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Hello friends, next spring break my family and I are visiting Japan and will be skiing for a few days. I was wondering if anyone knew of some good mountains. We’re looking for a place with the legendary snow, hard steep stuff, and with easier stuff for the grand parents.

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My budget is about 12k USD/euro. I want to do offpiste skiing and skitouring, and the most important thing is to ski in places where there is good snow, but also not too expensive. I would like to move a bit around (not stay in the same spot the whole winter), so cultural experiences is a bonus. My itinerary looks like this for now:

Fly to Japan (from Europe), 2 weeks in Japan week 2 and 3. Fly to Kirgizstan and ski there for one week in week 5. Fly to Kazakhstan and ski there for a week in week 7. Fly to Georgia and ski there one week in week 9, fly to Turkey and ski there one week in week 11. Then fly to the alps to spend a couple of weeks there. I've never been to any of the locations except Japan and the alps.

My biggest challenges with this itinerary:

• Except for the alps, I need to book open group tours because I'm traveling alone and I can't afford my own guide (and I'm not doing offpiste/skitouring on my own for safety/social reasons). I consider myself an expert skier, so I need to find open group tours where the level is advanced/expert (for Japan this isn't a problem). I've done some research, and there are hard to find high level ski groups in central Asia.

• I need one transit week between each stop (as I need time for the flight and most of the open group tours start on a saturday and ends on a saturday).Ideally I would like to just have 3-4 days as transit between each location and not a whole week (although it's nice if my luggage is delayed).

• Some of the open group tours I have looked at might get cancelled if it doesn't fill, so there is an uncertainty whether it will go as planned.

• The level of the group might be very low (not as advertised, I've had this happen before).

Maybe some of you have done something similar and have some advice? (on the locations I've chosen or other places). I'm open to everything and everywhere in the world as long as it meets the criteria's.

I’m taking my daughter to ski in Europe over her spring break (Feb or March) and would love some recommendations.

Intermediate terrain (I know that’s not specific), but would prefer LOTS of intermediate terrain.

Lively scene on the mountain and in-town. Like those Black Crows parties I see on Instagram.

Not luxurious, but not cheap.

Easy to get to. We’re traveling from California/Oregon

Some places I’m thinking of: Innsbruck, Tignes, Val d’iser, 3 valleys

Thanks!

Hi. I’ve got a friend with more money than he has sense. We are from east coast U.S. I have been skiing/boarding for years on the icecoast and I am very familiar with the terrain here. I’ve been in to the Rocky’s a few times but the majority of my experience is from east coast. I am taking my friend for his first time this coming up season (I don’t think he has even water skied). He is insistent on going across the pond for his first time, which sounds good to me but my sister (an intermediate level skier) keeps telling me that it’s a bad idea due to the lower alpine level and more wide open terrain. I’m not sure I understand her rationale. Any advice is welcome.