amsterdam and skiing

my friend and I are going to be in amsterdam for 3 days in feb, as
opposed to a day in the museum or the cafes we were thinking of a real
early AM train down into either the french or german alps, ski all day
and get the train back on the same day, and then do some serious late
nite canal walking....it would be my friends birthday, and I cant
imagine a better way to ring it in!!!

Any suggestions on a train route that could get us to a slope for early
AM and headed back to amsterdam in the evening? I know it is probably
a long time on the train, but I hear those space cakes can put a quite
a hit on you, so the time on the train should be a blast!!

Chuck

Are you serious? Have a look at a map.

wrote:
my friend and I are going to be in amsterdam for 3 days in feb, as
opposed to a day in the museum or the cafes we were thinking of a real
early AM train down into either the french or german alps, ski all day
and get the train back on the same day, and then do some serious late
nite canal walking....it would be my friends birthday, and I cant
imagine a better way to ring it in!!!

Any suggestions on a train route that could get us to a slope for early
AM and headed back to amsterdam in the evening? I know it is probably
a long time on the train, but I hear those space cakes can put a quite
a hit on you, so the time on the train should be a blast!!

Chuck


No need to go all the way to the alps, you can ski right there in
Holland!!! http://www.skiresort.de/europa/niederlande/index.htm

T.

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my friend and I are going to be in amsterdam for 3 days in feb, as
opposed to a day in the museum or the cafes we were thinking of a real
early AM train down into either the french or german alps, ski all day
and get the train back on the same day, and then do some serious late
nite canal walking....it would be my friends birthday, and I cant
imagine a better way to ring it in!!!

Any suggestions on a train route that could get us to a slope for early
AM and headed back to amsterdam in the evening? I know it is probably
a long time on the train, but I hear those space cakes can put a quite
a hit on you, so the time on the train should be a blast!!

Thalys gives you a very few hours in Albertville.

http://www.ns.nl/cgi-bin/get.pdf?Satellite_blobcol=url_download&blobheader= application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=Download&bl obwhere=1136230253885&cachecontrol=*%3A0%3A0+*%2F* %2F*&ssbinary=true&bannerFrom=No+pagename+availabl e


CNL overnighter runs on Fri 20:05 to Garmisch-Partenkirchen 9:28 or with
change in Augsburg 8:42, leave 15:04, change trains several times,
arrive Amsterdam 1:14 night on Sat/Sunday.

Regards, ULF

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my friend and I are going to be in amsterdam for 3 days in feb, as
opposed to a day in the museum or the cafes we were thinking of a real
early AM train down into either the french or german alps, ski all day
and get the train back on the same day, and then do some serious late
nite canal walking....it would be my friends birthday, and I cant
imagine a better way to ring it in!!!

This must be the maddest idea that anyone has ever suggested
on this group.

tim


Any suggestions on a train route that could get us to a slope for early
AM and headed back to amsterdam in the evening? I know it is probably
a long time on the train, but I hear those space cakes can put a quite
a hit on you, so the time on the train should be a blast!!

Chuck

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we were thinking of a real
early AM train down into either the french or german alps, ski all day
and get the train back on the same day,

If this is a serious request, then you'll want to fly, for instance to
Geneva.

AMS 08:00 - GEN 09:40 KL1927
You might be on the slope around noon.

GEN 18:50 - AMS 20:35 KL1934
You might find yourselves back in the Red Light District around 22:00.
Black, blue and tired, of course.

Not cheap, though. Round trip ticket for 770 EUR!


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so it looks like we are going to get the first train in the AM out of
amsterdam and then switch up in paris and take the little southern ski
run on the thalys train.....it leaves less time on the slopes that we
would like, but an after ski climb up the eiffel tower is going to make
for an eventful day if we take that route....

we are not necasarily "dead set" on the alps and nothing else.....so if
anyone has a suggestion or 2 on a different area, maybe central
germany, we are open to options....I am not terribly familiar with the
landscape, its been many years, and I cant find a map that places ski
resorts by location, so I am looking for any help!!

Chuck

This must be the maddest idea that anyone has ever suggested
on this group.

if I told you about some of our US road trips, this would be relatively
tame.......and considering we arent do the driving, the train ride will
be a time and a half in itself......we arent to into the art museums,
and plan to go hells bells in 72 hours in so far as touring A-dam by
foot, so we figure a day off on the train is going to be a great
compliment to our visit....

Chuck

Juliana L Holm wrote:
wrote:


so it looks like we are going to get the first train in the AM out of
amsterdam and then switch up in paris and take the little southern ski
run on the thalys train.....it leaves less time on the slopes that we
would like, but an after ski climb up the eiffel tower is going to make
for an eventful day if we take that route....


we are not necasarily "dead set" on the alps and nothing else.....so if
anyone has a suggestion or 2 on a different area, maybe central
germany, we are open to options....I am not terribly familiar with the
landscape, its been many years, and I cant find a map that places ski
resorts by location, so I am looking for any help!!


You might check the Harz Mountains in north Central Germany. Lots of winter
sports, but the mountains are lower, more like the Appalachian mountains in
the USA.

Julie

The nearest "mountains" to Amsterdam would be the Eiffel
(Belgian-German border), followed by the Sauerland area in Germany- a
very popular skiing area for the Dutch, BTW. The ski centre is
Winterberg- I believe it has a train station. However, it is nothing
like the alps, either in terms of scenery or atmosphere. If they go
mid-week, it is less crowded.

T.

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so it looks like we are going to get the first train in the AM out of
amsterdam and then switch up in paris and take the little southern ski
run on the thalys train...

No. Thalys is direct from Amsterdam to the Alps on some dates. See
prospct linked on my previous post.

..it leaves less time on the slopes that we
would like, but an after ski climb up the eiffel tower is going to make
for an eventful day if we take that route....

we are not necasarily "dead set" on the alps and nothing else.....so if
anyone has a suggestion or 2 on a different area, maybe central
germany, we are open to options....I am not terribly familiar with the
landscape, its been many years, and I cant find a map that places ski
resorts by location, so I am looking for any help!!

Something like Willingen may ne in Nordrhein-Westfalen, it's not high
mountains. There *used to be* direct trains to that area from Amsterdam
but now it involves a number of changes. This isn't a fast route
although you can use ICE trains to reach Germany.

Regards, ULF