What's a cheap ski location to reach from Amsterdam (Netherlands)? [closed]

I'm not a winter person but I heard on the news that many dutch people come to Willingen Hochsauerland for skiing. That is a 4h ride from Amsterdam by car. The longest ride is 2km and an altitude difference of 240m. They even have floodlights to ride at night.

I don't know if it will have sold out yet, but if you're quick probably the best bet is the Thalys Snow Train. Tickets start at €69 one way, from Amsterdam to Chambery, Albertville, Moutiers, Aime la Plagne, Landry and Bourg St Maurice. Most of those are either in ski regions, or a short bus ride away. The Seat61 Snow Train page has good connection advice from those stations to the ski areas they serve.

Next up, look at booking a cheap train ticket to Paris (ideally advanced purchase Thalys if you can get it), then either an overnight train or daytime TGV down to the French Alps. Booked in advance, you can get from Paris to the alps for about €35 (non flexible, advanced purchase Prems ticket).

Another option is Switzerland. Take a Thalys down to Lille, then connect onto a direct TGV Lyria to Visp or Brig, for a local train to places like Zermat. See the Seat61 Skiing in Switzerland by train page, but you'll want a cheap Thalys ticket to Lille rather than the Eurostar.

Many of the chalets and hotels in the main ski regions prefer week long bookings at peak times. However, not all do, so hunt around! Some do offer short stay packages for 2-4 nights, a google for "short stay chalet " will normally help you find some. Also, don't forget that most mountains have more than one side that you can ski on, so remember to check prices in resorts on both sides as you can often find a big price difference!

Fly to Norway with KLM. It will set you back some $300 for a return ticket from Schiphol - on a good day. Three daily flights to/from Amsterdam. Flying time is a little over two hours.

Take the train to Oppdal in Norway in Sweden Storlien or Åre. Oppdal and Åre are the biggest and better of these three. Your budget should allow for train transport with NSB (all destinations available from them), hotel and food. All of it rather expensive in Norway.

Fly to Innsbruck. It is relatively cheap, you can fly from Rotterdam (small airport, so no 2-hour queues) and the ski area is directly north of the city.

There are tour operators that organize ski weekends -- leave friday evening and drive during the night (sleep in touring car), ski on saturday, sleep in apartment or hotel, ski on sunday, drive back the night after (sleep in touring car again). Price usually includes a pass for all ski lifts. I doubt you can beat the price of such trips by organizing it yourselves.

One that I know of is http://winter.bizztravel.nl , they don't have many winter vacations on the site yet, probably will in a month or so. Depending on the number of people you travel with (sharing an apartment), somewhere around 200 euro for the weekend should be doable.

Usually the resorts in the French Alps are higher and thus more snow safe, and the hotels are usually right at the ski lifts. Austria is somewhat lower, not as snow safe, you stay further from the lifts (there are free buses though), but there is much more partying and more relaxed away from the skiing.