Coolrider

Ok, here is one for ya.

Where is the coolest European snowboarding resort and why???

Lets hear it.

Whats cool about it?
What you got up to when there?
Parks, terrain, etc??

Lets do this !

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Snowjoe

Les Arcs!

HUGE! Steep upper mountain, wide open meadows and long cruising runs through the trees. So much space there its unreal. Terrain park is pretty good. All I did was eat croissants, shred everything and eat tex mex in the evenings with some french barman who plays bob marley and gives you free drinks, with the added bonus of ski movies being played in the bar.

As if the size wasn't enough it's also linked by a cable car to La Plagne just in case you do get a little bored!

http://media.ski.com/trailmaps/tm_lesarcs.jpg

That trail map is just Les Arcs, not including La Plagne.

Coolrider

Sounds a pretty cool place. I havn't been there, but heard a lot of good things about it...

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Snowjoe

The best part of the trip is that your guaranteed to appreciate it. After your driven up the windy icy mountain side road by a crazy french man overtaking on blind corners pulling a trailer you'll be so thankful you got there alive that everything else seems just incredible.

PaoloSmythe

les arcs is oorite i 'spose.

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Coolrider

I get the impression that Les arcs is not your top choice.... So where is Paolo.
Give us the low down.

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PaoloSmythe

Don't get me wrong… Les Arcs is a nice spot and altho closed at the moment (if not, then for most of the time since it opened) the double decker cable car linking it to La Plagne is pretty kewl.

Here is some of that space Joe mentioned: http://www.snowboardingforum.com/pho...00&ppuser=1645

And some of the steep http://www.snowboardingforum.com/pho...00&ppuser=1645

But for cool, as in freeze yer bollocks off, I would suggest cervinia.

You can access Zermatt from there (so pack your passport when going up the hill) and it is proper high up….

You can go inside the glacier up on Monte Rosa, enjoy a bit of altitude breathlessness and then of course ride down. All from the lofty height of 15000 feet and with a constant view of the matterhorn
http://www.snowboardingforum.com/pho...00&ppuser=1645

But really if you want a high quality terrain park; mad cliff drops; endless back country; wide open powder fields and natural hits and pipes; or just the highest serviced run (not to mention the highest euro mountain) then it has to be the collective of le tour, argentiere, la flegere, le brevent which make up the the Chamonix Vallee. And then there is the endless night life.

I love italia, switzerland and austria but ultimately Les Phrench win it for me.

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