Booked a Ski trip, off on sunday.

Tony_H wrote:Again, Ian makes a v good point.
Think about what you pay for a day in a mega resort in Europe, maybe £30-£35. I know there are other associated costs, but I prefer to wait until I have got a week to go at. I went to SnoZone once and after 15 minutes I was watching the clock for it to finish. 5 minutes up the drag, 5 seconds down the hill. And a very dry pair of bases to boot.

Tony,
You know perfectly well that I carefully costed out my half-term trip to Courchevel - total cost £1100 - and it worked out at £25 per hour of actual ski-ing time. However, I would hardly think that ski-ing at Courchevel compares with ski-ing in a snow dome!

I think myself that snow domes are good if there is something particular you want to work on with your ski-ing/boarding technique. The fact that you're not up a mountain means that you have less distractions with fog etc. and the slope is entirely predictable, so you can concentrate all your effort on what you're actually doing as you ski/board. And then, because you have hopefully improved your technique, you can enjoy yourself and relax more once you are up a mountain ski-ing.

Ally

I guess how good it seems is relative to what you are used too.

I learned on a dry slope.
Before I first hit the snow for real we went to Tamworth & thought it was fab.
Having been skiing for real a number of times I enjoy a trip to the snowdome for a bit of fun with the kids in the summer holidays.

I've only been back to a dry slope once since (to accompany a mate who was going for a lesson with an instructor friend of mine and I went along to take the mick) and realised how awful dry lope skiing is but also recognised the benefit I had from lessons on the dry slope initially.
I doubt I'll ever hit a dry slope again.

me and mr-a are booked for two hours with instruction for £29 ph on wednesday afternoon.
can't wait :D

I have to agree with Ally, trying out kit and learning are the only reason i will go back. The fun is just not there.
I am going to be buying my own boots this year so i expect to be there on a few occasions before next season.