Summer Ski Camps in Switzerland

[ScrappyJoeYoung]

OK, im looking for good ski camps in Switzerland or in the general area of the Alps. I know a few, its called the British Summer ski camps or something http://www.britishfreeskicamps.com/

and Demonium summer camps http://www.demonium-mc.com/

both are at Saas-Fee

Are there any better/cheaper camps in switzerland or at saas-fee?

 

[michael_bc]

emonium has the best camp in Switzerland. They are also hitting Les 2 Alpes this summer, June in Les 2 Alpes or August in Saas-Fee is looking really sick. I cannot stress enough how sick Demonium is. From sick riding (Mikael Descheneaux, Seb Lounis, Arnaud Kugener, etc.. are coaching) to the sickest parties... and the atmosphere is so chilled everyone rides together, tight family feeling.

The British Freeski camps are nice if you are British.

There is the Stoked camp in Zermatt but it sucks balls. Not recommended at all.

There is Big-A in Cervinia (Zermatt) and Val Senales. Val Senales is on the border between Switzerland, Italy and Austria.

No one is running a good camp from Zermatt, but you could just go there rent an appartment or crash a hostel, and meet people in the park it's pretty chilled like that.

 

[ScrappyJoeYoung]

thanks alot, yea im only 1 hour and a half away from les deux alpes, but it definetely doesnt look as good as saas-fee. or am i wrong? im going to be in france in july and im gonna do a session of a camp somewhere either in saas-fee or les deux alpes, im thinking saas-fee because its farther away and i can ski les deux alpes after/before the camp because its not to far away. Demonium looks soo fun, do you know how much it is for a full camp session there?

 

[michael_bc]

Les 2 Alpes just sucks in july because its super-crowded and the crowds are assholes (french and italian). Also the snow compared to Swiss glaciers, L2A is much lower in altitude, gets less snow to begin with, and is in the southern alps so it's much warmer. The park is huuuuge though, def. worth a visit.

In Saas-Fee you will find a smaller park, but in better shape, on snow which is often as good as in winter, und totally chilled, nice amount of people, everyone talks to everyone attitude. It's Switzerland. Going with Demonium the prices depend on the package you take. 1 week hotel + skipass + coaching is CHF 799 I think...... but you can also ask for just lodging which was somewhere around CHF 40 - 50 a night last year and the ski pass was CHF 45 a day. Those are swiss francs. It's cool about Demonium that it's cheaper than going on your own (going into Hotel Dom privately is 75 a night, ski pass is 60 a day). Highly recommended.

 

[ScrappyJoeYoung]

yeaa i definetely want to do a camp out in saas-fee because im actually very near les deux alpes in the first place. but im also wondering where you find the site to sign up for demonium because i cant find it like anywhere! British freeski camps dont look bad either, but demonium sounds much better!

 

[michael_bc]

You can just discuss a deal with Dre at dre@demonium-mc.com, he's one of the owners of the camps. You can tell him Michael from Zurich forwarded you. Just tell him what you need (lodging, food, coaching, ski pass, what dates) and he will make you a fair price.

They will also be in Les 2 Alpes in June and July, in case you need cheap lodging there, or want to talk to them about Saas-Fee.

 

[ScrappyJoeYoung]

wooord, yea i was a little confused about why they were going to be in les 2 alpes in july? im gonna be in france in july, so i might just to that camp in july or something then.