Thanks Admin :)
I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to remember that though :(
I mean why should a 45 degree slope be 100% ? Just because it's impossible to ski down anything steeper, or what?
And that black 70 LOOKED a lot MORE than around 30 degrees!
Next group holiday I will bring my angle measurer with me, and check out some of these slopes ;)
J2Ski Holiday 2014
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Don't you just love it the snowboarder went doen the slope and still sat on his backside in the middle of the piste :shock:
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Started by Felthorpe in Find a Ski Buddy / Group Trips 29-Apr-2012 - 760 Replies
AllyG
reply to 'J2Ski Holiday 2014' posted Feb-2014
Tony_H
reply to 'J2Ski Holiday 2014' posted Feb-2014
I've changed my mind. Go to mayrhofen and ski a proper steep slope.
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New and improved me
Daved
reply to 'J2Ski Holiday 2014' posted Feb-2014
http://youtu.be/e0aWrSnsUUU
Unpisted and foggy when we did it ..this is the steep bottom bit ..named after Schumacher
Unpisted and foggy when we did it ..this is the steep bottom bit ..named after Schumacher
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Ian Wickham
reply to 'J2Ski Holiday 2014' posted Feb-2014
daved wrote:http://youtu.be/e0aWrSnsUUU
Unpisted and foggy when we did it ..this is the steep bottom bit ..named after Schumacher
Don't you just love it the snowboarder went doen the slope and still sat on his backside in the middle of the piste :shock:
AllyG
reply to 'J2Ski Holiday 2014' posted Mar-2014
I've just realized that I forgot to say how I got back to Verona airport from the Gran Baita hotel in Folgarida.
The others left on Sunday morning, the way they came. So 2 of them went on the bus, the FlySki shuttle, back to Milan Bergamo airport (cost 35 euros return, takes about 3 1/2 hours) for the RyanAir flight to Stansted. And 11 of them returned to Verona airport in the taxi minibus (total cost 700 euros return which worked out at 64 euros per person), takes about 2 1/2 hours, for the EasyJet flight to Gatwick. 7 of them drove back to the U.K. in 3 cars.
Cat and I had 8 days to ski, instead of 6 like everyone else, because we stayed in a very posh hotel, The Grand hotel in Trento (opposite the train station, cost 95 euros per night for both of us including breakfast) on the Saturday night on the way out, and Sunday night on the way back. It's by far the poshest hotel I've ever stayed in - it's like a marble palace! And the supper we had was delicious. We both splashed out and had a really good meal and it didn't cost the earth - about 60 euros for both of us including drinks. And they very kindly gave Cat her breakfast in a bag in the morning, so she could eat it on the train!
On the way out, as I said before, we left our luggage in the ski hire shop in Daolasa and skied to Folgarida, and the ski hire shop owner very kindly delivered our luggage to the hotel for nothing in the evening. I had e-mailed him to make these arrangements before we arrived, and he didn't want a booking form, or a deposit or anything - all he said was 'Do not worry we will be there'. :)
Going back, we had the opposite problem - we had our luggage in the Gran Baita in Folgarida but the skis needed to go back to Daolasa. However, Roberto from the ski hire shop Skirent Val di Sole very kindly agreed to come to the hotel and pick them up for us, again free of charge in the evening. And Enza and Flora in the Gran Baita were really nice and phoned for a taxi (cost 25 euros) for us to take us to the train station for the Dolomiti Express back to Trento. We were going to go to Dimaro, the nearest station, but the taxi driver said it would cost the same to go on to Male, which is a bigger station, so we did. And this worked out very well because they had a cafe there so we could buy something to eat and drink as I hadn't had time to eat anything after I came off the ski slopes.
The ski train, the Dolomiti express, is a train specially adapted for carrying bikes in the summer and skis in the winter, with racks for this. And it's very cheap. It only cost us 4 euros each to get back to Trento. It takes about an hour and a half.
I should think it would be possible to get from the U.K. to Verona airport and on to Folgarida in one day, the way I did it, but I decided to break my journey at Trento and do it like that. The FlySki shuttle bus from Verona to Folgarida is the easiest way of doing it (if you don't hire a car or share a taxi), but it only runs at the weekend.
The following day, Monday, Cat and I had a very early start from the posh hotel in Trento to catch a train at about 7-10 a.m. because she had to get to Milan Linate airport for a lunchtime flight back to the U.S. I wouldn't recommend anyone to fly to this airport to get to Folgarida because it involves too many separate train journeys, but the U.S. flights don't go to Verona. The train from Trento to Verona only cost 7 euros.
Cat changed trains at Verona and went on to Milano Centrale and hence on to Milan Linate airport (and caught her flight!). I had plenty of time before my flight so I'd decided to have a look around Verona. It's only about a 10 minute walk to the centre of Verona from the train station where they have a left luggage facility. I had a look at Juliet's balcony (Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona), the Roman amphitheatre, and a few other things. And then I got the airport bus from the train station. This bus costs 6 euros each way, runs every 20 minutes, takes about 15 minutes, and you can buy tickets for it at the newsagents shop at the station.
So - my transfers between Verona airport and Folgarida were rather complicated, but I did manage to get 8 days ski-ing and have a look around the city of Verona. And I like travelling on trains. I hadn't been on an Italian train before. I noticed that they have ticket stamping machines on the platform like the French do. A friend of mine had warned me about this as he'd been in a lot of trouble with a ticket inspector because he hadn't stamped his, so I made sure I stamped mine!
