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Three ways to spend a week in the mountains
Each option carries two prices: what the provider quotes, and our honest estimate of what you’d really spend once the lift pass, hire and lessons are added.
- Quoted package
- The provider’s advertised price per person — usually flights, transfer and accommodation.
- Estimated real total
- Package plus lift pass, equipment hire, lessons and known extras. Yours may differ.
Demo pricesEvery figure on these pages is illustrative and has not been researched or checked.
Nº 1Value
Sauze d’Oulx
Via Lattea, Italy
30 Jan – 6 Feb 2027 · 7 nights · self-catered apartments · from Gatwick
Cheapest real total by some distance.
Quoted package
£749 pp
Estimated real total
£1,245 pp
Photo Benjamin Voros · CC0
Nº 2Mid-range
Val Thorens
Les 3 Vallées, France
30 Jan – 6 Feb 2027 · 7 nights · catered chalet · from Gatwick
Highest resort in Europe — near-guaranteed snow.
Quoted package
£1,080 pp
Estimated real total
£1,575 pp
Photo DimiTalen · CC0
Nº 3Premium
St Anton am Arlberg
Ski Arlberg, Austria
6 – 13 Feb 2027 · 7 nights · 4★ hotel · from Heathrow
Legendary après.
Quoted package
£1,490 pp
Estimated real total
£2,080 pp
Photo Erich Fend · CC0
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| Attribute | Nº 1 · ValueSauze d’Oulx | Nº 2 · Mid-rangeVal Thorens | Nº 3 · PremiumSt Anton am Arlberg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per personQuoted package | £749 | £1,080 | £1,490 |
| Estimated real total | £1,245 | £1,575 | £2,080 |
| The weekDates | 30 Jan – 6 Feb 2027 | 30 Jan – 6 Feb 2027 | 6 – 13 Feb 2027 |
| Flights from | London Gatwick | London Gatwick | London Heathrow |
| Transfer | ≈ 1 h 45 m from Turin | ≈ 2 h 30 m from Geneva | ≈ 1 h 30 m from Innsbruck |
| Where we’d stayAccommodation | Residence Sportinia — Self-catered apartments | Chalet Les Lauzes — Catered chalet | Hotel Alpenrose — 4★ hotel |
| Board basis | Self-catered | Catered (breakfast, afternoon tea, dinner) | Half board |
| To the lifts | 350 m to Clotes chairlift | 50 m to Péclet gondola | 200 m to Galzigbahn |
| The mountainSki area | 400 km · Via Lattea | 600 km · Les 3 Vallées | 305 km · Ski Arlberg |
| Resort / top lift | 1,509 m / 2,823 m | 2,300 m / 3,230 m | 1,304 m / 2,811 m |
| Who it suitsBeginners | |||
| Intermediates | |||
| Advanced | |||
| Snow reliability | |||
| Après |
Demo pricesEstimated totals assume hire, lessons and a full-area lift pass.
Nº 1 · Value
- Quoted package
- £749
- Estimated real total
- £1,245
- Dates
- 30 Jan – 6 Feb 2027
- Flights from
- London Gatwick
- Transfer
- ≈ 1 h 45 m from Turin
- Accommodation
- Residence Sportinia — Self-catered apartments
- Board basis
- Self-catered
- To the lifts
- 350 m to Clotes chairlift
- Ski area
- 400 km · Via Lattea
- Resort / top lift
- 1,509 m / 2,823 m
- Beginners
- Intermediates
- Advanced
- Snow reliability
- Après
Nº 2 · Mid-range
- Quoted package
- £1,080
- Estimated real total
- £1,575
- Dates
- 30 Jan – 6 Feb 2027
- Flights from
- London Gatwick
- Transfer
- ≈ 2 h 30 m from Geneva
- Accommodation
- Chalet Les Lauzes — Catered chalet
- Board basis
- Catered (breakfast, afternoon tea, dinner)
- To the lifts
- 50 m to Péclet gondola
- Ski area
- 600 km · Les 3 Vallées
- Resort / top lift
- 2,300 m / 3,230 m
- Beginners
- Intermediates
- Advanced
- Snow reliability
- Après
Nº 3 · Premium
- Quoted package
- £1,490
- Estimated real total
- £2,080
- Dates
- 6 – 13 Feb 2027
- Flights from
- London Heathrow
- Transfer
- ≈ 1 h 30 m from Innsbruck
- Accommodation
- Hotel Alpenrose — 4★ hotel
- Board basis
- Half board
- To the lifts
- 200 m to Galzigbahn
- Ski area
- 305 km · Ski Arlberg
- Resort / top lift
- 1,304 m / 2,811 m
- Beginners
- Intermediates
- Advanced
- Snow reliability
- Après