Claire Louise Barry
Skier
Claire Louise is one of our ski holiday experts. She has an incredible knowledge of North American ski resorts - if you're keen to head across the Atlantic give Claire Louise a call.
Top Tip
If you’re planning to ski in North America, don’t just limit yourself to hotels. There are so many apartment/condo options with great hotel style amenities and best of all they’ll offer you a living room and kitchen, particularly excellent for families. Apartments in NA are generally much bigger than European apartments.
Interesting Fact
Winter in Tahoe is actually their low-season, therefore accommodation prices can be very reasonable.
Number of Seasons
1
Skiing History
I skied for the first time at 17 while on a school trip. My next trip wasn’t until I was 21 when I spent a season in Breckenridge, Colorado. I fell in love with the Rockies and the way North American ski resorts operate (very efficiently with excellent customer service). I started working in the ski travel industry in London after that season. I’ve always concentrated on North American resorts but since joining Ski Solutions I’ve started dealing with the many wonderful European resorts that we offer and am really enjoying selling both.
Best Moment
My first time tree skiing was in Beaver Creek with much much better skiers – scary but thrilling!
Favourite Resort
Breckenridge –– a great mountain and a truly American ski town.
Resorts Visited
In North America: Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, Beaver Creek, Winter Park, Steamboat, Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood, Stratton, Banff, Whistler.
In Europe: Meribel, Val d’Isere, Morzine, Kitzbuhel, Zermatt, Courmayeur, Brentonico, Madonna di Campiglio