Ski Half Term

As we get close to the children returning to school, more and more of us will be turning our attention to the ski season and which school holidays we will be taking them to the slopes. For the more affluent families, this is often two holidays, and sometimes three with Christmas skiing and the ski half term weeks being the two most popular. The New Year ski week is often less so, partly due to this week being one of the most expensive in the ski calendar, but the first week of January is growing each year. Not only popular with Russians celebrating their New Year, it is also popular with many families who's children attend public schools.

I guess however that there is little competition for the most popular family ski week, with the ski half term week always a sell out and this year expect the weeks commencing the 12th and 19th of February to be the scene of five year olds embarrassing us all as they ski both faster, and with more style than us! The Fourth dimension is of course the Easter ski break, once a quiet time, with later snowfalls and longer / warmer days means its popularity is fast competing with Christmas and will probably soon pass it as the most week with the family.

Ski New Year

If you are thinking about skiing New Year, and you haven't sorted your accommodation out so far, now would be as good as time as any to make the commitment. Already many chalets have been booked, and the real rush comes in August and September, leaving little in October.

Luxury Chalet Chamonix

Six bedroom Chalet Prarion is the best ski in ski out chalet in the valley. This luxury ski chalet sleeps 12 in six en-suite bedrooms and includes a jacuzzi, projection cinema, pool, Games Room, childcare facilities, a chef, chauffeur, childcare service and much more.

The chalet decor blends warmth and character with style and good taste. Leather, oak, and tasteful furnishing ensure this is one luxury chalet experience you won't forget in a hurry.

Family Chalet

If you are looking for a great family chalet, Chalet Prarion in Chamonix has to be one of the chalets high on the list in our view. Situated right on the piste, it boasts a Games Room, Wii, Home Cinema, Projection Cinema, a sunken hot tub, and four staff (professional chef, chalet host, on call driver, children's entertainer), and rightly claims to be the best ski in ski out chalet in the Chamonix Valley. Not convinced, click on the link above and you probably soon will be. And what's more, before you think it's nice but it'll be too expensive, check out their availability page and you might be pleasantly surprised. True luxury for the family at a price many can afford.

Luxury Catered Chalets

Some of the best luxury catered chalets shouldn't be great chalets, providing a great service, they should in our opinion be in a great ski location too. That means either a stones through away from lifts or the ski slopes, or ideally a ski in ski out chalet that is next to the piste. And if you want to be sure that ski in ski out really does mean slopeside, and avoids cross country skiing as some chalets that claim the title, forget to mention the roads, paths, and gardens you will need to cross, we recommend Ski In Ski Out Chalets, the ski in ski out specialist.

Ski In Ski Out

If you are looking for a ski in ski out luxury chalet Chamonix, the best chalet by some way is Chalet Prarion, a six bedroom luxury chalet that features its own Games Room, cinema projection, a luxury hot tub, a professional chef, host, driver, and a childrens entertainer. Yet the prices for up to 12 people range from just £7,200 to £14,500 for the New Year ski week.

Easter Ski

What a great Easter Ski holiday to finish off the season! I say finish off the season, but here in Chamonix there is still plenty of snow and skiing to be had with two weeks left of the season and a reported 355cm at the top station (source Ski Club of Great Britain).

So when people ask me what its like to ski Chamonix at Easter, the facts I guess speak for themselves.