Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Hi Chris.

Chamonix - for advanced sking / boarding and off piste I'd definately recommend Cham, amazing. Quality of snow when I was there was great too. Good idea on taking a packed lunch - save you £10 quid each, stacks up for a family over 7 days

However some of the piste runs are short, and for borders many are narrow; the queues at the Gondolas can be long (in March I queued an hour and was at one of the Gondolas at 8.00) and as Cham is a number of ranges (Le Tour, Argentiere etc) you have to travel by Bus to get to most of them.

I will go again as my expensive holiday and Pamps as my affordable one

Hi we meaning 3 people are skiing in france next year in les houches,the accomadation was £500 for 1 week begining march in a 4 * apartment.The flights arnt out yet byt on last years prices they should be max £200 for jet 2 to geneva,the lift passes are £350 for us all.£1050 in total.I have looked for bulgaria for the same time in a 2 * in borovets it was £1300.Im sure with the inflation in borovets we will be spending the same.If you ski in some of the well known french resorts they are more expensive to eat on the mountain.I love bulgaria but the snow at the moment compared to france is tiny.

chamonix is definitely not one for beginners and maybe not even intermediates. Also as nooky says it is really spreadout and is more little 4-5 mini resorts in the one valley.

was there 3 years ago and found the ski instructors not at all helpful. only interested in going on their favourite runs even if they were far beyond our capabilities. didn't feel i really learnt anything. many of the beginners in our group were in tears on several occasions.

we also did the going to supermarket trick as it was far to expensive for anything else.

borovets is very cheap by comparison but you do need to watch for those people who try to scam an extra lev from you