Prices on the slope
Started by FallingDown in Ski Chatter - 55 Replies
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Apr 29, 2012
 63 Posts 
The best of both worlds for me.

Each day I have 2 Mars bars (part of a 5 for £1 multipack bought at home) and a litre of water (part of a 6 litres for 2 Euros multipack bought in the local supermarket) in my backpack each day. A couple of beers (at local rate) on the slopes at lunchtime is part of the experience. We have all spent over £3 for a pint in some sh#thole of a pub in England, so why quibble over the price of a beer in gorgeous surroundings.
Apr 29, 2012
 11491 Posts 
AllyG wrote:When we were ski-ing Meribel at New Year I was really annoyed because we were in the restaurant at the top of the Tougnette 1 and they refused to give me a carafe of tap water, even though I'd bought meals for 3 of us there

They even had a cutting from a French newspaper stuck up saying that the French law had changed and restaurants are no longer required to provide free water.

So I had to BUY bottles of very expensive water

I think that was really mean, because water is essential when you're ski-ing, just like it is in the desert, because it's very easy to become dehydrated.


And the moral of the story is take water in your back pack.

No one has to give you anything for nothing.
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Apr 29, 2012
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Tony_H wrote:

No one has to give you anything for nothing.


One of the reasons I appreciate living in the US is that there is so little petty penny pinching. There would be a riot if any cafe/restaurant did not have free water available, even at a ski area.
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Apr 30, 2012
 3318 Posts 
Camelbaks are invented for this very purpose
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Apr 30, 2012
 313 Posts 
Iceman wrote:Camelbaks are invented for this very purpose


True, but tastes like crap out of 1.....
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Apr 30, 2012
 3318 Posts 
Clean them with that stuff they use to clean baby bottles and a VERY VERY long pipecleaner = Perfect!
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Apr 30, 2012
 9522 Posts 
Iceman wrote:Camelbaks are invented for this very purpose


I wonder if they keep beer cool
Apr 30, 2012
 640 Posts 
crispyapplepie wrote:
Iceman wrote:Camelbaks are invented for this very purpose


True, but tastes like crap out of 1.....


When you are booting up 200 vertical meters it tastes like the best thing ever.

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