Sleeps till ski time
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Started by Ian Wickham in Ski Chatter 01-Nov-2011 - 2661 Replies
Admin
reply to 'Sleeps till ski time' posted Jan-2012
Bon voyage and bon ski to all off today! Fast, cold pistes, loads of snow and a fair bit of sunshine await... nice!
The Admin Man
Offshore
reply to 'Sleeps till ski time' posted Jan-2012
about to make my way to north terminal at gatwick, see you all in a week, hopefully this week will go very slow :)
Tim 000
reply to 'Sleeps till ski time' posted Jan-2012
0 sleeps to go .
Far Queue
reply to 'Sleeps till ski time' posted Jan-2012
Really hope all you guys going this week have a great time.
Just watching Wengen on Eurosport atmo, and it looks to be superb conditions. :D
Just watching Wengen on Eurosport atmo, and it looks to be superb conditions. :D
Iceman
reply to 'Sleeps till ski time' posted Jan-2012
Snapzzz wrote:Wickers , iceman..... HAVE A WICKED TIME GUYS!!!!! hope your travel goes smoothly.
Cheers!!
Driving up the wiggly mountain road -6 degrees. Good times!!
Sat nav says 30 minutes to beer!!
The Northern Monkey. Jan'23 Les Arcs
Snapzzz
reply to 'Sleeps till ski time' posted Jan-2012
I've only gone and done it...... Im booked.
What a nightmare though, there were NO holidays from east midlands for 4th feb at all. So i looked at Birmingham. Crystal, Inghams, Neilsen....all nothing for birmingham. Sure i could fly from gatwick but that would give me a big drive just to the airport. I don't like that.
Anyway after hours on the phone we managed to get Iglu to find flights into Geneva with, wait for it, Inghams! WTF...they told me they were fully booked.
So then came the choice of resorts. Les arcs or La plagne were my first choice but from geneva it is a 3+ hour transfer which we didn't want. And the guy on the phone says that the french drivers stop for a break every 2hrs du to their working arrangements which meant dragging it out even more.
So in the end i said 'How about the Grand Massiff area" and now we are booked for Flaine.
Now i know, before you all start, it is pig ugly but that doesn't bother me. I am a Skier not a landscape painter. And the short transfer (1hr) is right up my street. So i am happy.
So, have you been, tell me about Flaine.
What a nightmare though, there were NO holidays from east midlands for 4th feb at all. So i looked at Birmingham. Crystal, Inghams, Neilsen....all nothing for birmingham. Sure i could fly from gatwick but that would give me a big drive just to the airport. I don't like that.
Anyway after hours on the phone we managed to get Iglu to find flights into Geneva with, wait for it, Inghams! WTF...they told me they were fully booked.
So then came the choice of resorts. Les arcs or La plagne were my first choice but from geneva it is a 3+ hour transfer which we didn't want. And the guy on the phone says that the french drivers stop for a break every 2hrs du to their working arrangements which meant dragging it out even more.
So in the end i said 'How about the Grand Massiff area" and now we are booked for Flaine.
Now i know, before you all start, it is pig ugly but that doesn't bother me. I am a Skier not a landscape painter. And the short transfer (1hr) is right up my street. So i am happy.
So, have you been, tell me about Flaine.
Skied: Arinsal, La Plagne, Alpe D'huez, Flaine, Les Arcs, Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz, Sauze, Courchevel, Val Thorens
Tspill
reply to 'Sleeps till ski time' posted Jan-2012
13 sleeps until Tignes.
Started getting stuff out and ready today!
Started getting stuff out and ready today!
NellyPS
reply to 'Sleeps till ski time' posted Jan-2012
@ Snapzzz; sounds good, I'm not a fan of ugly resorts but like you said, its the skiing you're there for and once you get out of the valley, the mountains look just as good.
Have a great time. Still on the hunt for our hols in March. Do you think that Inghams allocate a certain amount of flights etc to Iglu ski then, which is why Iglu had something but Inghams didn't?
Anyway, in answer to your question, I haven't even been to Flaine, sure it will be great anyway.
Have a great time. Still on the hunt for our hols in March. Do you think that Inghams allocate a certain amount of flights etc to Iglu ski then, which is why Iglu had something but Inghams didn't?
Anyway, in answer to your question, I haven't even been to Flaine, sure it will be great anyway.
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Topic last updated on 19-November-2013 at 14:34