10,000 metres of altitude in one day. Nothing makes a day of skiing quite like frantic racing around a resort, skiing no run or lift twice, completing the last run of the route at 4.55pm in the dusk, finishing by downing shots from a ski. A-mazing.

www.zermatt.ch/en/page.cfm/experience/skiing_snowboarding/matterhorn_ski_safari
Google map: bit.ly/PoP2lE

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Stop at the first ski lodge in Italy.
The prosecco is cheaper than anything in Zermatt and the pannini excellent.
Most of all the juxtaposition of the order in Switzerland with the chaotic scramble and shouting is a laugh riot.

'Highway 7' (Run 7 on the Zermatt\Cervinia ski map), bottom of the blue run.
www.cervinia.it/pages/Home_i_en/211

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The last stop on the way back from the Klein Matterhorn, and a great place to be after a hard day on the slopes. There's always a fantastic atmosphere, with live music, and a lively crowd, and a great mix of ages and nationalities. Skiing in is relatively easy, but skiing out again may prove more tricky, especially if you've sampled one of their skis laden with toffee vodka shots!

On Run 50 from Klein Matterhorn
www.hennustall.ch/
tel. 027 966 35 10

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