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The Sunday Times: "Clear, concise and easy to use, its greatest virtue is its unwillingness to pull punches"
Read a sample resort page: Chatel | Fernie
- comprehensive - over 1,100 resorts covered, over 430 of them described in detail
- detailed - as well as detailed descriptions of the terrain and evaluations for different levels of expertise, there are all the facts you need, down to ski school hours and prices, and lift pass information and prices.
- information on the best places to eat and the best après-ski spots, as well as information on accommodation and getting there. We draw on hundreds of readers' reports as well as the editors' own experiences
- impartial - the book takes a no-nonsense, critical approach to resorts, with clear lists of their drawbacks at the start of each major resort description
- reliable - the editors, Chris Gill and Dave Watts, are graduates of Which? magazine and the most experienced evaluators of ski resorts in the business (Chris founded The Good Skiing Guide and edited it for seven years before starting Where to Ski in 1994)
- up to date - the book is finalised and printed weeks later than rival guides so that it is up to date for the coming season, with all the latest news on new lifts, runs, snowmaking and other developments
- attractively designed - the book has an accessible multi-column layout with hundreds of full-colour graphics; vitally, these include 125 mountain maps plus scale plans of resorts and national road maps as well as
- lots of carefully chosen photographs to give you a better picture of the resorts
- reader-friendly - the book gives you several routes into its mass of information: shortlists, ratings, lists of resort pros and cons, snappy verdicts
- more than a resort guide it gives you all you need to know, with information on tour operator programmes, weekends away, ski improvement clinics, family holidays, luxury chalets, off-piste safety, the latest equipment, driving to the Alps and much more.
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