Taking the kids to the snow
With children, the big resort is not the best resort. What decides the trip is whether there is a snow garden and from what age it takes them, how many easy pistes there are to move on to, and how high the base sits — which is what decides how cold you will be. Pick a country and check those three.
Snow garden
Skiing with kids in Spain
3 resorts with a verified snow garden and the age each one takes, per the resort itself. Watch one detail that ruins days: the age to enter the garden and the age to go out on the snow are not always the same.
Skiing with kids in France
We have no verified snow garden in France yet. We would rather list none than list unverified ones: a wrong minimum age leaves a family at the door.
Skiing with kids in Austria
We have no verified snow garden in Austria yet. We would rather list none than list unverified ones: a wrong minimum age leaves a family at the door.
Skiing with kids in Switzerland
We have no verified snow garden in Switzerland yet. We would rather list none than list unverified ones: a wrong minimum age leaves a family at the door.
Skiing with kids in Andorra
9 resorts with a verified snow garden and the age each one takes, per the resort itself. Watch one detail that ruins days: the age to enter the garden and the age to go out on the snow are not always the same.
Skiing with kids in Italy
We have no verified snow garden in Italy yet. We would rather list none than list unverified ones: a wrong minimum age leaves a family at the door.
Base altitude, which matters more to them than to you
A five-year-old at 2,100 m gets colder than you do at 1,500 m, and tires sooner. Each base altitude is in the comparison table; with small children a lower base and a clear day are worth more than a huge ski area.
Green and blue pistes as published by each resort. It is the figure that tells you whether, after the snow garden, there is somewhere to keep learning without a fright.