J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by andymol2

Next year I've got late Easter off & looking to go to Whistler for 10 days in the first week of the Easter hols which are at the start of April.

There are a group of 10 or so going.
One is set on Whistler & another adamant that it's late in the season for Whistler and we should go to Beaver Creek. The altitude of Beaver Creek may be an issue for one of the party who has heart disease?

Is the start of April likely to be too warm & wet in Whistler?

I'm going out to meet up with my ski-mad friend in Montriond (down the hill from Morzine) & according to him the pistes are OK at present. (He's been out there for month already). How they will hold up depends on the snowfall in the next month before you go.

The British Ski School in Avoriaz has a good reputation (or did the last I heard)

Plastic bag for a liner?

Do we need to be successful?

Should the public coffers be used to pay people to play sport?

I beleive that public coffers should be spent on providing facilities to encourage many to participate in sport for their current & future health. Realistically skiing is holiday that few can afford to do more than once or twice a year.
Is that going to transform the health of the nation? Is funding a handful of elite skiiers on the off chance they might be successful on a world stage and encourage others to take up the sport likely to succeed?

It may sound harsh but if you want to make a living from your sport it's up to you or your team to find sponsorship. Otherwise join the millions of amateur sportsmen & women who play their sport for pleasure and pay for that out of their own pocket.

As a taxpayer I don't see spending my money on the British ski team as worthwhile. I'd rather the money was spent on playingfields, gyms, swimming pools and the skiing facilities in Scotland so that amateurs can take part in sport and exercise.

It's a nice small resort - quite busy last week as it was half term. Snow was pretty good.

The ski pass no longer covers nearby resorts - like Turrachahohe which is a shame. So you have to spend E39 for a day there rather than a E6 suppliment.

It has it's foibles - like two T bars up from the top of the gondola to the top of the mountain. Once you are up there the area opens up - drop down one side (on one of 2 runs) & a 6 man chair lift takes you back to the top of the t bars.

Probably not a place for beginners because of the need to go up the T bars but good for intermediates as none of the pistes have any hidden horrors.

I liked the approach adopted by a rather large Swede who objected to an adolescent pushing though the queue for the cable car in Kreishberg - he leant across & plucked the youth up with one hand & dropped him back over the stair rails - down a 4 foot drop into a bank of snow & said - "Now you go back & practice queueing until you learn some manners"

I was going to say something similar - but back to the thread.
They keep the roads in Andorra clear but winter tyres are still needed.
However the bus service in Andorra is good when you are there and the links to the airports by bus are pretty good too.

The real question is "Do I need a car at all?" - Only if you are staying away from the resorts.