Yes, the tram building at the Grand Montets burned so that takes out the premier lift served area in the Chamonix valley.
Big Vertical, you can give Monterosa a try. Really a better off piste destination but huge terrain, reasonable prices, great food. Does not have the cushy lift system that you like in Austria.
The Ober Engadine has a lot of skiing, reliable snow, and better than average chance of good weather. High altitude. Everything from long buffed out cruisers to off piste. St. Moritz is the main town, but there are plenty of great places to stay up and down the valley like Sils Maria. Pontresina, Celerina, and Samedan. A bit pricier due to being Swiss, but one of my all time favorite places to be. Legalb and Diavolezza are up on the Bernina Pass. Big vertical, high altitude, and access to the long glacier run down to Morterasch. Beautiful big mountain scenery
Dolomites are tough to beat. Off piste is limited unless you have a guide. I'd highly recommend day or two with a guide. Arabba and Alta Badia are good bases. Easy to drive over to Cortina from Ala Badia, Marmolada is also near by, and the food and on mountain dining is all world. I'll be there in March. Awesome scenery.
Big Vertical, you can give Monterosa a try. Really a better off piste destination but huge terrain, reasonable prices, great food. Does not have the cushy lift system that you like in Austria.
The Ober Engadine has a lot of skiing, reliable snow, and better than average chance of good weather. High altitude. Everything from long buffed out cruisers to off piste. St. Moritz is the main town, but there are plenty of great places to stay up and down the valley like Sils Maria. Pontresina, Celerina, and Samedan. A bit pricier due to being Swiss, but one of my all time favorite places to be. Legalb and Diavolezza are up on the Bernina Pass. Big vertical, high altitude, and access to the long glacier run down to Morterasch. Beautiful big mountain scenery
Dolomites are tough to beat. Off piste is limited unless you have a guide. I'd highly recommend day or two with a guide. Arabba and Alta Badia are good bases. Easy to drive over to Cortina from Ala Badia, Marmolada is also near by, and the food and on mountain dining is all world. I'll be there in March. Awesome scenery.