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Easter 2027 Ski Holidays: The School Holiday Without the Premium

By Connor Martin · Published 23 Sep 2026 · For today's prices see our Club Med and Mark Warner pages.

Easter is usually the forgotten ski holiday. Families default to February half-term because it is the obvious winter break, then wince at the price. In 2027 that is a mistake worth avoiding: Easter is early, the snow is usually still good at altitude, and our price checks show it is the one school holiday that does not carry a premium.

The short answer: at Club Med’s French Alps resorts, the first Easter week of 2027 (departing 27/28 March) cost a family of four a median of 32% less than February half-term, about £3,900 less. It was even cheaper than the lowest-priced term-time week in mid-March at all 11 resorts. If you can ski at Easter rather than half-term, it is the single biggest price lever in the school calendar.

Easter 2027 dates

Easter Sunday falls on 28 March 2027, which is early. For most schools in England:

• Schools break up on Thursday 25 March (Good Friday is 26 March).
• Week 1 departs Saturday 27 or Sunday 28 March.
• Week 2 departs Saturday 3 or Sunday 4 April.
• Schools return around Monday 12 April.

Wales breaks a week earlier (22 March to 2 April), and many Scottish schools later (around 5 to 16 April), so check your own school before you book.

Why Easter 2027 costs less

Ski prices follow demand, and demand in the Alps is driven as much by French families as British ones. France’s spring school holidays start on 3 April 2027 for the Paris zone and run to early May for the others. That means the first English Easter week falls before any French zone is on holiday, and the second overlaps only one.

The result is that Easter 2027 is priced like a spring shoulder week, not a school holiday.

Easter vs half-term vs mid-March: the prices

Family of four (two adults, two children aged 4-11), seven nights, all-inclusive, no flights, checked 22 September 2026:

Prices checked 22 September 2026, guidance only. Grand Massif and Serre-Chevalier prices may be for Saturday starts. Check today’s price on each resort page.

The headline numbers:

• Easter week 1 vs February half-term: a median 32% less, about £3,900 for a family. At Val d’Isère the difference was over £12,000.
• Easter week 1 vs mid-March (term time): lower at all 11 resorts, by a median of about £570.
• Easter week 2 was lower again at 8 of the 9 resorts still open.

Couples see the same pattern: for two adults, the first Easter week was a median 9% below the lowest mid-March week.

What about the snow?

This is the honest catch. Late-season skiing is different:

• The good: longer days, more sunshine, quieter slopes before the French spring holidays begin, and usually the deepest snowpack of the season at altitude.
• The less good: snow goes soft and heavy in the afternoons, and lower slopes can thin out, especially in a warm spring.

Because Easter 2027 is early, both weeks fall in late March and early April rather than mid-April, which helps. Altitude still matters most. The highest resorts we track are Val Thorens (2,300m), Tignes and La Plagne 2100 (both 2,100m), with Val d’Isère close behind. Tignes and Val d’Isère share the Espace Killy, with glacier skiing on the Grande Motte above Tignes.

Which resorts are open for the second week?

The season end dates we see in Club Med’s booking calendar:

So if you want the second Easter week, Grand Massif and Valmorel are already out. For Scottish families whose holidays start in April, the late-closing high resorts are the ones to look at.

Getting there at Easter

Eurostar’s ski train does not run at Easter in 2027: the last outbound train is on 20 February. Plan on flying to Geneva, Lyon, Chambéry or Grenoble. Easter weekend flights get busy, so price them at the same time as the resort.

When to book Easter

Easter prices at most resorts have been steady since we started tracking in the spring, which suggests less pressure than on the festive and half-term weeks. That gives you time to compare, but it does not mean prices will fall, and family rooms at the most popular resorts will go first.

A practical plan:

1. Decide between half-term and Easter now. The difference is big enough to change the whole trip.
2. If Easter, shortlist resorts by altitude and by whether you need week 1 or week 2.
3. Watch your shortlist on our school holidays page and sign up for an alert if you want us to tell you when your week moves.

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