Skiing and Snowboarding Europe & USA for Schools & Colleges

Skiing and

Snowboarding

Europe & USA for Schools & Colleges

2019/20

A whole new world

From tentative snowplough turns on the beginners’ slopes, to the triumph of their ﬁrst descent, your students will never forget their ﬁrst school ski trip. The satisfaction of learning and developing an exhilarating new skill with friends opens up a whole new world of personal challenge and achievement in the breathtaking mountains.

Bring your group to awe-inspiring resorts across Europe and the USA, handpicked by the experienced PGL ski team who provide the best all-inclusive school ski packages in the business. They’ll also give you the support and expertise you need to make organising your trip as easy as possible.

With PGL, you’re getting the very best; a dedicated rep for your group, unbeatable value for money, established expertise, exciting après ski and educational outcomes. Our safety management system is externally audited and veriﬁed by the School Travel Forum (of which we are a founder member) so you can trust us to deliver a safe, well-organised ski trip that your students will remember for the rest of their lives.

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Call 0333 321 2143 or visit www.pgl.co.uk/ski

Contents

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Taking care of you all the way Affordable skiing At home in the mountains

Austria

10 Saalbach-Hinterglemm

11 Zell am See-Kaprun 12 Kitzbühel 13 SkiWelt 14 Wildkogel 15 Dachstein West 16 Obertauern 17 Wildschönau

18 Salzburger Sportwelt

19 Montafon 20 Zillertal 21 Axamer Lizum 22 Nassfeld 23 Gerlitzen 24 Bad Kleinkirchheim

25 Hochoetz-Kühtai & Sölden

Italy

26 Bormio-Santa Caterina

27 Andalo-Molveno 28 Passo Tonale 29 Aprica 30 Folgaria 31 Foppolo 32 La Polsa 33 Marilleva-Folgarida 34 Milky Way 35 Bardonecchia

Andorra 36 Vallnord 37 Grandvalira

Czech Republic 38 Harrachov-Rokytnice

Spain 39 Alp 2500

France 40 Three Valleys 41 Isola 2000 42 Le Grand Massif 43 Les Arcs 44 Valmeinier 45 Val d’Arly

USA 46 Loon/Cannon/

Waterville Valley

47 Wildcat-Attitash 48 Killington 49 Stowe

51 More from PGL Teacher guide 52 How to book 53 What’s included

54 Travel and insurance

56 Safety

57 Terms and conditions

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With you every

step of the way

We make it easy for you.
Better evening entertainment.

If you want free in-house entertainment at your accommodation each evening, your rep will organise it for you.
Outstanding support makes all the difference, especially when you’re away from home. So it’s reassuring to know that even before you travel, your personal Tour Organiser will be on the end of a phone if you have any questions. Then, when you’ve arrived at your resort you’ll have a PGL Ski Representative dedicated exclusively to your group for your entire stay.
Your rep will also be happy to arrange après ski at your resort – or to ensure you get your preferred activity you can book it and pay before you travel.

Your PGL rep.

Our reps are the best in the business: trained by us to work with school groups, friendly and dedicated to making your ski trip an amazing and rewarding experience for everyone.
Depending on the size of your resort, there will usually be a number of après ski options such as swimming, bowling and ice-skating. Or you could try something a little different such as a trip to a local ice hockey game or night skiing.

What can you expect from your PGL rep?

Full details of all après ski venues in resort are available on request and on our website www.pgl.co.uk/ski

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Dedicated support throughout your stay

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Liaison with ski school and your hotel

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Assistance with collecting lift passes

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Help with organising ski ﬁt

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Delivery of free in-house evening entertainment programmes for the duration of your stay

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Local après ski organisation

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Health and safety checks and ﬁre drill arranged

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Trained and DBS checked

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Our rep was brilliant with both children and staff. He really helped throughout the week and felt part of the team from the start. We have had some parents writing to say how much the children liked him!

Manor Preparatory School

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Affordable skiing

that gives you more

To ensure you get the best value ski trip for your group, we work hard to provide ski trips which are exceptional value for

Small group? No problem.

