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Les Gets - December 2025 non skiers

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Remmy123 · 14/05/2025 18:22

Hello

i have posted a while ago but we have decided Les Gets would be a good resort for us at Christmas we are a family of non- skiers!

double checking with the more experience mums at skkiers before we get the flights this will be ok??

we are doing it DIY as coming in cheaper so any ski school or ski hire companies welcome

or..do we push it out to Feb half term? We chose Christmas as I don't like Christmas!! Will we have snow?!

family with x2 teens and an 8 year old

Thanks

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JustAnotherDayWorkingAtHome · 14/05/2025 22:30

Les Gets is very low so there may not be enough snow at Xmas. That early I’d go higher.

abricotine · 14/05/2025 22:50

Christmas is not a sure thing as Les Gets is at a low altitude. You will probably be OK but worst case you could have rain and not much snow. It’s always a gamble going low but I know a few families go there regularly and generally they have a good time: Feb half term is more expensive, more snow sure but much busier. The slopes are definitely suited to beginners and low intermediates and it’s a nice straightforward place with a nice town and good places to eat on the mountain. I’d recommend Peak Snowsports in Les Gets and the Portes du Soleil.

1apenny2apenny · 14/05/2025 23:08

Les Gets is too low for Christmas. Look at Tignes, Val D’Isere or Val Thorens/Meribel. You could potentially spend out £££ and be very disappointed.

abricotine · 15/05/2025 09:08

1apenny2apenny · 14/05/2025 23:08

Les Gets is too low for Christmas. Look at Tignes, Val D’Isere or Val Thorens/Meribel. You could potentially spend out £££ and be very disappointed.

The problem with these places at Christmas though is many are very bleak and above the tree line so if the weather is bad you can’t see a thing which doesn’t make for a great beginner week either. They are also expensive. Somewhere in the middle with some trees is probably best!

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Remmy123 · 15/05/2025 10:30

Thanks all now I'm completely confused again

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abricotine · 15/05/2025 17:37

Sorry OP. Much like where you spend your summer holiday, there are a lot of opinions flying around that focus on worst case scenarios and are difficult to predict. If you look back at Les Gets in the last few years, they had generally decent snow but a few years back a dreadful New Year where the weather warmed up and the rain fell and it was not great. In any event they will keep the nursery slopes running and any stored or artificial snow made by then will be prioritised for key pistes keeping lessons running.

In all other respects Les Gets is great. If you go in Feb you will have a better chance of decent snow but along with New Year it’s possibly the only week busier than Xmas week. It will be built into the price of a break in Les Gets that it’s a bit of a gamble early season, so if you look up in Avoriaz (1800) you will find you pay more for the certainty it brings.

Morzine & Chatel are similar. It has the advantage of having easier access to Avoriaz if snow is really bad but when you are booked into lessons they will nearly always go ahead in the place you booked anyway.

tignes, Val d’Isere, Les Menuires/VT and other places are indeed much more snow sure early season but the transfer is longer and if the weather is poor, visibility is not good in those places. although you could also have good weather and it not be a problem! You are also paying quite high prices for an expansive ski area you won’t use as you are beginners. If you are going in the Easter holiday when weather is often better, these are very good options late season.

If you ask on Snow heads.com they will again recommend places like Montgenevre or Les Saisies which are smaller and better value and will have a balance of altitude and conditions. There are also plenty of places in Switzerland that would suit (and I’m sure Austria which I don’t know well) but not everyone likes to pay Swiss prices. But you will still get a range of opinions and disagreements as that’s the internet! skiing in recent years is very much about trying to find a balance of conditions and cost but it is very rare that a week is a total wash out or white out no matter where you choose and you will still have a great time and hopefully get absolutely hooked on skiing!

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Remmy123 · 18/05/2025 20:39

abricotine · 15/05/2025 17:37

Sorry OP. Much like where you spend your summer holiday, there are a lot of opinions flying around that focus on worst case scenarios and are difficult to predict. If you look back at Les Gets in the last few years, they had generally decent snow but a few years back a dreadful New Year where the weather warmed up and the rain fell and it was not great. In any event they will keep the nursery slopes running and any stored or artificial snow made by then will be prioritised for key pistes keeping lessons running.

In all other respects Les Gets is great. If you go in Feb you will have a better chance of decent snow but along with New Year it’s possibly the only week busier than Xmas week. It will be built into the price of a break in Les Gets that it’s a bit of a gamble early season, so if you look up in Avoriaz (1800) you will find you pay more for the certainty it brings.

Morzine & Chatel are similar. It has the advantage of having easier access to Avoriaz if snow is really bad but when you are booked into lessons they will nearly always go ahead in the place you booked anyway.

tignes, Val d’Isere, Les Menuires/VT and other places are indeed much more snow sure early season but the transfer is longer and if the weather is poor, visibility is not good in those places. although you could also have good weather and it not be a problem! You are also paying quite high prices for an expansive ski area you won’t use as you are beginners. If you are going in the Easter holiday when weather is often better, these are very good options late season.

If you ask on Snow heads.com they will again recommend places like Montgenevre or Les Saisies which are smaller and better value and will have a balance of altitude and conditions. There are also plenty of places in Switzerland that would suit (and I’m sure Austria which I don’t know well) but not everyone likes to pay Swiss prices. But you will still get a range of opinions and disagreements as that’s the internet! skiing in recent years is very much about trying to find a balance of conditions and cost but it is very rare that a week is a total wash out or white out no matter where you choose and you will still have a great time and hopefully get absolutely hooked on skiing!

Thanks for your help we looked at Montgenevre and looks perfect for us!!

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abricotine · 21/05/2025 20:53

Oh that’s wonderful! Maybe I just should have made that suggestion from the start! 🙂hope you have a fab time

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