Things are starting to chill down in rudeville – snow is beginning to fall on the surrounding hills, berries are dropping off their bushes and the mountain goats are being herded down the valley to warmer lands... all sure signs that winter is nearly upon us, woohoo!! For this coming season we have some exciting new stuff happening in rudeville including the opening of Hotel Crozat – the first ever Rude Hotel; a new fully catered service in our pimped up Chalet Chocolat in Chamonix and revamped itineraries for our much loved Burton Snowboard Test Weekend, rudegirls snowboard week and our Park Pipe and Jib Tour. SCUK members will continue to receive a 5% discount on all rudechalets™ holidays.

The opening of Hotel Crozat

We have partnered with one of Morzine's best hotels to offer yet another way for our guests to enjoy the rude experience. By applying our now legendary rudestyle™ and service we have taken an already great hotel and made it a little greater! Hotel Crozat (named after Chris's favourite off piste run) is one of the best located hotels in Morzine town centre and features a sauna, swimming pool, games room and a friendly bar area with a roaring log fire and comfy sofas. As you would expect we have added lots of rudechalets™ style to the bedrooms including XBOX 360s, MP3 docking, free wi-fi and all guests will have access to our Burton Snowboard Test Centre. Prices start from £469 pp/pw and include return airport transfers from Geneva, ensuite accommodation & half board.

Fully catered service extended to Chalet Chocolat in Chamonix // Our Chamonix guests can forget about the mundane tasks of shopping, cooking, cleaning & driving and focus all their energy into maximising their mountain time and dancing on the tables at apres ski! Our new fully catered service in Chamonix will include a FREE daily mini bus service to and from the ski lifts, a hearty breakfast, afternoon tea & cakes, apres ski drinks, a three course evening meal and as much wine as you can drink throughout the week! All bedrooms are ensuite each with XBOX 360 and LCD screens. And in addition to the bubbling 10 x person Jacuzzi our guests can enjoy a table football, media centre, snow art, FREE wi-fi & a Guitar and DJ Hero set up in the lounge area. Prices range from £399 - £699 per person per week and include return airport transfers, half board, unlimited wine and in-resort mini bus service to and from the slopes.

Burton Test Weekend: 10th – 13th December 2010

Get on the latest Burton kit without blowing your budget! This is a fantastic opportunity to sneak in some pre-Christmas riding, check out Burton’s brand new 2011 kit and ride the infamous Stash in Avoriaz. For an unbeatable £299 per person rudechalets™ provide return airport transfers from Geneva, ensuite accommodation in their pimped up Chalet Chapelle, half board, as much wine as you would like, a 3 day Avoriaz lift pass and freestyle demos from a rudechalets™ team rider. All guests will have unlimited access to the Burton test centre to find the board which best suits their riding style.

Revamped rudegirls snowboard week in Morzine-Avoriaz: 9th – 16th January 2011

For independent ladies of all ages who have a passion for snowboarding (to either learn or improve), a love for the mountains, and want to hang out, snowboard & party with like-minded people. For January 2011 we have added a day’s mountain hosting with a Burton Sponsored girlie rider, an après ski ice skating soiree and an exciting Ariel 7 sponsored GARMIN challenge to the traditional and much loved rudegirls formula. Price: £699 pp/pw which includes: return airport transfers; ensuite accommodation ; half board; unlimited wine; 6 day Avoriaz lift pass; Burton Snowboard rental ; 4 x 2 hrs of snowboard tuition with ex-world Champion Angel; board maintenance workshop; ice skating soiree; yoga classes; rudegirls goodie bag (sponsored by Burton Snowboards, Anon, Gravis & Ariel 7)

Park, pipe and jib tour in association with Burton: 10th – 17th April 2011

With 6 parks, 2 pipes and 650km of pistes packed with jibs and drops the Portes du Soleil offers some of the best freestyle and all-mountain terrain in Europe. Our snowboarding tour is all about the riding with early starts, late finishes and huge improvements! Technical tuition is provided by a fully qualified instructor with assistance from rudechalets™ sponsored rider Andy Webb and Rude & Burton UK Team Rider Chris Kightly. They will be on hand throughout the week to demo the tricks, give you pointers in the parks, take you on practice runs through the pipe and get you jibbing around until your legs can take no more! Price: £499 pp/pw inc. Airport transfers, half board, unlimited wine, 6 day Portes du Soleil lift pass, 4 x 2 hrs park instruction, mountain hosting with Burton Rider.

rudechalets™ is one of the leading providers of ski and snowboard accommodation in the Alps. It was voted Number 2 'Best Chalet and Chalet Operator' in the UK Snow Awards and featured in the Guardian's top 5 Chalets.

For more information / bookings please contact the rudechalets™ team:
08700687030 / info@rudechalets.com or visit www.rudechalets.com

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