Is your ski group smaller than you had initially hoped? money - wherever and whenever you travel. Turn to page 53 to

discover how much you get in our comprehensive packages.
If so, we have the ideal solution for launching your ski trip even

if you’re ﬁnding it difﬁcult to gauge the commitment of pupils.
For even better value, we also offer the following options:

We twin your small group with a similar small group from another school.

FlexiSki.

FlexiSki gives you all the beneﬁts of a PGL ski trip, but because we allocate your accommodation at a later stage in the booking process, we can guarantee you our lowest possible prices. It’s a great value for money solution for large or small groups.
You’ll share the coach, hotel, ski school and the services of your PGL rep and be treated as one group, but of course room allocations will always remain separate.

It means you can still get to the slopes and there is no compromise in the quality of your PGL ski experience.
FlexiSki is valid for half term and Easter peak weeks for travel to Austria, Italy, Andorra and the Czech Republic. We conﬁrm your accommodation details 3-4 months before your departure. Interested? Call us for more details.
It also means you won’t incur a supplement for taking a small group.

5-day ski options.

An alternative money-saving option is to reduce the duration of your trip but maintain the number of hours on the slopes. Some schools opt for an eight day trip (ﬁve days skiing) by coach rather than the full nine days (six days skiing).

This could save up to £50 per person without reducing the number of hours of ski instruction. Groups spend five nights in resort rather than six and have five days skiing with five hours of ski lessons per day.

5 day options are available in selected resorts subject to availability. Please contact us for details.

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Thanks PGL for another fantastic trip, you never fail to deliver exceptional experiences for our students and teachers alike.

Darton College

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At home

in the mountains

The heart of your ski trip.

Jugendgästehäuser (JGH) and Youth Hotels

No two ski groups are the same, so we’ve carefully selected a choice of accommodation to meet the different requirements of our groups – from youth hotels with doorstep skiing, to familyrun hotels in resort, and plenty in between. They’re safe, secure and regularly audited to meet all School Travel Forum guidelines.
Large capacity properties accommodating up to six groups with in-house facilities such as sports halls, cinemas and games rooms.

Pensions and family-run properties

Smaller scale properties, often more traditional in layout, with a homely feel but without the indoor facilities found at youth accommodation - though dining rooms can be used for meetings or activity space. Food is generally home cooked by the owners.
Students generally sleep 2-6 to a room in bunks or twin beds: teachers are usually allocated twin or triple rooms. A continental breakfast, packed lunch and a three course evening meal are included as part of your ski package.

The guide opposite covers the types of accommodation we offer:

Single occupancy hotels
For full details, visit the hotel pages on our website.

These are often family-owned properties in small villages. There may be a few private guests, but most of the hotel will be available for your group’s exclusive use.

Doorstep properties

Located on or close to the piste, within walking distance of lifts and often providing the option of hot lunches so you can return to your accommodation during the midday break from ski lessons.

Party Leader favourites

Below is a guide to our most popular resorts and hotels. This is by no means an exhaustive list. For a wider choice please contact us or visit our website.

Hotels

Single Occupancy

Doorstep Skiing

Budget

Facilities

Gasthof Michal, Nassfeld, Austria Hotel La Sponda, Foppolo, Italy Le Chalet du Bon Air, Les Arcs, France Hotel Urri, Aprica, Italy
Hotel Olympia, Axamer Lizum, Austria Hotel Rio Envers, Milky Way, Italy Chalet des Pistes, Grand Massif, France La Sponda, Foppolo, Italy Hotel Martinella, Folgaria, Italy
Gästehaus Schluga, Gerlitzen, Austria Hotel Marco Polo, Vallnord, Andorra
Club Kitzsteinhorn, Zell am See, Austria Hotel Piandineve, Passo Tonale, Italy JH Wurzenrainer, Sportwelt, Austria Alphotel Masella, Spain

Resorts

Snowsure

Large Ski Area

Ideal for Beginners

Wildschönau, Austria Andalo, Italy

Local Evening Entertainment

Passo Tonale, Italy Three Valleys, France Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria Zell-Kaprun, Austria
Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria Salzburger Sportwelt, Austria Milky Way, Italy
Zell-Kaprun, Austria Passo Tonale, Italy Three Valleys, France Zillertal, Austria
Dachstein West, Austria
Grand Massif, France

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The hotel was superb in every way, by far exceeding my expectations of a hotel that accepts school groups.

