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| Hi Ace1,
Thanks for your answers!
Well for the bus question, in the cities I used to work before there was some companies that were organizing ski trips. In the end because we were a group we payed a lot less for the tickets and transport. The bus was usually always going to different mountains.
Coupon for lift ticket prices. Sometime there's a pass that you can buy for rebates in many different ski stations. | |
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I've not seen this, although I've heard of combined railway/ski tickets which offer some significant savings. But we always drive, and for the last few years we've had our own place in Engelberg so we get residents' discounts there.
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| Well I love back country skiing so I am sure Ill find somewhere that is not crowded  | |
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Places like Engelberg and Flumserberg, within easy reach of the big cities, tend to be most crowded on weekends where the weather forecast a day or so in advance was predicting sunshine. So if you're not bothered by that you may find the best and less busy skiing when the forecast is not so good. And if you look out of your window in the morning and see lots of cloud, that too will put off many folks, so can be an indicator of fewer on the slopes.
Also, obviously, holiday weekends attract more day-trippers. But in any case, the busy-ness (in Engleberg, at least) is confined to the first lift up and the more populous bottleneck pistes. There are some particular off-piste areas that are well known and popular, especially with the Swedes, but with a little local knowledge it nearly always possible to avoid the crowds.