Which ski hotels in Swiss Alps have rooms with a private balcony? The beauty of travelling with Ski Itineraries is that your experience goes beyond just skiing. Kleine Scheidegg/​Männlichen – Grindelwald/​Wengen, 16. Your experience becomes an exploration and deeper appreciation of the land, its culture, cuisine, and people. There’s also 66km of pistes, with plenty of decent terrain suitable for beginners and intermediates. Return fares from £145.Stay Independent chalet company Alikats has stunning catered chalets with great catering from £600pp a week. We booked the Ski Itineraries Discovery Package, which takes you through 3 different countries and 3 different peaks in just 3 days. We had the option to stay, but we were exhausted from our day of skiing and wanted to go back to our small village and perhaps enjoy a thermal spa bath or nap before dinner. The new trains have panoramic windows front and back with views over the valley. All rights reserved. Ski Itineraries still had our passports, just in case. From there it’s 40 minutes by bus or taxi. There was no border patrol in sight. Younger skiers will love popping in to see the resident skiing “witches” who, in keeping with a local legend, cast spells and brew potions in a hut, the Simonalm, on Hochsöll. Gianluca had brought us some typical Italian snacks to recharge before continuing any further. You can try your hand as a husky dog-sled musher with three hounds pulling you along for an exhilarating, heartwarming – and somewhat unpredictable – ride. Freiburg Prealps , 15. We stopped by an après-ski lounge and ordered some espressos as we watched the sunset behind the mountains. These all access a combined 125km of very scenic terrain, overlooking the Lac du Mont-Cenis. 4. Our ski guide knows what’s best! Gaze out at the panorama from the 3,456-metre Grande Motte glacier, then throw yourself into the 1,350-metre vertical descent – and Tignes’s popularity with intermediate and advanced skiers will be abundantly clear. But it’s not all about the skiing here. If you love carving your way along tree-lined slopes and hunting down mountain restaurants, the slopes of Sauze d’Oulx won’t disappoint. Last modified on Tue 15 Oct 2019 11.48 BST. Pat and I […], […] skiing in March in the French Alps was even possible? Experts skiers won’t be disappointed by the challenges, with seven marked freeride areas that include Eteygeon and Plan-du-Fou, and the deserted descent at the back of Mont-Fort.By train: 9¾ hours Depart London St Pancras on the 06.18 Eurostar to Paris Gare du Nord; change to Paris Gare de Lyon and take the 11.56 TGV to Lausanne and then take the 15.50 InterRegio train to Sion, arriving at 16.57. And for real adrenalin junkies, the new Black Mamba run from the glacier has angles of 32 degrees.By train: 22 hours Depart London St Pancras on the 11.04 Eurostar to Amsterdam, arriving 16.11; then take the 18.59 Alpen Express to Zell am See, arriving 09.55. It has been by far the best, most efficient, interesting, and FUN time, I’ve ever had skiing.