At a glance availability

All this Covid bother is causing all kinds of worry. Please don’t worry though – we have a plan! Take a read before booking onto one of our trips.

If you have been on one of our trips before then you are also entitled to £50 off MATESRATES. This discount will be applied by the office after you have booked.

If you would like to book more than one consecutive week or one of our chalets for your groups exclusive use then we can offer further discounts, get in touch!

If you are one of our guests who got caught up in the Covid pandemic of last winter, then there is a special price for you – do email us before booking to ensure the correct discount is applied.

Booking Terms & Conditions

The prices include:

– Shared accommodation in twin or double rooms (Don’t worry if you are travelling solo, we’ll match you with someone the same sex)

– 5 evening meals on evenings of your choice. [Normally we eat out nicely first / last evenings, but it’s all pretty flexi] – unlimited beer, wine, soft drinks, tea, coffee & hot chocolate (alcohol with meals)

– breakfast each morning of porridge, cereal, baguettes, jams, toast, fruit, eggs…we have a cooked option available each day and on one morning we will have a full English fried breakfast

– you are welcome to make sandwiches and take packed lunches out of the chalet supplies

– ‘raid the fridge’ policy, with snacks, biscuits, cakes, waffles etc available in the afternoons

– HOFNAR hosts who do everything from cooking breakfast and hanging out on the slopes with you to preparing dinner and leading the all important aprés ski!

Stuff extra you need to pay for:

– Flights are not included – you just need to get yourself to Geneva airport (look on kayak.co.uk for some of the best prices) [Anytimes are fine and everyone can arrive/leave at different times. No probs]

– Transfers from/to the airport. We can easily arrange this for you but it costs £80pp return

– Ski / Board hire – we have a deal with a local shop and we get 20% off. There are different grades of kit you can rent but you should expect to pay about £145

– Lift pass – most people opt for the all area pass which is £288. We can have them waiting for you in the chalet. None of this queuing nonsense! You can also get local passes and ‘beginner’ options. If you would like to know about that just let us know. [After the 3rd April the lift pass prices get reduced!]

– Clothing – you need your own ski/snowboard gear – beg, borrow, steal off friends otherwise use ebay, TK Maxx. For help just give us a shout!

– Lessons – we can arrange these for you, from £155 for a week. Exact prices and options can be seen on the website. Click here

– Insurance – please have comprehensive travel insurance including winter sports cover in place asap.

– Two nights we normally go out for dinner as a group and at your own expense. Typically we’ll go for a fairly informal pizza on the first night and something more ‘Francais’ on the last…