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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For skiing we’re definitely looking at Europe from here on out. It costs $1100 each for plane tickets to Steamboat Springs or other CO resorts and lodging is $700/night or more. Ski school costs are insane but I think our kids are finally ok on their own. We don’t vacation the rest of the year to afford this ski trip…it’s nuts. If anyone has suggestions for great skiing in Europe at much better prices we’re all ears.[/quote]

We have gone to the Dolomites for skiing twice, staying in Cortina. We have Ikon passes so get five days of lift tickets for the Dolomiti SuperSki resorts, but if this is your major ski trip for the year, it would be significantly less expensive to buy your tickets through Dolomiti Superski or for the specific ski area. Obviously with the Olympic downhill events this year, you would want to check your dates carefully for Cortina but other parts of the Dolomites would not have that issue. We had good snow, the terrain was a good mix for my not-very-adventurous daughter and for me (check out Stratofana Olimpica), the food was amazing, and it is the most beautiful place I have ever skied. I honestly don't know if it would work out to be cheaper -- I recently bought $250 r/t tickets to Denver for a long ski weekend, so depending on your dates airfare to Europe might wipe out other savings and the dollar isn't doing particularly well against the Euro -- but the entire experience is terrific. I remember paying $20 for completely average mac & cheese at a Colorado resort, in an unpleasant and overcrowded cafeteria, two months after coming back from Cortina and thinking that the US really doesn't do the whole ski thing very well. Plus you can visit other parts of Italy if you have the time/inclination.

I have not skied elsewhere in Europe but perhaps others can chime in. [/quote]

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