Best ski resorts for groups

Here are chalet specialist Ski Total’s top five recommendations for group bookings:

St Anton, Austria
With the biggest ski area in Austria, legendary apres-ski from the Mooserwirt to Krazy Kanguruh and a completely pedestrianised town centre, St Anton has long remained a firm favourite for group ski holidays. The resort also offers activities for non-skiers such as tobogganing, ice skating and a leisure- centre equipped with three swimming pools, a bowling alley and ‘Sauna World’. It is also part of Austria’s largest interconnected ski area.

Ski Total is offering seven nights on a chalet board basis at four diamond Chalet Rosanna in St Anton, Austria from £859 per person. Price includes return flights from London Gatwick or Manchester to Innsbruck and transfers, departing on March 25.

Val D’Isere, France
Home to some of the best skiing in Europe, guaranteed snow and some of the best night life in the Alps, Val D’Is-¨re has always been a favourite for groups. Those visiting the resort can benefit from Espace Killy’s exceptional range of pistes, an area covering 300km of runs, and the new gondola, which opened in December 2016, and has increased capacity by 40% per hour.

In addition to skiing and its world famous apres-ski bars including La Folie Douce and Dicks Tea Bar, Val D’Isere also offers an excellent range of restaurants both on the slopes and in the town as well as activities such as ice climbing, ice driving and snowmobiling.

Ski Total is offering seven nights on a chalet board basis at three diamond Plus Extra Chalet Champs Avalin in Val D’Isere, France from £859 per person. Price includes return flights departing on April 1.

Champoluc, Italy
Part of the Monterosa ski area, the Italian resort of Champoluc is one of Europe’s hidden gems and is the perfect option for groups keen to experience a more relaxed ski holiday. The resort offers great skiing with its neighbouring resorts Gressoney and Alagna all on one lift pass and the pistes are often relatively uncrowded. Champoluc also has fabulous mountain restaurants and informal, relaxed apres-ski bars.

Ski Total is offering seven nights on a chalet board basis at four diamond Plus Chalet Hotel Breithorn from £689 per person. Price includes return flights from Manchester to Turin and transfers, departing on March 17.

Meribel, France
Located in the Three Valleys, the largest ski area in the world, Meribel is a great option for groups with a mixed range of ski abilities, offering 600km of piste from gentle green and blue runs to challenging black runs as well as off-piste skiing. Meribel also offers a range of non-ski activities such as a scenic flight over the resort and snowshoeing as well as apr-¨s-ski choices from the Rond Point and The Pub to Dicks Tea Bar, La Taverne and Scotts.

Ski Total is offering seven nights on a chalet board basis to four diamond Chalet Oxalys in Meribel, France from £829 per person. Price includes return flights from a selection of UK airports to either Chambery or Geneva and transfers, departing on April 1.

Tignes, France
Snowsure resort Tignes indisputably has some of the world’s best skiing thanks to the ‘Espace Killy’ ski area which links up to neighbouring Val D’Isere. The resort also has exceptionally long seasons due to the Grande Motte Glacier meaning groups can ski long into April. Visitors can find a range of activities throughout Tignes’s three villages; Le-Lac, Lavachet and Val Claret, whether its lively apres-ski at Le Loop bar or the more relaxed Marmot Arms as well as husky sledding, paragliding or just catching a film at the local cinema.

Ski Total is offering seven nights on a chalet board basis to four diamond Plus Chalet Atlas in Tignes, France from £999 per person. Price includes return flights from a selection of UK airports to either Chambery or Geneva and transfers, departing on March 25.

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