| Europe is one of the best places in the world for | | | | keeps the snow for longer - steep gradients and |
| taking snowboarding holidays. Whether you like to | | | | loads of easily accessible off-piste terrain. |
| spend your snowboarding holidays free riding, your | | | | Snowboarding holidays in St. Anton: Quite a lot of |
| snowboarding holidays carving up the fresh snow, or | | | | people agree that St. Anton has the best terrain in |
| your snowboarding holidays doing tricks in a snow | | | | Austria, so it's a popular destination for free riders, |
| park, Europe has something to suit you. | | | | who can play all on very varied terrain on the deep |
| Free riders | | | | powder. The snow park is in the Rendl area. |
| Val d'Isere: This is one of the main snowboarding | | | | Snow park Freestylers |
| resorts in France and has been for years. It's also got | | | | Snowboarding holidays in St. Moritz: It may seem |
| heaps of space to it - it would take about a week to | | | | unlikely from her glamorous reputation, but St. Moritz |
| run all of the runs and trails. The park space is | | | | is a good place to some to learn new tricks, there's a |
| massive as well, with two half pipes. | | | | 90metre half pipe, a huge quarter pipe and jumps |
| Chamonix: The off piste terrain of the Chamonix | | | | ranging in size from beginner to four meter |
| Valley is some of the world's best, but anything that | | | | -pro size, which is why so many people come here |
| exciting looking is going to be dangerous. Argentihre | | | | to train. |
| is where most of Chamonix's all season boarders | | | | Snowboarding holidays in Livigno: Livigno is less fur |
| hang out. One of the most famous runs being the | | | | coats and money talks than talking with your feet |
| Point de Vue. There's a park at Charamillion which has | | | | and ankles. The snow parks here are well kept, the |
| rails, jumps, tabletops and a 150 metre half pipe. | | | | main one is on the Mottolino, and there's another, |
| Snowboarding holidays in Serre Chevalier: If tight | | | | better for intermediate boarders, on Carosello. |
| terrain free riding is your thing then this huge valley | | | | Slope Carvers |
| resort complies. The guide books say it's like one | | | | Verbier: Verbier's resort looks very civilised, but |
| huge snow park with its obstacles and smooth bowls | | | | accesses some of the most epic terrain in the |
| to play in. The runs are mostly along the valley, which | | | | European Alps. With 400kms worth of ground, rising |
| runs for ever, so there is plenty of choice about the | | | | up to 3,300 metres, this isn't a resort that lacks |
| kind of terrain to go for and about the challenge, but | | | | snow or run options, and there's reams of off-piste |
| this is a good choice for beginners with lots of nice | | | | space to explore as well. The snowpark is on |
| even runs to work your way up on. | | | | Mont-Fort. |
| Snowboarding holidays in Seleva, Val Gardena: This | | | | Cervinia: Cervinia has Italy's highest riding slopes, |
| region offers easy access to the sky-scraping | | | | which also equates to some of the longest runs |
| backdrop of the Dolomites. There are three resorts | | | | though some impressive scenery. Most of the |
| along the valley floor: Seleva is the best known, by | | | | boarding in in a vast sunny bowl in between two |
| both skiers and boarders. The snowpark is by Seleda | | | | mountains and the base of the Plateau Rosa glacier - |
| Plateau and has an 80 metre half pipe. | | | | which you can board on if you're brave - mind the |
| Snowboarding holidays in Davos: Deep powder, | | | | crevasses! |
| natural half pipes, and the man made ones, tree | | | | Nordpark: Nordpark is just above Innsbruck. It's tiny, |
| banks, off piste options, a boardercross circuit and lit | | | | but steep, with only six pistes but views over |
| up runs for night riding - Davos has a lot to offer | | | | Innsbruck and scenic surrounds. Some of the runs |
| snowboarders. | | | | have 65 degree inclines, finishing on daring ridges - in |
| Snowboarding holidays in Andermatt: At the base of | | | | scenery that looks sheer as Alaska. You won't get |
| Piz Gemsstock in the Usern Valley, Andermatt gets | | | | the clean runs - there are experts living here vying to |
| regular dumps of thick, inviting powder, especially on | | | | make the first tracks every day. |
| its north facing slopes, and the high altitude means it | | | | |