Best Park in Europe?

JuliusBurton

JuliusBurton

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I'm doing my first season in europe this winter but still need to decide on resort.

Any suggestions for resorts with the best snow parks?

(I am a complete beginner I want to land corks on snow by the end of the season, only landed 3's on snow before. Got cork 7's and all flips on tramp.)
 
i'd say with the standard you're at most resorts will be able to cater pretty well, its unlikely you'll find a resort without beginner features.

If you want a park where you can progress alot, there are still tons of options.

Laax - probably the biggest in europe, with that being said its expensive as its swiss.

Mayrhofen - caters relatively well to all levels, significantly cheaper as its austria.

Val d'isere - again caters really well to all levels, + side is you can shoot over to tignes aswell, again val is pretty expensive, tignes is slightly cheaper.

Morzine/avoriaz - tons of parks around the area catering to all levels, not overly expensive.

those are just a few that i personally have been to, with that being said there are hundreds of resorts with good parks. just got to do abit of research.
 
Do you plan to live right in the resort or do you have a job/school somewhere particular? Anyway, here are some of the best Alpine parks of the top of my head:

Laax Switzerland

Mottolino Livigno Italy,

Absolut Park Flachau Austria

Vans Park Mayrhofen Austria

Snowpark Kitzsteinhorn Austria

Les 2 Alpes France

Stubai zoo Austria (best in fall or spring)

... so many more

from what others have said, I wouldn't recommend Val d'Isere/Tignes if park is your main focus, but otherwise they're amazing. And the opposite with Seiser Alm, the park is great, but the resort is kinda small.

That being said if you're just starting out, every park in a major resort will do just fine. Hope, you'll like it here in Europe.
 
I've never been in Austria or Switzerland, so I can suggest you only Italian snowparks:

- Seiser Alm (Alpe di Siusi): my fav snowpark so far, they got a super sick jib line and a super kicker line... It's the home resort of our ski and snowboard national team


- Val di Fiemme: here with a 350€ season pass you hae access to two of the best Italian parks for progression imo (Obereggen Snowpark and Morea Snowpark) and to many powder spots, I usually spend here my season... They also know how to party, they're crazy

[video]https://vimeo.com/156455391[/video]

[video]https://vimeo.com/93754119[/video]

- Mottolino Snowpark: Livigno is definetly a place to be, no taxes, big party and a super snowpark... You don't host so many Nine Knights edition if you don't deserve it

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/769025/Leonardo-Donaggio-11yo-FREEDOM[/video]
 
If you're spending an entire season in an alp resort I doubt that you want to ski park there once you see the terrain and powder surrounding you.
 
13708819:FrankerZ said:
If you're spending an entire season in an alp resort I doubt that you want to ski park there once you see the terrain and powder surrounding you.
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Honestly parks in Europe just aren't as good compared to parks in North America, but the terrain is just as good and way more accessible. Pow over park there any day
 
13708995:dbchili said:
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Honestly parks in Europe just aren't as good compared to parks in North America, but the terrain is just as good and way more accessible. Pow over park there any day
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Oh yeah, I completely forget that Europe has fresh powder every day.
 
13709225:Jibberino said:
Oh yeah, I completely forget that Europe has fresh powder every day.
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I mean what the guy said was true, Europe is better known for sick terrain than parks. And it is fairly snowsure so not sure what youre getting at here
 
13709225:Jibberino said:
Oh yeah, I completely forget that Europe has fresh powder every day.
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Well.. if you're in a snowsure place like the northern alps it has. The storms appear fairly consistantly after every 1-2 weeks. During that time you can ski powder for days if you know where to look at. And even if the snow is bad touring or terrain skiing is always an option.

Tbh nowadays I never even think of park when I'm in the alps. The mountain and even the groomers have so much more to offer.
 
13709437:FrankerZ said:
Well.. if you're in a snowsure place like the northern alps it has. The storms appear fairly consistantly after every 1-2 weeks. During that time you can ski powder for days if you know where to look at. And even if the snow is bad touring or terrain skiing is always an option.

Tbh nowadays I never even think of park when I'm in the alps. The mountain and even the groomers have so much more to offer.
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Are you serious? You cant have spent much time in the Alps lately, if you had you would've known that the last couple of years have been anything but consistent.

Also, not everyone is interested or is capable of working super hard to find good snow, some people just like to cruise the park.

Your post is quite contradictory, you start by claiming that you can ski fresh pow every day, but then you go on to mention that "even if conditions are bad". Which is it, good conditions every day or bad conditions sometimes?
 
13709436:Julius_Steezer said:
I mean what the guy said was true, Europe is better known for sick terrain than parks. And it is fairly snowsure so not sure what youre getting at here
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Alright, I'll spell it out for you then. Europe (which is a ridicolous measure of area) does not have good snow conditions all the time. Therefore parks can be fun to have. Maybe someone even prefer park to powder. See what I'm getting at?
 
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