The cost of skiing

Your not short of eating options in Chamonix 8)

Ian Wickham wrote:Your not short of eating options in Chamonix 8)

The number of budget eating establishments in Chamonix has been reduced in the past few years, not everyone wants Haute Cuisine :roll:

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Your not short of eating options in Chamonix 8)

The number of budget eating establishments in Chamonix has been reduced in the past few years, not everyone wants Haute Cuisine :roll:

I don't do Budget, Thanks. Just good hearty french peasant food for me :wink:

I remember having some sort of uber kebab in Tignes. Does anyone know what they are called???

Bandit,
I called it 'ski touring' because I thought that was the best description of it. I can see I have made a serious error! Sorry :oops:. What esf 1550 call it, is 'ski pleasure' which I thought was a bit of a ridiculous title, because surely all recreational ski-ing is for pleasure?

This is what they say:

http://www.ski-school-courchevel.co.uk/ski-school-courchevel/ski-adultes/coaching-courses

I realize the slalom may be a bit beyond me, but I would like to have a go. They say I can try it for a morning, and if it's too difficult for me I will do something else. I told them I was a bit old for it - 48 - because I thought they might put me with a bunch of super-fit 18 year old boys who would totally shame me.

I am aiming to be able to ski in and out of (through?) the gates carefully without falling over, and I don't intend to try and beat the world speed record on this.

I have read quite a bit about the 'intermediate plateau' that most people get stuck on, and I'd like to push myself past this. I have to admit I was quite pleased, in a smug kind of way, last week at Tignes, when our instructor tried to be polite and let a French lady down the icy red slope ahead of us, and she said 'La glace' and wouldn't leave the edge of the piste. And my daughter and I quite happily zoomed past her and on to the ice.

Thanks for the tip about the helmet. I hadn't thought of that.

And, back to the subject of this thread - the cost of our ski-ing holiday. The apartment is costing 1000 euros (about £943 at 1.06) for 3 people, and the train costs £300 each, I can't remember what the transfer bus is - around 20 euros each I think. Lift pass, ski and boot hire and full day lessons for me totals £462. So my personal total is about £1100. But I will have to pay for my daughter as well, so I will have to pay about £2200. Plus of course those little extras one forgets about until you look at the bank statement. The food I don't count, because I would be shopping and eating at home, even though it costs a bit more in mountain supermarkets.

I think, maybe, as others have said, it's better just to pay up and not think about it. I know I can afford it, it's not going to bankrupt me, so I'm not going to think about it any more.

I have been very good today - I have been shopping in Lidl, not Tesco, and if I keep doing that I will save quite a bit of money.


Congratulations everyone who managed to find a super cheap holiday. Unfortunately we have to go during Feb half-term, the most expensive week of the entire year.

Ally

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Your not short of eating options in Chamonix 8)

The number of budget eating establishments in Chamonix has been reduced in the past few years, not everyone wants Haute Cuisine :roll:

I don't do Budget, Thanks. Just good hearty french peasant food for me :wink:

Chamonix does not excel in the provision of peasant food outlets.

The town however, is twinned with Aspen, Colorado, I wonder why )

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Your not short of eating options in Chamonix 8)

The number of budget eating establishments in Chamonix has been reduced in the past few years, not everyone wants Haute Cuisine :roll:

I don't do Budget, Thanks. Just good hearty french peasant food for me :wink:

Thats obvious judging by what your LGB trip is costing!!!!

Ally, don't worry, the way disciplines are described varies from country to country. From reading the description on the ski school web page, I think you'll be staying on the piste, or close to it depending on conditions. It will be important to remember to top up both your lift tickets with Carre Neige cover on arrival.

Skiing gates can be good fun as long as you are happy to fall over, as you need to aim at the gate, and go round it. I was told that it teaches us to turn where we want to, and not where the mountain dictates.

Watch some slalom racing on TV before you go, you'll soon catch on. Nice sharp rec. slalom skis and a helmet (with chinguard hopefully) and you'll have a blast.