Ski Christmas - Ski New Year - Ski Half Term - Ski Easter - Peak Ski Weeks

With the exception of the Easter ski week, and even these weeks are receiving some interest, bookings are already strong for the Ski Christmas, New year ski, and half term skiing weeks. Typically the New Year skiing holiday is the first to go but this year the half term skiing week seems particularly busy early on.

With such high demand for these peak weeks, its never too early to secure the booking as with demand high, often exceeding ski chalet availability, there won't be very many ski deals, if at all, for these weeks, and why be left with second best, or even the dregs!

Ski Verbier New Year

Verbier has to be one of the best places to ski New Year and celebrate New Years Eve. A lively town with a chic and lively reputation for its apres-ski, Verbier is without doubt one of the stand out New Year ski destinations.

But not only is it a great New year ski party destination, the skiing is also some of the best in Europe and being high altitude, in Verbier there is skiing to 3,300m so it is also a great snow sure luxury ski resort for the New Year ski break.

Chamonix New Year

Looking to ski Chamonix New Year, then one of the finest chalets has to be luxury ski Chalet Prarion. Situated on the slopes in the exclusive ski resort of Les Houches, in the Chamonix Valley, this is the finest ski in ski out chalet the Chamonix Valley has to offer, and was in the news this New Year skiing holiday for the visit of a famous sportsman's wife.

In terms of the resort, Chamonix New Year is a sensible choice being high altitude (3,300m) and has a large historic town where the New Years Eve ski celebrations involve thousands of revellers enjoy the town squares firework display before continuing well into the morning.

So for a great Chamonix New Year holiday, check out the links above for some a very special ski in ski out luxury catered chalet and have a great New Year ski holiday.

New Year Ski

As the lighter nights start to arrive, thinking about a New Year ski holiday might seem a little strange, but with demand far outstripping supply, even in the current economic climate, this is one week to get you skates, sorry, skis on for!

The favourite destinations are always the high altitude snow sure resorts that have extensive skiing as well to minimise lift queue and congestion on the slopes. Therefore expect the resorts of Chamonix, Courchevel, Meribel, St Anton, Tignes, Val d'Isere, Val Thorens and Zermatt to sell out first.  But the others won't be far behind, such as the Portes du Soleil which is a popular family ski retreat during the New Year school holidays.

Val d'Isere

If you are looking for a great New Year skiing holiday, Val d'Isere might be the perfect resort to visit. Situated at 1850m, it has a great snow record with its slopes typically open as early as the third week of November, and sometimes sooner. Being Val d'Isere, it is also one of the most hip, trendy, and fun places to be to ski and celebrate New Year Eve.

However, being one of the best ski resorts in the world, already many of the best luxury catered chalets in Val d'Isere have been booked for the New Year ski week so now is the time to make the booking! So if you want a great chalet New Year in Val d'Isere, why not take a look at one of our recommended links for possible options.

Ski New Years Eve

For those of you who haven't yet discovered skiing New Year, let me try and enlighten you on what you are missing. Firstly you have a great excuse in respect of why you can't make Aunt Betty's New Year's Eve Soiree, no cheap sherry or dreadful punch to suffer, but instead, wake up in the morning, ski from your luxury catered chalet, have a lazy lunch and a vin chaud, before skiing back to your luxury catered chalet, a relaxing dip in the hot tub,  before freshening up for a great catered dinner prepared by a professional chef. And if you book a true luxury ski chalet, a champagne dinner at that!

Then its off in to town to join the thousands of skiers heading out to celebrate New Years Eve after a great ski day!

Skiing New Year

You finished the the turkey, all the Christmas pudding, so do you now spend the next week, your vacation time, trawling the January Sales buying what people didn't want before Christmas, or do you jump on the next flight and get in some great skiing over the New Year? I guess as a male the choice is a simple one, as it would be for my wife, forget the sales, here's a chance to get some fresh air, sunshine, powder, and ski New Years Eve!

I for one find this one of the best times to ski, Christmas is out of the way, the family get together all complete, and now its 'me time', and in our case this means our family of four, and a chance to blast around the mountains and enjoy some early skiing.

Skiing New Year will of course be busy, but if you ski New Year in the high resorts such as Chamonix,  Verbier, the Three Valleys (Courchevel, Meribel, and Val Thorens), or Espace d'Killy (Tignes and Val d'Isere), then you have the extensive networks to ensure the slopes aren't too crowded as they can be in lower resorts that become more congested as skiers go higher to get the best snow.

So get in early and get the best New Year chalets before the people in the know get there first!

Book Now To Avoid Disappointment!

It may be surprising, but if you really want to book the best ski chalets in the Alps to celebrate NewYear in your favourite ski resort, now is the time to start your search. Few if any worthy ski chalets, least of all the best luxury catered chalets,  are available the months leading into the NewYear. Typically the best resorts, and these include in the Alps:

• Chamonix
• Courchevel
• Meribel
• St Anton
• Val d'Isere
• Verbier

Will have availability from September onwards, and the top luxury chalets will have the sold out signs by the end of March! Over the coming months we will bring you some of the best chalets and the best deals for the ski New Year week.

But if you can't wait that long, here are four great operators that really can provide the very best New Year ski accommodation:

• Chamonix Exclusive
• Discover Verbier
• Ski In Ski Out
• Ski In Luxury

Ski New Year

Ski New Year is the new Blog for operators and holiday makers looking for ski New Year advice on where's cool to be and ski, featuring in the process some of the best New Year ski chalets to be seen at.

We'll bring you all the gossip on who's been where, who's meant to be going there, and on what's cool and what's not in respect of the ski resorts and ski conditions that make the best ski destinations for your ski New Year holiday.

Other contributors are welcome, so please comment or send us possible articles that may be of interest.