by Tony Crocker » Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:40 am
I appreciate that link. I tried a month or so ago to find a 2016 version of the other one, with no success.
jamesdeluxe wrote:I notice that they don't include Austria, maybe because its nine regions stagger their school holidays.
Austria's population is small. German holidays are likely what matter in Austria. The German holidays vary by region. My link from last year showed which regions had which weeks, but the new link does not. 8 of the 10 weeks between Jan. 30 and April 16 have someone off in Germany. I read somewhere that Bavaria and a few other places in Europe have Mardi Gras week (Feb. 6-13 next year) off and that in general that's one to avoid, especially if it coincides with the British or French holidays.
Much of my destination trip calendar for 2016 is fairly set already. The only chance to go to Europe would be late March/early April, and in that time frame Val d'Isere (which is at the top of my not-yet-skied list anyway) would seem the obvious choice. It certainly would have worked well this year:
http://www.epicski.com/t/134457/a-12-ye ... rench-alps
http://bestsnow.net
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