General questions about Chamonix...

Hoop I understand where you are coming from on this. I do hope you will be taking the email with you, nice one

Ski edges should be smooth and sharp enough to take a shaving from a fingernail. Bases should be smooth, free of gouges, freshly waxed and scraped back to reveal the base structure.
Bindings should hold the boot without any loose movement, no slop. There should be no excessive gouging on the glide plate under the toe piece.

Everyone in your party should have a multi tool of some sort with them on the hill, they are handy for quick repairs, though most lift stations do have tools on a rack outside, you may not be at a lift when you need them.

I got caught out recently, with brand new test skis, and a faulty binding brake. One ski sped off by itself onto a crevassed glacier area, and no way could I go after it, much too dangerous. I did get the ski back, I was lucky, someone picked it up lower down and returned it.
It serves me right for not doing my own checks.

Hoop - you'll get a minimum of 20% discount off the walk-in price with SkiSet, our partners for Ski Hire, so worth your while to check a quote from them. I'm not sure of your dates but if outside the peak weeks the discount may be 25% or more.

They have an Economy range and, even for this, guarantee that all skis will be serviced (edges and wax) prior to each hire.

You can check your appropriate ski category on our Chamonix Ski Hire page or get a quote (and book) via http://chamonix.skiset.co.uk/j2ski/.

bandit wrote:Hoop I understand where you are coming from on this. I do hope you will be taking the email with you, nice one

Ski edges should be smooth and sharp enough to take a shaving from a fingernail. Bases should be smooth, free of gouges, freshly waxed and scraped back to reveal the base structure.
Bindings should hold the boot without any loose movement, no slop. There should be no excessive gouging on the glide plate under the toe piece.

Great info. Cheers, bandit. If i decide to go with Cham sport then I will definitely be taking the email with me.

Admin Thanks for the link. The economy range looks more than good enough for our needs. That's another option well worth considering...good prices. We go out on 28 January, so I think that falls outside peak times...25% discount I believe