Random Tips for Beginners

i dont use a back pack just incase i fall

my list for a day on piste

1, lip salve,
2, few euros in pocket
3, ciggies and lighter in a freezer bag in pocket, - i know no lectures please trying to quit.
4, small camera in padded soft carrier in pocket
5, lift pass,
6, cant get away with sunglasses so just my goggles
7, neck warmer

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and normally wearing,base layer pants ansd top, fleecey top then ski jacket and saloppettes, hat and gloves, (and underwear) someone bound to pick that one up if its not listed

and in my case well not enough room on here to list it all, :mrgreen:

oh and my moby phone, and this year for first time an mp3 yippee

Timeforabeer wrote:

sami_glasgow wrote:

I prefer to ski witha rucksack, well not coz the skiing is better but theres so many useful things to carry:

Water.
Fruit juice (sugar can ne nice but beware of carrying fizzy juice!)
Snickers (chocolate and peanuts for energy)
Cereal bars
A small flask with a hot drink / cuppa soup (stays hot/warm for hours!)
sandwiches (save a fortune on lunch)
goggles
sunglasses
extra layer of clothing / scarf / neck thing

cant think of anything else. seemed like more at the time

Is it just me, or does the list of stuff you have to remember before you head out for the day simply impossibly long?

IMO - Not at all. A little preparation meant I was up at 7:30-8:00, on the lift by 9:30 and back at the chalet by 5, only with a short stop to have my sandwich and soup (20 mins or so). The rest of the snacks were for on the lifts.

Eyewear and scarf/hat allways stay in the bag. All I needed to do was make sandwiches, boil kettle, full up flask, water bottle, juice bottle, chuck a couple of cereal bars in the bag - finito.

Pablo - you can still eat a squashed sandwich ;)

Why would you advise so against skiing with a backpack?

My backpack meant I barely spent any money all week - just a little on ham bread and cheese, took the rest of the stuff from home.

sami_glasgow wrote:
Pablo - you can still eat a squashed sandwich ;)

Why would you advise so against skiing with a backpack?

My backpack meant I barely spent any money all week - just a little on ham bread and cheese, took the rest of the stuff from home.

do my eyes deceive me?

Pablo Escobar wrote:KHMR

Only one photo from probably the most epic skiing day of my (short) life and I can*** be bothered to link it from Facebook :lol:

any random tips for warming legs up ready for the piste? 14 sleeps to go yippee

Run down the beginners "band" lift like a reverse treadmill?

amanda n wrote:any random tips for warming legs up ready for the piste? 14 sleeps to go yippee

Squats, leg lifts, crunchies.