Best place to ski in Europe?

Europe's a big place. Also the seasons been shit so far, the big storms have only just started coming in.

You might want to tell us what you want to do there.

Or you could just go to Chamonix or Tignes.

Swiss franc is really strong so it may be easier for you to stay in the Eurozone

Val thorens, in the 3 Valles, is pretty sick.

stay in tignes, ski val d'isere

totally depends on what kind of skiing you're going for

Agree with some of the above advice... Tignes + Val D'Isere or Val Thorens with access to 3 Vallees.

Val thorens is some ugly purpose built shit, same in tignes and val d'isere is boring with like no trees. Try portes du soleil actually, you can ski in both countries

Go to Chamonix, rent a car and get a guide. You will have the time of your life. Le Clusaz is round the corner too.

I would ski in Italy, North West. Just over the border from France and Switzerland but your money will go a lot further and the well , the foods Italian :)

slamdunkI would ski in Italy, North West. Just over the border from France and Switzerland but your money will go a lot further and the well , the foods Italian :)

What resorts/towns would you suggest? Def thinking about a spring trip to Italy.

3maniaWhat resorts/towns would you suggest? Def thinking about a spring trip to Italy.

I went to Val Gardena (in the Dolomites) last April and I really recommend going there. It's an authentic village yet still has a thriving apres-ski scene. The food is good and cheap and the resort is massive as it's connected with other resorts in the Dolomites. Plus they've got a good park setup.

3maniaWhat resorts/towns would you suggest? Def thinking about a spring trip to Italy.

depends on where the snow is at. currently its very bad in the southern alps so i'd definitely go west. currently the best conditions in italy are in the Aosta area. the biggest resorts there are Courmayeur and Monterosa ski. In the north you have resorts like dolomiti superski and sulden which are worth checking out but maybe not this year because of the bad snow in that area. I've been to gressoney, which is in the monterosa ski area and it's a massive place and has great skiing for all conditions (trees and big mountain).

Italy also has tons of these hidden gem resorts that no tourist has ever heard of. I've heard that Prali is a great place like this.

Overall Italy is the cheapest has probably the best treeskiing in the entire alps and the least crowds, though it's probably the riskiest country snow wise especially in the spring. you also have no nightlife there.

Hey FrankerZ how's it going, are you back to Gressoney this season?

Not much I can add apart from there is night life at the proper ski resorts - Livigno, Cortino d'Ampezzo, Breuil Cervinia, it's the little towns and villages that are best though, no lift queues even on the best powder days.
I'd recommend Breuil Cervinia in spring, it's high and best chance of good snow, you can also ski down into Zermatt.
There is possibly a new lift in the future being built from Champoluc upto Breuil Cervinia which would offer an insane amount of skiing!

slamdunkHey FrankerZ how's it going, are you back to Gressoney this season?

Not much I can add apart from there is night life at the proper ski resorts - Livigno, Cortino d'Ampezzo, Breuil Cervinia, it's the little towns and villages that are best though, no lift queues even on the best powder days.
I'd recommend Breuil Cervinia in spring, it's high and best chance of good snow, you can also ski down into Zermatt.
There is possibly a new lift in the future being built from Champoluc upto Breuil Cervinia which would offer an insane amount of skiing!

Nope, just returned from Arlberg and now I'm in Helsinki. I'm probably driving down to the alps on february if I have time and people to go with. Im not too sure where tho. Might go to arlberg again since new year wasnt that good snow wise. I'd like to visit again with better snow. Probably not going to italy since they are struggling with snow but I have to visit gressoney some year again though. the connection between monterosa ski and the zermatt ski area would be massive haha

steezyclezyVal thorens is some ugly purpose built shit, same in tignes and val d'isere is boring with like no trees. Try portes du soleil actually, you can ski in both countries

No trees in Val d'Isere lol, someone who has never been I guess. Hint: Le Fornet, some smooth stuff.

Skied weeks at loads of places in the alps, aswell as nov-may season one winter in Val d'Isere, and gotta say that I can't really think of anything better than Val d'Isere. Great terrain (high alpine), aswell as pretty sweet trees if you know where to go. Expensive as shit tho.

Chamonix is severely overhyped, crowded beyond belief and not in any way as good when it comes to skiing around a vast area without taking of your skis (EU mega-areas like Espace Killy, 4 Vallés, Monterosa etc.) Some sick terrain tho, but if rappeling and ice axes doesnt sound like your thing you can get more bang for your dollars somewhere else.

Engelberg in Switzerland suffers from the same problem - crowds! Especially the wierd asians who dont ski, but for some reason need to spend the whole day taking the lifts everywhere. Kills most of the fun. Sick terrain aswell.

As mentioned, the storms are moving in right now for the first real snowfall of the season, primarily in the French Northern Alps (north of Serre) aswell as western Switzerland should recieve the most snow during the next week. Im heading down to La Grave/Les 2 in a week, seems like the snow-gods are finally answering prayers.

TL;DR - Go for Western Alps, France primarily for skiing right now. Expensive tho.
Italy is also supposed to be sweet, and a little cheaper, but havnt gotten alot of
snow so far this season.

dekadentNo trees in Val d'Isere lol, someone who has never been I guess.

val d'isere is almost 1900 metres it has fuck all trees

SWITZERLAND but it's expensive

steezyclezyval d'isere is almost 1900 metres it has fuck all trees

Wow, another retard who has never been. Ever seen pictures or even a map of the Espace Killy area? After exiting the Fornet bottom gondola there are sweet trees down to the bottom station - ski and repeat. The Laisinant lift has some nice gladed terrain below it aswell.

Guess I just hallucinated skiing sweet trees in the glory that was the 12/13 season.
Of course the main thing is the high alpine skiing, the trees around Le Fornet are nevertheless really sweet on a low-vis day.

Mottolino Livigno in Italy! It's a duty free area and it's in the EU. There's tons of skiing and ski passes work at both mountains that are right in there same valley. It was actually cheaper for me to fly there from Massachusetts and stay for a week than to fly to Mammoth, CA and stay there for a week. Cheap lodging too. 10/10 would recommend. Also, if you can, go there during 9 nights. Crazy stuff going down.

Hope this helps!