On the way up to Trento from Verona train station I'd been slightly suspicious of a man in the train. He came walking through the carriage, looked at Cat sleeping (jet lag), and then he looked at me looking at him looking at her, and moved on. I've never had anything happen like that on a French or British train, and I wondered if it's because the Italian train was so cheap that pick-pockets could afford to travel on them. Of course, I might have been imagining it.
Total cost of my transfers:
Bus from Verona airport to the train station return = 12 euros
Verona to Trento on the train, return = 14 euros
Trento to Daolasa and Male to Trento Dolomiti express train = 8 euros.
Half the taxi fare from the Gran Baita to Male = 12.50 euros
Total = 46.50 euros
The others left on Sunday morning, the way they came. So 2 of them went on the bus, the FlySki shuttle, back to Milan Bergamo airport (cost 35 euros return, takes about 3 1/2 hours) for the RyanAir flight to Stansted. And 11 of them returned to Verona airport in the taxi minibus (total cost 700 euros return which worked out at 64 euros per person), takes about 2 1/2 hours, for the EasyJet flight to Gatwick. 7 of them drove back to the U.K. in 3 cars.
Cat and I had 8 days to ski, instead of 6 like everyone else, because we stayed in a very posh hotel, The Grand hotel in Trento (opposite the train station, cost 95 euros per night for both of us including breakfast) on the Saturday night on the way out, and Sunday night on the way back. It's by far the poshest hotel I've ever stayed in - it's like a marble palace! And the supper we had was delicious. We both splashed out and had a really good meal and it didn't cost the earth - about 60 euros for both of us including drinks. And they very kindly gave Cat her breakfast in a bag in the morning, so she could eat it on the train!
On the way out, as I said before, we left our luggage in the ski hire shop in Daolasa and skied to Folgarida, and the ski hire shop owner very kindly delivered our luggage to the hotel for nothing in the evening. I had e-mailed him to make these arrangements before we arrived, and he didn't want a booking form, or a deposit or anything - all he said was 'Do not worry we will be there'. :)
Going back, we had the opposite problem - we had our luggage in the Gran Baita in Folgarida but the skis needed to go back to Daolasa. However, Roberto from the ski hire shop Skirent Val di Sole very kindly agreed to come to the hotel and pick them up for us, again free of charge in the evening. And Enza and Flora in the Gran Baita were really nice and phoned for a taxi (cost 25 euros) for us to take us to the train station for the Dolomiti Express back to Trento. We were going to go to Dimaro, the nearest station, but the taxi driver said it would cost the same to go on to Male, which is a bigger station, so we did. And this worked out very well because they had a cafe there so we could buy something to eat and drink as I hadn't had time to eat anything after I came off the ski slopes.
The ski train, the Dolomiti express, is a train specially adapted for carrying bikes in the summer and skis in the winter, with racks for this. And it's very cheap. It only cost us 4 euros each to get back to Trento. It takes about an hour and a half.
I should think it would be possible to get from the U.K. to Verona airport and on to Folgarida in one day, the way I did it, but I decided to break my journey at Trento and do it like that. The FlySki shuttle bus from Verona to Folgarida is the easiest way of doing it (if you don't hire a car or share a taxi), but it only runs at the weekend.
The following day, Monday, Cat and I had a very early start from the posh hotel in Trento to catch a train at about 7-10 a.m. because she had to get to Milan Linate airport for a lunchtime flight back to the U.S. I wouldn't recommend anyone to fly to this airport to get to Folgarida because it involves too many separate train journeys, but the U.S. flights don't go to Verona. The train from Trento to Verona only cost 7 euros.
Cat changed trains at Verona and went on to Milano Centrale and hence on to Milan Linate airport (and caught her flight!). I had plenty of time before my flight so I'd decided to have a look around Verona. It's only about a 10 minute walk to the centre of Verona from the train station where they have a left luggage facility. I had a look at Juliet's balcony (Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona), the Roman amphitheatre, and a few other things. And then I got the airport bus from the train station. This bus costs 6 euros each way, runs every 20 minutes, takes about 15 minutes, and you can buy tickets for it at the newsagents shop at the station.
So - my transfers between Verona airport and Folgarida were rather complicated, but I did manage to get 8 days ski-ing and have a look around the city of Verona. And I like travelling on trains. I hadn't been on an Italian train before. I noticed that they have ticket stamping machines on the platform like the French do. A friend of mine had warned me about this as he'd been in a lot of trouble with a ticket inspector because he hadn't stamped his, so I made sure I stamped mine!
On the way up to Trento from Verona train station I'd been slightly suspicious of a man in the train. He came walking through the carriage, looked at Cat sleeping (jet lag), and then he looked at me looking at him looking at her, and moved on. I've never had anything happen like that on a French or British train, and I wondered if it's because the Italian train was so cheap that pick-pockets could afford to travel on them. Of course, I might have been imagining it.
Total cost of my transfers:
Bus from Verona airport to the train station return = 12 euros
Verona to Trento on the train, return = 14 euros
Trento to Daolasa and Male to Trento Dolomiti express train = 8 euros.
Half the taxi fare from the Gran Baita to Male = 12.50 euros
Total = 46.50 euros
LOTA
reply to 'J2Ski Holiday 2014' posted Mar-2014
Railway station, Ally, not a train station!
This group, rather rudely, is dedicated to stamping out this inelegant Americanism!!!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/157367227631205/
This group, rather rudely, is dedicated to stamping out this inelegant Americanism!!!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/157367227631205/
Snapzzz
reply to 'J2Ski Holiday 2014' posted Mar-2014
i was wondering how you got home.
Skied: Arinsal, La Plagne, Alpe D'huez, Flaine, Les Arcs, Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz, Sauze, Courchevel, Val Thorens
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