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Big is Beautiful

In skiing BIG is beautiful, and there is usually one reason why the resort is Big - it's good; people are keen to go there and because of this and because it is high and with a long season, ski lift companies are prepared to spend a great deal of money on lifts and other facilities.

The irony is that very often lift prices for groups are lower in the big resorts than they are in the small ones.

In our view it is a nonsense to talk of a "beginners" resort as being best for beginners. True it probably isn't any good for anyone else, but generally a small resort will have just one nursery area, usually South-facing and usually extremely worn and often icy. We maintain that it is very important to have more than one area for beginners and if possible some North-facing slopes where snow is more likely to be good and soft. The people who are least able to cope with ice (beginners) are sadly those who most often have to encounter it.

Another most important point is that in the great resorts there are usually very long runs available for beginners, a feature which is usually totally missing in the very small resorts, virtually by definition. We feel that it is an important part of a beginner's pleasure that they are able to experience the same thrills as the intermediate and advanced skiers, to make a "journey" on skis from point A to point B. Skiing's great irony is that resorts labelled "beginners' resorts" are usually resorts most unsuited to beginners.
Another argument is quite simply that so often if there is a lack of snow, it will be the small low-lying resorts that are hit.

All this however, completely ignores the fact that obviously a great resort will give the best skiing for the experienced skiers as well as for the beginners. It also ignores the fact that the great resorts have one great intangible - atmosphere.

What is often claimed of small obscure resorts is that they are unspoilt (what else could they claim?). The inference is that they have some sort of character lacking in one of the larger resorts. Well what greater character exists anywhere on the Continent than in Kitzbühel or Wengen?

If this is true you would surely ask why don't all of the ski companies go only to the best resorts? The answer, in our view, is that they would if they could but they have simply been unable to secure the large number of beds that they need at the right price. And because we are not such a huge organisation, this is where we have succeeded. You do not have to spend a lot of money to get good skiing (you have only to compare our prices), and we find increasingly that parties are no longer going to these tiny, obscure ski areas when for the same cost they can have a holiday at one of the great resorts of the Continent.

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