kleinkirchheim
We constantly amazed
at the number of first class resorts that are almost completely
unknown.
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Ischgl
Ischgl and Galtur, in the
Austrian Tirol, are in a mountain range known as The Silvrettas.
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Innsbruck
Innsbruck,
capital of the province of Tirol is one of that region's, nay one of
the whole country's, top tourist draws.
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Kaprun/
Zell am See
One will become
familiar with our description of resorts that are marketed
as one
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Hintertux
The skiing resorts that comprise the Tux Valley are not bastions
of sleek or cradles of chic.
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Obergurgl/
Hochgurgl
Skiable to
just over 3,000 meters, these resorts often open to skiers as
early as late November,
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Ötztal
The Ötztal Ski Arena is made up of Sölden and Hochsölden,
and two somewhat smaller.
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Seefeld
Where on
earth are you reading this article? Did you come by it by
electronic means or conventional print?
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St.Johann/
Tirol
For skiers who have
never visited Austria before, and who have a brochure page idea of
what the area is about,
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JungfrauRegion.com
Some of the best
ski and travel destinations in the world Sure its great being
unceasingly awed by the beauty
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Adelboden
Skiers from far
away lands often tend to go only to those resorts that are
"household names"
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Andermatt
The skiing in
Andermatt cannot, in any way, be described as big. What
with only 56km
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Awright
Awright
already! So I have spent half of my life in the European
Alps and I did not know that the Swiss city of Visp had its own
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Château
d'Oex
Château-d'Oex is
not what one would expect
a Swiss ski resort to be. It has more a
small town feeling about it than that of a skiresort.
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Crans-Montana
The resorts we
are referring to in this story are Crans, Montana and Aminona.
Crans and Montana are virtually geographical
twins.
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Davos
Davos is in
effect two villages, Davos Dorf and Davos Platz.
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Engelberg
The place High up
in the valley behind the Walenstöcken,
Engelberg offers the ideal conditions
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Gstaad -
Saanenland
This is not a
resort that needs a tremendous
amount of introduction. Heck,
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Grindelwald
Grindelwald
probably qualifies as a "small city,"
in spite of that it retains a true, resort-like atmosphere.
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Interlaken
is the
city/resort in the Jungfrau offering, and
as such it offers probably the widest range of accommodation.
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Lauterbrunnen
Besides
cross country possibilities, Lauterbrunnen offers basically no
skiing of it's own.
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Les
Diablerets
Les Diablerets is
a little known resort outside of
the major European ski fraternities.
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Leysin
Leysin does not
owe its fortune or fame strictly to
its potential as a ski resort.
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Luzern
Despite Luzern's size it has
much in the way of culture to be proud of. Picasso, Erni,
Toscanini, Wagner:
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Martigny
Martigny, Switzerland the road to alpine skiing.
So
if the Swiss City of Martigny is not a ski resort, what then is
it doing being featured on the website,,
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Mürren
Placed in splendid isolation high on the Schilthorn, Mürren is a
favourite with many. The skiing, if you
limit yourself
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Saas Fee
The times they are a
changing' Or are they?
Here is a resort that truly
has not sold out .More
St.
Moritz
You
may not be familiar
with the title, The Upper Engadin, but we are willing to bet you
are very well
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Veysonnaz
The skiing region
known
as the Swiss Four Valleys consists of Verbier,
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Villars
Your first visit
to Villars might take you aback a
little. You could, in fact,
be forgiven
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Wengen
For those of
you who like a minimum of delay before
you set ski to snow,
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La Plagne
Door to door
Skiing for
all! You
can, if you want, "knock" purpose built resorts. However, before
you do, and especially
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Les Arcs
If you are sitting in some
part of North America reading this article, the chances are,
unless you
are very well informed indeed,
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Les Gets
Another link in the
magnificent ski chain known as the Portes Du Soeil. As a separate
entity, the resort is a nice little ski area for beginnes
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Les 2 Alpes
At an altitude in
excess of 3,500 m Les Alpes has a pretty good snow record, not
only on the glacier, .
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Merizine/Avoriaz
Skiing wise these two could
stand out in any company. Combine them with the Swiss/Franco
Portes Du Soleil and you must rank them as among the world’s top 5
areas.
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Val D'Isere
The well known
resorts of Val D'Isere and Tignes are, in anybody's book, two of
the finest ski stations in the Alps. Hey.
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Tignes
The well known resorts
of Val D'Isere and Tignes are, in anybody's
book, two of the finest ski stations
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Val Morel
I remember Val Morel for the
variety of its skiing. Indeed for some of the more challenging
slopes that one
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Villard de
lans
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Cortina
D'Ampezzo
It is in Cortina where the
difference between
the mountain range known as the Dolomites and the rest of the Alps
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Courmayeur
Courmayeur, on the Italian
side of the Monte Bianco, or Mont Blanc if you prefer
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La Thuile
In Italy probably more than
any other ski country, you will be able to combine your ski
holiday with a real feel the country More
Livigno
Livigno, an
Italian resort with a fantastic European following More
Madonna
Di Campiglio
Possibly the most Italian
major resort in Italy Madonna Di Campiglio is one of those
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Monterosa Ski
Monterosa is Europe's second
highest mountain
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Val Gardena/Selva/
S.Cristina/Ortesei
If this is your first visit
to The Val Gardena you might find yourself more than a bit
confused upon arrival. ,
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Sestriere
So, a former sheepherding community
is going to host the 2006
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