{"id":1965,"date":"2025-11-21T10:27:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.la-longere-des-capucines.fr\/?post_type=activite&p=1965"},"modified":"2025-12-22T10:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:58:12","slug":"winter-sports-in-alsace","status":"publish","type":"activite","link":"https:\/\/www.la-longere-des-capucines.fr\/en\/activity\/winter-sports-in-alsace\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter sports in Alsace"},"content":{"rendered":"

From December to the end of March, winters are white on the Vosges peaks, with snow delighting lovers of skiing and winter sports of all kinds.<\/p>\n

The Vosges Mountains are a vast playground in winter, with a total of\u00a015 winter sports resorts<\/a>\u00a0which are mainly concentrated in the Munster Valley, Kaysersberg and around the Grand Ballon.<\/p>\n

The closest station to La Long\u00e8re des Capucines holiday cottage is\u00a0Markstein<\/strong>. With 40 kilometres of downhill slopes, it offers breathtaking views of the surrounding valleys and the Alsace plain.<\/p>\n

Most resorts in Alsace are equipped with ski lifts only. If you are looking for a chairlift,\u00a0it's at Lac Blanc<\/strong>\u00a0that you have to surrender. Night skiing is also possible in quite a few resorts!<\/p>\n

Extensive Nordic skiing areas<\/a>\u00a0also welcome\u00a0cross-country skiing enthusiasts<\/strong>, on marked and groomed trails for classic or skating styles; the routes alternate between snow-covered pine forest paths and unobstructed views of the ridges \u2013 a real treat!<\/p>\n

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The Vosges resorts<\/strong>\u00a0are perfect for spending\u00a0family skiing holidays,<\/strong>\u00a0The slopes are manageable in size, making it the ideal place to learn to ski with the ESF ski school, which is present throughout the Massif. There are also toboggan runs on the higher slopes!<\/p>\n

Numerous snowshoe trails\u00a0are marked on the Massif<\/a>, and in season you can choose to go for a walk\u00a0with mid-mountain guides\u00a0<\/a>to enjoy their anecdotes and knowledge of the area.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1966,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1965","activite","type-activite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.la-longere-des-capucines.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activite\/1965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.la-longere-des-capucines.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.la-longere-des-capucines.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activite"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.la-longere-des-capucines.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.la-longere-des-capucines.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.la-longere-des-capucines.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}