Easter Ski Availability and March-April Skiing Special Offers

Enjoy an Easter break in a beautiful chalet with log fire or ski-in ski-out apartment and much less queues on the slopes in a charming French resort. Enjoy snow-sure resorts for Easter.

Our special offers will be available in May but we are already taking advance registration bookings for 2008/2009 season with a low deposit of only £100 per party. Any special offer that we have when we launch the programme will be automatically applied to those who have made advance bookings.

Below is a very small selection of what is currently available for apartments to ski Easter 2009. Please browse our website for information on self-catering chalets, apartments and hotels. Click for our list of resorts or for our resort selector.

Don’t delay, call us now on 0844 576 0170. Many of our popular residences book up early for February half-term ski holiday peak dates week 14/02.

We are open Monday – Friday 9am-6pm & Saturday 10am-4pm. Or e-mail reservations@peakretreats.co.uk

Click on selected accommodation for more details (once on resort page click again on selected accommodation)

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Latest snow conditions as of 23/04/08.

We have left the latest snow conditions for you to have a nose at in case you were thinking of booking up in late April 2009. This will give you a clue to what the snow conditions were like this April; even at this time

(23 April) these high altitude resorts are still seeing snow cover…however normally resorts will still close around the middle of April and most of the below resorts will be closing this weekend (26/04).

Argentiere/Chamonix – 650cm on upper slopes. Last snowed on 22nd April (20cm). On piste considered ‘excellent’.

Flaine – 405cm on upper slopes. Last snowed 22nd April (10cm). On piste considered ‘excellent’.

Le Grand Bornand – 140cm on upper slopes. Last snowed 22nd April (10cm). On piste considered ‘excellent’.

Les Deux Alpes – 230cm on upper slopes. Last snowed 18th April (5cm). On piste considered ‘excellent’.

Les Saisies – 180cm on upper slopes. Last snowed 22nd April (2cm). On piste considered ‘good’.

Montchavin/Les Coches – 290cm on upper slopes. Last snowed 22nd April (10cm). On piste considered ‘excellent’ (all lifts on 23/04/08 were still functional for Montchavin/Les Coches)

Montgenevre – 140cm on upper slopes. Last snowed on 20th April (3cm). On piste considered ‘excellent’.

Peisey/Vallandry – 245cm on upper slopes. Last snowed on 22nd April (10cm). On piste considered ‘excellent’

Serre Chevalier – 240cm on upper slopes. Last snowed on 21st April (10cm). On piste considered ‘excellent’

Saint-Martin de Belleville – 195cm on upper slopes. Last snowed on 18th April (5cm). On piste considered ‘excellent’

Below is a small selection of some of our recommended skiing accommodation for Easter 2009. We have around 36 resorts on offer so do check the rest of our website for details as this is only a handful of what we have available. To avoid disappointment call a member of the reservations team today to check availability.

To view accommodation please click on the resort name below and then scroll down to view all accommodation we feature in this resort. To view more details of a property please click on its name e.g ‘Le Village de Lessy’.

For all special offers please see details on the special offers page. View here for details

For all February 2009 ski special offers view here

For Christmas & New Year 2008/2009 availability view here

Easter Availability and Deals - Week starting 4 April 2009

Self-catering ski apartments Easter 2009

Easter Availability and Deals - Week starting 11 April 2009

Self-catering ski apartments Easter 2009

Snow record

Les Deux Alpes has Europe’s largest skiable glacier where skiing is still available in August (glacier is above 10,000 ft). No need to say more.

2006’s snow record for a few suggested resorts (Snow heights in cm at top and bottom of the slopes):

* 450 cm is 14 feet deep of snow…

** skiing normally starts from a much higher point on Alpe d’Huez side

As a comparison Meribel (3 Vallées), one of the most well known snowsure resort in France (we offer stays including short breaks in Brides-les-Bains which has direct gondola access to the slopes in Meribel). We also offer a new 4-star ski-in ski-out residence in Saint-Martin de Belleville. From St-Martin de Belleville you only need to take two lifts (10 mins) and you are at the top of Meribel.

Nearly all our resorts have a snow range above 1500m (around 5,000ft). Altitude is however not the only important factor. Some areas like the Grand Massif or Mont-Blanc Val d’Arly benefit from a microclimate because of their close proximity to Europe’s highest peak, Mont-Blanc. These areas have a much more reliable snow record than other resorts at the same altitude or even than some higher-up. Other important factors for good snow are North-facing slopes as whatever cover they get will simply last longer. What lies below the snow cover is also of importance: a few centimetres will be enough to ski on pasture whereas more will be required to cover a rocky surface. Finally resorts that have snow cannons to cover the lower slopes (generally the nursery slopes) offer a good guarantee. These will normally run at night to top-up on natural snow cover. Above all what is important is to check the hard facts as in the end the snow history over a period of time is the only reliable indicator.

Click here for historical snow records for more resorts

Peak Retreats offers Easter ski holidays in France. Enjoy a ski Easter break with our Easter ski deals. We offer Easter ski package holidays with ferry or Eurotunnel included or just accommodation only. Our Easter Ski holiday breaks also offer great discounts so ski in March or April and save. April snow can still be very good. Please ask us to check any past snow record.

FOR AVAILABILITY ON OTHER DATES PLEASE ENQUIRE ON 0844 576 0170