Where will i find a winter wonderland?
If you are going skiing or boarding, snow is obviously the priority. In the northern hemisphere February is high season, the days are starting to lengthen and the snow is usually good and plentiful. But what do you do if for whatever reason you can only travel at either end of the season? One quite often hears the advice “go high”. Yes it’s true the snow will probably build up quickly and last longest on the higher-resort upper slopes. But these can be exposed and extreme wind chill can turn a day on these slopes into a matter of survival. The other problem is if the runs get a lot of sun. This can turn them slushy during the afternoons and after a cold night they can be very icy in the mornings. The best idea is to try to choose one of the higher resorts that has a good range of station heights and has runs facing as many directions as possible. Areas that come to mind are Les Quatres Vallées and Jungfrau in Switzerland, Les Trois Vallées in France and the western Alps in Italy. Mou
