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Austriaintropic For many, Austria ticks all the boxes – picture-book-pretty mountain villages, wonderful skiing and boarding, first-class accommodation and exuberant après ski. But it is worth noting that most of the resorts are quite low and often involve a crowded gondola ride up to the ski area, or even a bus journey at the start and end of the day. The food is solid and hearty but doesn’t offer much for non-meat eaters. Two of the country’s four big glaciers (Kitzsteinhorn and Hinterux) offer year-round skiing, while the other two (Solden and Stubaital) guarantee snow from November to May.

Seefeld

Seefeldskiing Ski wannabe

Would it be third time lucky for accident-prone ski wannabe Nicole Carmichael - or an early flight home from the sunny slopes in Austria?

3 days in Ischgl

3 Days in Ischgl

Bafflingly little-plyed by Brits, the world-class slopes, big-name gigs and high-end hedonism of Austria’s gaudiest gem pack a heady punch. Rupert Mellor rocked up to see R’n’B princess Rihanna get THE 07/08 party started.

My First Ski Trip

Bambi Dextrous

Nobody forgets their first time. Ski virgin Alison Ledger is stunned to find her snow legs among the peaks of Mayrhofen, in Austria’s Zillertal.

Skiing in Kirchberg

skiinginkirchbergpic Kitzbuhel's more affordable neighbour

It’s one of skiing’s eternal clichés that you have to ‘do’ the posh resort experience and famously tough descents of Kitzbühel at least once in your lifetime.

Family skiing in Neukirchen, Austria

All together kookie… … skiing with the Count

Graeme Spratley’s annual trip to the Austrian mountains starts with a slightly creepy B-movie feel but soon warms up to a family blockbuster

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Destination of the month

Lying at the heart of the massive Three Valleys ski area, Méribel is one of the most popular resorts in the Alps. It has 200 lifts and 600km of well groomed pistes and is ideal for intermediates – but like all the big resorts, caters for the less experienced extremely well. Boarders and free skiers have two parks and access to five more in the other Three Valleys resorts. The main village kept a rustic chalet feel during the building boom of the Seventies and many of the traditional buildings have been recently refurbished to the highest standards. The resorts is famous for its high spirited après scene.