Best european parks?

the best in france that i have skied are Val thorens: it had a big kicker line with a big butter box that was about 10 feet high also a pipe lots of rails, a hip with a metal tube you could tap. ive been to other parks but that was the best but look cause sites always have info about thier parks
 
"Kläppen Snowpark" in Sweden is atleast swedens best park.
some pics and vids can be found here: www.snowpark.se
 
Parks that come to mind right now:
Austria: Mayrhofen, nice set up for different level riders and good vibe, no halfpipe though. Bene Mayr for example used to ride here a lot. Other good parks in Austria the ones in Solden, Horsefethere Superpark at the Dachstein glacier, Novapark @ Silvretta Montafon.
France: Les Deux Alpes, big park with two pipes, different level lines but pretty busy during summer though. Val Thorens has improved a lot over the last few years but I haven't been there this winter so can't really say. Tignes also has a pretty good park, they also hosted the European X-Games edition.
Switserland: Davos, different parks spread over the resort, well maintained, good pipe, nice terrain to build things yourself. Other parks: Laax off course,
Italy: Alta Badia, Kronplatz, Livigno and Val Senales (Schnallstal).
 
davos has a good pipe, but parks sucks, pretty small and short! but they stepped it up a little this year...
 
yeh i been tignes the swatch park was pretty cool although it didnt have a huge variety of stuff about 5 different boxes and one huge kinked rail. quite alot of jumps although no big ones ( from lip to knuckle no bigger than about 20- 25 foot.) val disiere, the next door resort had a much more advanced park. it even had a cannon box. but it was closed the whole time i was there. no idea why.
 
If you can get to the Stash in Avoriaz midweek that is awesome especially if its cloudy cause the trees help out and the table jib is mean for butters.
 
When I was in Austria I skied in two good parks. Absolut park which is in Flachauwinkl was so good and in good shape every day. One of the best parks where I ever have skied. Betterpark in Alpendorf was smaller than AP but it was funny place. And Mayerhof is cool place too. Of course Åre in Sweden is good and everybody knows it from JOSS. Ruka is Finland's best park.
 
Aah

yeah, it's been a while since I was there last, but Absolute park is

definitely nice, so is Are in Sweden and the freeski scene is pretty

big and friendly there (or maybe every Swedisch freeski kid came to

Are because of JOSS when I was there hehe).

I

have to say though, in my experience most European 'big' parks are

still small compared to the ones in the States and the way in which

they are build is really different. Most European parks are a lot

more 'compact'. With this I mean that rails and kickers are build

much closer to each other. A park that is fully spread over the

mountain and set up over different runs isn't as common as in the

States. Another problem that I notice in a lot of European parks is

the shape frequency, the last time I was in the Stash park in Avoriaz

for example, most of the features had big holes in the landings and

most take offs were pure ice for days. The set up of the Stash is definitely fun but it could have been much better back than.

But...!

Things are improving, luckily more and more resort are starting to

see the importance of a good park and companies such as Q-parks are

helping resorts out to set up a good park.

 
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