Thinking of going back to Boro around the 15th Dec, bit silly but is everthing still open as normal ?? just been looking at the archive webcam and the place looks empty but bucket loads of snow
Snow was early this year. The instructors have trials in December when the snow arrives, so some lifts are opened. You may be lucky but best to watch for snow before jumping on a plane.
Arrived one year for Christmas - no snow but by next morning we were skiing, even on lower slopes. When it snows out there, it can really fall
If you are making your own arrangements and are not tied to school holidays, January can be good but cold. Christmas and New Year usually has snow, great atmosphere but busy. Not everything will be open before Christmas but enough. If there's snow, the locals and BG ski teams will make the most of it.
Have you looked at the archived web cam pictures on this board? They go back a few years and may give you some idea. Interesting viewing.
The best position to be in, is to be able to ...
If you are making your own arrangements and are not tied to school holidays, January can be good but cold. Christmas and New Year usually has snow, great atmosphere but busy. Not everything will be open before Christmas but enough. If there's snow, the locals and BG ski teams will make the most of it.
Have you looked at the archived web cam pictures on this board? They go back a few years and may give you some idea. Interesting viewing.
The best position to be in, is to be able to go at short notice, then you will get the best snow.
Anything before Xmas is a risk - this year we had cracking snow and although the resort was open they only opened the lifts at the weekends because the package tours had not started. Perfect snow, lying unused. Criminal.