Easter Ski Holidays

Well it has to be said that the recent Easter ski holidays were one of the most disappointing I have ever experienced. Whilst there was skiing in the high altitude ski resorts, with the poor snow throughout the seasonal and the unseasonally warm weather at Easter, slopes were hard packed and lower down patchy. Its certainly not the norm and last year we enjoyed 50cm of fresh snow and 1m the year before. The good news from ski Easter perspective, least of all from a family ski holidays one, is that typically a bad year is followed by a good one. Lets hope therefore tradition is maintained and Easter is a good one next year as its great for families with longer, warmer days and typically great snow too.

Ski Half Term

Well it was certainly a very good half term ski week with snow falling the second at the start of the half term ski holidays. Up to this point many skiers had had little snow since the start of the New Year. We were however out and about in the family friendly ski resort of Les Houches in the Chamonix Valley, the first week of the half term ski holidays, prior to the snowfall and  found conditions to be surprisingly good with good snow and only the very occasional ice patch as you can see from the video below:

Luxury Ski Resorts

Some of the great luxury ski resorts are also great family ski resorts as well with high altitude skiing, plenty of blue runs, and limitless skiing. Such resorts that fit this criteria include Les Houches in the Chamonix Valley, Courchevel in the Three Valleys, and Zermatt under the Matterhorn.

Family Chalet

Luxury Chalet Prarion is one of the finest ski in ski out chalets in the Alps and offers a level of service and style that few can rival. Priced competitively at the luxury end of the mass market (from £7,200 in low season rising to £14,500 for the New year), it offers four staff which includes your own chef, on call, driver, a host, and most importantly a Nanny who provides two hours a night entertainment for the children, as well as helps get the children ready and with collection. The latter can also provide an in-house nanny service (costs apply for nanny service only), so you don't have to bring your own or find one when you arrive.

The luxury chalet also boasts six en-suite bedrooms (sleeps 12), a Games Room, cinema projection, and a sunken hot tub.

Ski New Year

With schools becoming ever stricter on taking children out of school term time (I will avoid getting on my soap box on whether it really makes a difference with younger children), the New Year ski holidays are becoming increasingly popular with family ski groups along with the Easter ski break. Families that like this idea should take note of the fact that prices however are not always 'family friendly' and despite the high price tags for this week, availability goes incredibly quickly.

Family Chalets

We're pleased to announce the imminent launch of a new site called Family Chalets the backend of summer which feature the best family chalets from around the Alps. The family chalets label will only be appplied to true family chalets by all accounts, operators that provide family facilities such as games, Wii, toys, sledges, cots, highchairs, etc as part of the service, as well as family friendly ski staff such as children's entertainers, nanny services, etc.

What sets this family ski operator aside many others is that it will also be run by family skiers, so the experts actually come with real experience!

Ski In Ski Out Family Chalet

If you are looking for one of the best family chalets, and ski in ski out luxury catered chalet at that, Chalet Prarion has to be one of the chalets high on the list with:

• 6 en-suite bedrooms sleeping 12
• Games Room
• Sunken Hot tub
• Cinema projection
• 4 staff including a childrens entertainer

And more to the point, some of the best prices you will find.