Brookﬁeld Community School & Language College

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Austria

Après Ski

Austrian bowling

Ice hockey match

Llama trekking

Outdoor and indoor ice skating

Swimming Tauern Spa in Kaprun

Saalbach-Hinterglemm

Reliable snow and fantastic skiing for all abilities with a great variety of evening activities.

The neighbouring villages of Saalbach and Hinterglemm are PGL’s most popular Austrian destinations. 200km of pistes are served by a superb lift system which covers both sides of the Glemm Valley. It can be skied in either direction and a free shuttle bus operates during the day along the Saalbach-Hinterglemm road.

Accommodation

Ferienhof Wölﬂbauer

Haus Sonnegg

JGH Hinterronach

JGH Mitterlengau

Jugendpension Niederegg

Jugendpension Müllauerhof

Intermediates will enjoy the beautiful tree-lined pistes on both sides of the valley and the open snowﬁelds above Hinterglemm. Experts will ﬁnd some steep and bumpy challenges, especially on the formidable Zwölfer run from the top of Hinterglemm at almost 2000m. Meanwhile, for beginners the nursery slopes are close to both village centres, with a range of good, less challenging runs higher up.
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Travel

By coach: 16 hours from Calais. By air: Flights to Munich. Coach transfer to resort 3 hours.
The new Tirol S gondola now provides access to the neighbouring ski area of Fieberbrunn, linking the Salzburg and Tyrol regions and creating one of the largest ski areas in the world.

Ski Facts

Inclusive lift pass: 6 day

pass covering all lifts in Saalbach, Hinterglemm, Fieberbrunn & Leogang

Lifts to: 2096m Total number of lifts: 70 Marked pistes: 270km Longest run: 7.5km Ski bus included: Yes Lift pass photo required: No Snow cannon coverage: Mobile

cannons

Ski runs: ▲ 5 ▲ 26 ▲ 29

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For more information about the resort or hotels please call 0333 321 2143 or visit www.pgl.co.uk/saalbach

Austria

Après Ski

Austrian bowling

Ice hockey match

Ice skating

Llama trekking

Alpine coaster

Zell am See-Kaprun

Extensive ski area with glacier and excellent resort facilities.

Swimming Tauern Spa in Kaprun

The lively town of Zell am See enjoys a magniﬁcent position on the edge of Lake Zell and boasts a charming trafﬁc-free centre with narrow cobbled streets and attractive buildings.

Accommodation

Club Kitzsteinhorn

Gasthof Wieshof

JUFA Kaprun

Junges Hotel Zell am See

Gasthof Lampenhäusl

Beginners can enjoy top of the mountain skiing, returning by gondola, or the gentle nursery slopes in the village. Most groups start from Schüttdorf taking the Areitbahn up to the Areitalm mid-station where there are some great blues and reds to practise on.

Intermediates will cover lots of ground on challenging runs while advanced skiers can test themselves on the World Cup Downhill pistes.
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Travel

Most groups spend some of the week in Kaprun enjoying high altitude skiing on the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier which now has two new lifts, providing faster access.

Kitzsteinhorn Glacier
3203m
Großglockner
Gletscherbahn (Gipfelbahn)
3029m
3798m

Ski Facts

Nationalpark Hohe Tauern

Inclusive lift pass: 6 day Zell

am See-Kaprun Glacier pass

Großvenedlger
3674m

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2

4

Maurerkogel
2074m
Krefelder Hütte

Lifts to: 3029m

Schmittenhöhe
2000m

4

Salzburger Hütte
Glocknerblick 1675m

Total number of lifts: 54 Marked pistes: 138km Longest run: 6.5km Ski bus included: Yes Lift pass photo required: No Snow cannon coverage: 60% Ski runs: ▲ 9 ▲ 22 ▲ 18

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Hirschkogel
1720m

3

2

Sonnkogel
1850m

2

4
2

4

Areitalm

3
4

Areit 1411m

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Sonnalm

1400m

Mittelstation

1320m

KAPRUN 770m

Schüttdorf

Sonnenalm-Pfiff

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ZELL AM SEE
758m

For more information about the resort or hotels please call 0333 321 2143 or visit www.pgl.co.uk/zell

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Austria

Après Ski

Austrian bowling

Curling

Ice skating

Ice hockey match

Pizza night

Kitzbühel

Famous World Cup ski venue with lifts to 2000m in a lively Tyrolean town.

