Level of skiing required for different slopes

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Level of skiing required for different slopes
Started by Lovesnow11 in Ski Technique - 36 Replies
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Dec 3, 2011
[Avatar] Andyhull
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The French? They can't get the grading consistent in a single area! Their thinking in Val D is if it joins the flatish bit up top with the town it must be blue.

Blue?
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Dec 3, 2011
[Avatar] Ian Wickham
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Yep may be blue might be stretching it but defo red
Dec 3, 2011
[Avatar] Andyhull
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If they graded it as red it would be brilliant as it wouldn't be full of terrified snow ploughers with their confidence shot to pieces.
Dec 3, 2011
[Avatar] Ian Wickham
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It's Strange, I would never class Val as a beginners resort, it would not be a resort I would go to as
a beginner.
Dec 3, 2011
[Avatar] GaryB250
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Classic video Andy....On the 1st day of my second ski week ever i went down the lovely Santons Blue.....about an hour later i got to the bottom and nearly quit skiing...hope they get it open for our week....hopefully be able to handle it now...!
if 60 cms come down this week what % of runs do you think they will open up for the following week if weather is good?

cheers Gary
Dec 3, 2011
[Avatar] Andyhull
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There are loads of runs that are perfect for beginners in Val D, but I wouldn't take them back to base via Santons until later in the week if they're up for a challenge and the snow is good. Much better to bring them down into La Daille and jump on the bus (there's also a great little bar there for a vin chaud)
We've had beginners on our trips in Val D'Isere and they've progressed really quickly.
Dec 3, 2011
[Avatar] Lovesnow11
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So do you think the slope in that vid would be like close to a black in Andorra?
Dec 3, 2011
[Avatar] Ian Wickham
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lovesnow11 wrote:So do you think the slope in that vid would be like close to a black in Andorra?


It is a long time since I have been to Andorra and I can't remember any half decent blacks, but then again skiing is not all about blacks for me any way.

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