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yorkie81

  • Name: Chris Miller
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 29
  • Life Status: Married
  • Experience: Advanced Skier
  • yorkie81
  • Newbie 980 Points
  • Last seen: Mar 9, 2010
  • Contributions: yorkie81 has reviewed 5 resorts, written 0 blogs, made 0 comments and shared 18 photos
 
    • Overall Rating 4
    • Family Friendly 4
    • Downhill Terrain 4
    • Terrain Park 5
    • Nightlife 5

    Cardrona Ski Field

    Pros: Wide open runs, Great snow conditions. Excellent snow parks.

    Cons: Large lift queues

    We decided to have a skiing / snowboarding holiday in New Zealand and decided on Queenstown as our destination. We flu to Christchurch and drove the 7 long hours across the Southern... Full review

    Source: Cardrona Alpine Resort

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    • Overall Rating 4
    • Family Friendly 5
    • Downhill Terrain 4
    • Terrain Park 1
    • Nightlife 5

    Coronet Peak (New Zealand)

    Pros: Snow Making, Lots of runs, great base station. Easy access from Queenstown

    Cons: Very Busy, slow lifts, large queues for lifts

    We decided to have a skiing / snowboarding holiday in New Zealand and decided on Queenstown as our destination. We flu to Christchurch and drove the 7 long hours across the Southern... Full review

    Source: Coronet Peak

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    • Overall Rating 4
    • Family Friendly 5
    • Downhill Terrain 4
    • Terrain Park 5
    • Nightlife 5

    The Remarkables (New Zealand)

    Pros: Quite, Excellent snow conditions, great runs, friendly people

    Cons: Small ski area, Lifts very slow, dodgy roads to the base station.

    We decided to have a skiing / snowboarding holiday in New Zealand and decided on Queenstown as our destination. We flu to Christchurch and drove the 7 long hours across the Southern... Full review

    Source: The Remarkables

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    • Overall Rating 5
    • Family Friendly 4
    • Downhill Terrain 5
    • Terrain Park 4
    • Nightlife 3


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    St Sorlin d'Arves

    Pros: Endless runs and great snow

    Cons: Quite on a night, not much to d (but I knew this before I booked

    The French ski resort of St Jean d'Arves (in Savoie) is part of the Les Sybelles Ski Area with access to 127 individual pistes. In addition to the skiing in St Jean... Full review

    Source: St Sorlin d'Arves

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    • Overall Rating 3
    • Family Friendly 4
    • Downhill Terrain 2
    • Terrain Park 1
    • Nightlife 5


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    Vallnord Pal - Arinsal review

    Pros: Great Nightlife

    Cons: Poor snow, not great skiing, bored quickly

    My wife and I visited Arinsal in January 2007. I choose Arinsal because this was my wifes first ski holiday so I wanted to take her to a trusted beginners resort with... Full review

    Source: Pal

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