Shopping in Kitzbühel town centre

Swimming

Kitzbühel is among Europe’s most prestigious and popular ski resorts, venue for the famous annual Hahnenkamm World Cup Downhill race, with an extensive ski area offering a variety of runs for all levels of skier.

Accommodation

Jugendhotel Noichl

Kitzbühel’s appeal lies in its traditional Tyrolean atmosphere, with painted houses and cobbled streets with plenty of small shops and cafés.

Travel

Most of the slopes face north east or north west and enjoy good snow conditions. Beginners can start off on the blues next to the Fleckalmbahn or the Hornbahn whilst more accomplished skiers can try the Ski Safari, a 35km tour of downhill skiing which extends from Kirchberg to Pass Thurn, an experience not to be missed! Accommodation in Kitzbühel and Aurach offers great access to the whole area.

Gr. Rettenstein

2363m

Kl. Rettenstein

2217m

Zweitausender

2004m

Ski Facts

Resterhöhe
1894m

whole area pass

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4
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Schwarzkogel

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Hollersbach

2

Pass Thurn
Pengelstein
Bärenbadkogel

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4

Lifts to: 2000m

Aschau

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6

4

4
4

Wurzhöhe

Total number of lifts: 56 Marked pistes: 170km Longest run: 6.8km Ski bus included: Yes Lift pass photo required: No Snow cannon coverage: 35% Ski runs: ▲ 11 ▲ 25 ▲ 23

Steinberg kogel
Ehrenbachhöhe

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6

2

Wagstättalm

2

Gaisberg

Ochsalm

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2

3

2

Skirast

Jochberg

Ehrenbachgraben HAHNENKAMM
Maierl
Obergaisberg

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Niedere Fleckalm
Obwiesen

2

Stuckkogel
1888m
Bichlalm
Aurach

2

Oberaigen

KIRCHBERG
850m

Hochetzkogel
Klausen

KITZBÜHEL
760m

Wilde Hag Trattalm

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2

Alpenhaus
Raintal

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2

Pletzeralm
KITZBÜHELER HORN

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For more information about the resort or hotels please call 0333 321 2143 or visit www.pgl.co.uk/kitzbuhel

Austria

Après Ski

Austrian bowling

Ice hockey match

Outdoor ice skating

Pizza night

SkiWelt

Austria’s largest interconnecting ski area with 279km of pistes and spectacular mountain ranges with lifts to 1829m.

Shopping trip to Kufstein or Wörgl

Swimming

Lying between the spectacular Wilder Kaiser mountain range and the Kitzbühler Alps, the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental ski circuit offers a wide variety of skiing and is a ﬁrm favourite with British schools.

Accommodation

Hotel Goldener Löwe

The SkiWelt is an intermediate skier’s paradise, but with enough variety to keep even the most adventurous skier happy for a week, and good progression and variety for beginners as well.

Travel

By coach: 15 hours from Calais. By air: Flights to Munich. Coach transfer to resort 2½ hours.
You’ll stay in resorts ideally situated for exploring the area and just a short coach ride to

the ski areas of Itter, Söll, Scheffau, Ellmau, Going, Brixen, Westendorf and Hopfgarten – the eight interconnected resorts comprising the massive SkiWelt circuit.

Ski Facts

pass covering Söll, Hopfgarten,

Scheﬀau and Ellmau

Lifts to: 1829m Total number of lifts: 91 Marked pistes: 279km Longest run: 10km Ski bus included: Yes Lift pass photo required: No Snow cannon coverage: 64% Ski runs: ▲ 8 ▲ 49 ▲ 59