Why Blue Monday is the BEST Day of the Year

Want to know why there’s no such thing as Blue Monday for skiers and snowboarders?

It’s because we have “Bluebird Monday” !

© Alpe d’Huez – AKA ‘Ile au Soleil’ or Island of the Sun has mainly south-facing slopes & so much sunshine.

With the mountains at their most skiable around this time of year, January’s definitely not the time for feeling blue. We’re therefore rebranding Blue Monday “Bluebird Monday” (Bluebird: Adjective. A bright sunny day after a night of amazing snowfall) with our 10 best sunny ski resorts. Even if you’re stuck at home today, cheer yourself up with a scroll through these glorious pictures (and maybe a March or April holiday…).

ENGADIN St. Moritz Tourism

You’ll need your (preferably designer) shades in St Moritz, where the sun shines an average 322 days a year.

Les 2 Alpes Tourism & Bruno Longo

Les 2 Alpes is especially good for sun-filled skiing in August (this is one of only a few resorts where you can still ski at summertime!).

Grandvalira Tourism

Grandvalira (home to Pas de la Casa and Soldeu) is, hands down, the sunniest place to ski in Europe.

Villars Tourism

Climb up to the sundrenched terraces in the Vaud Alps above Villars for a spot of ski holiday sunbathing.

Cervinia Tourism

Cervinia – the sun just won’t stop kissing the highest resort in the Aosta valley.

Nendaz tourism & K Polzer

Nendaz‘s sunshine often sees it compared to the French Riviera…

Kronplatz Tourism & Markus Eder

In previous seasons (and hopefully they’ll carry on this year) you’ve been able to take advantage on Kronplatz‘s extra-long ski days with the “Super Sun Ski Pass”.

Crans Montana Tourism & Olivier Maire

Crans Montana has been dubbed the “sun terrace” of Switzerland.

Sunshine Village & Paul Zizka

For sunshine skiing you can’t beat Banff’s  Sunshine Village (the name says it all). It’s in Alberta, officially hailed Canada’s sunniest province.

Send us your best Bluebird pics, and we’ll post them for everyone to drool over!