Hill Skiing Holidays

Hill Skiing Holidays - Favourite winter getaway for Brits, enjoy the thrills of the slopes 

Hill skiing holidays remain a firm favourite with the British public, with hordes of winter sport enthusiasts heading for the Alps from November to April, and discovering the joys and thrills of the slopes. From Andorra and the Pyrenees, to the French Alps and the Dolomites in Italy, there's a great number of mountains to discover and a host of hill skiing holidays to be enjoyed by all levels of skier and snowboarder.

 

From young children to senior citizens, complete novices to competent professionals, the sport of skiing is open to all ages and abilities, with hill skiing holidays a perfect way to join together and enjoy the pistes en masse. Hill skiing holidays enable groups or family members to share a combined passion and enjoy adventures navigating the trails together, or allow for each person to be fully catered for according to ability, whether it be with private lessons, guided off-piste expeditions or non-skier activities, and come together when the lifts close. A great choice for a family winter getaway, hill skiing holidays can cater to all ages, and offer safe pedestrian villages, jam-packed age-appropriate children’s ski clubs and tuition programmes as well as extensive off-the-slope facilities. Good choices for a family hill skiing holiday include the resorts of Serre Chevalier, Bad Gastein, Zermatt, Val Gardena and Selva. Budget hill skiing holidays include the Andorran resorts of Soldeu, Pas de la Casa and Pal Arinsal, or some of the up-and-coming Eastern European resorts, such as Bansko in Bulgaria or Poiana Brasov in Romania.    

 

Hill skiing holidays are offered throughout the world, with the nearby ski centres in Europe and the increasingly popular North American resorts being the most visited by UK skiers. Favourite established ski centres that remain popular for a hill skiing and mountain holiday include resorts in the Three Valleys such as Meribel and Courchevel, Tignes in l'Espace Killy and Westendorf in Ski Welt in Austria. Most resorts featured on a hill skiing holiday are highly accessible from regional airports, although some do require a fairly long transfer the other end (generally included in the package price), with other resorts accessed by ski-train or a self-drive option.