Four or five of us, mid-semester abroad, with no plan worth the name. Villas in both resorts, lift passes, and an agreement to see what happened. This was a show-up-and-ski trip, and most of the planning went into the nightlife.
Verbier I would go back to tomorrow. The après there is genuinely legendary – Le Farinet, where the music is the reason you stay far longer than you meant to. La Folie Douce in Val Thorens after, which is its own institution. The skiing was good, and it was not what anyone came back talking about.
The igloo is the part everyone still talks about. One night up on the mountain to break the week in half, and getting there meant dragging our bags across the piste in ski boots. Ridiculous, and the best night of the trip.