To find a good family holiday chalet, ask a few questions… Have you seen the chalet? If not, how can they help with your needs? How easy is it to get to and from the pistes, restaurants, ski school or children’s club? Are the staff qualified

in the children’s club or on the slopes. Intermediate skiers are well catered for with a mixed terrain, and although there is a lack of black runs, there is ample opportunity for expert skiers to go off-piste. The superb Hotel Schweizerhof with Powder Byrne offers

, but with babies and toddlers, choose an operator who provides full-on childcare – if you want to ski yourself – as well as children’s meals and family rooms. Mark Warner has a really good range of clubs for different age groups: baby clubs for those as young

). Children’s clubs cost from £375 for six days per week.Visit www.powderbyrne.com or tel: 020 8246 5300.View our Ski & activity section for more brilliant travel ideas.

is a bit of an art form – and the staff at the Yeti Club have clearly mastered.What really made the activity fun for Max was finding fellow football enthusiasts amongst his skiing companions, and in no time football cards were being swapped and fun

in the afternoon (£179 per week); and Sprites for children over five, with lessons in the morning and afternoon club (£179 per week).Elsie was in the Nursery for six days and we arrived to a chorus of sobbing children. She clung to me like a koala bear. One

like their animal mascots and in St Johann in Tirol, a chocolate-box village an hour from Salzburg, the children’s ski school is run by Bobo, a giant penguin, and offers a mix of skiing and indoor activities. Skiing here is fairly gentle, so it’s a good