Ski Trip
Ballyclare High School Sports Tour – Skiing February 2025- Austria
Resort: Ehrwald is a superb resort located in the Zugspitz Arena ski area, which offers guaranteed snow and over 200km of pistes. With a diverse range of challenges – a total of 74 blue runs, 55 red runs and 11 black runs, across the 5 ski resorts, there is something to suit all abilities.
Departure Date: Saturday 8th February 2025, for one week
Hotel: The Sonnenburg Hotel sits on the slopes of the Wettersteinbahnen ski area, close to the centre of Ehrwald.
Last academic year we travelled to Madonna di Campiglio:
This year we went to Madonna di Campiglio in Italy on the 2024 school ski trip. We stayed in Hotel Posta, which was in a small, scenic village. We were only a short walk from the ski resort, with some amazing and beautiful slopes, which varied in skill levels. While we were there, we had some sunny and snowy weather and ended up getting a wide range of skiing conditions, some quite tricky towards the end of the trip. The hotel we stayed in was very welcoming with very lovely staff.
We had so much fun skiing with our friends and our friendly ski instructors gave us the best lessons to improve our skiing abilities while staying safe and having fun on the slopes. We skied 4 hours a day for 6 days and had delicious lunches up the slopes. Everyone was divided into groups with the best fit for their skiing abilities, giving us the best experience in our groups. We witnessed some funny falls and even had some ourselves!
Each night we took part in many fun and exciting activities, such as bingo, quiz night, going to the café, going out for pizza and going snow shoeing. It was such a good end to each day, even snow shoeing, a late-night walk through the dark slopes, was very fun and memorable. We went to the café in the village and got ice cream and hot chocolate. Quiz night was very competitive as well as bingo, especially when someone won twice!
Our favourite moments were skiing together and sharing a room, which is currently champion of winning the cleanest room! We had so many good laughs, especially when everyone had just completed their final day of skiing, which turned into a huge snowball fight (even the teachers got involved!) We had so much fun with each other and made so many new friends in other year groups, who we created lasting memories with.
Ruby Lloyd, Eva Woodside and Keeley Smyth Year 11.
