Best ski resorts from London (flight, Eurostar, school holidays)

How we picked

London skiers live by two calendars: half-term in February and the Easter ten-day window. Geneva airport, with its 80-minute BA Heathrow connection, anchors most of the action. Chamonix is the closest of the great names, just over an hour by road, which makes it the obvious choice for short February breaks where every transfer hour counts. Val Thorens and Méribel sit 2 hours from Geneva and deliver the Three Valleys in full, ideal for families with mixed-ability skiers. On the Swiss side, Verbier is 1h30 from Geneva and rewards strong intermediates with the Four Valleys and a Bond-film village. Crans-Montana, 2 hours away, mixes panoramic plateau skiing with a milder climate that suits late-March trips. Tignes is the deepest French choice from Geneva at around 3 hours, but earns it back with skiing into May on the Grande Motte glacier, perfect for Easter when Chamonix can be slushy. For the long-haul crowd, Hakuba Happo-One from Heathrow via Tokyo is roughly 12 hours plus a Shinkansen, and Niseko on Hokkaido pairs world-record powder with onsen recovery. These resorts are picked specifically for the British calendar: half-term reliability, Easter glacier insurance, and the long-haul splurge.