Skier type

Après Captain

Skis hard until the terrace opens.

You ski properly, you just know when to stop. You find the sunniest terrace in any resort within a day and you always know where the music starts. Your last run ends at a table, still in ski boots.

How an Après Captain skis

Not science. A fair guess.

Speed
50 / 100
Air time
15 / 100
Lunch break
90 / 100
Après
100 / 100
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The badge

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From our database

Resorts that fit an Après Captain

Picked from the 258 resorts in our database by one rule: the biggest ski areas among the resorts our guide flags for après-ski. A ski area shared by several villages is listed once.

  1. 1

    Meribel

    France · Les 3 Vallées

    Flagged for après-ski, with 600 km to ski first
  2. 2

    Morzine

    France · Portes du Soleil

    Flagged for après-ski, with 600 km to ski first
  3. 3

    Verbier

    Switzerland · 4 Vallées

    Flagged for après-ski, with 410 km to ski first

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More skier types

Each type has its own page with a badge and the resorts in our database that fit it.

First Chair Carver

Corduroy before coffee.

Powder Hound

Gone at the first snowflake.

Park Rat

One more lap. Then one more.

Kilometre Collector

Every lift, every valley, one day.

Scenic Cruiser

Long blues, big views, no rush.

Steep Seeker

If it is not black, it is a transfer.

Family Sherpa

Four pairs of skis, one pair of arms.