Season Overview

Local ski hills - 79 days (some short)
Park City - 6 days

Trencher

bandit wrote:caron I think you should feel very proud of your achievement :thumbup: Considering that the slushy conditions have accounted for a lot of injuries in strong and experienced skiers, you showed sound judgement!

Mention Snowdome to me in the summer, I'm expecting to have some new boots to bed in, and we could meet up mebbe :D

Will do. I'd love to :D

tino_11 wrote:

76 days......WOW.....I need to give up this working lark )

Where you planning in Chile?

I will be riding in Portillo (90 miles north of Santiago) between te 4th and 11th July. Maybe see you there???

Yeah I have to say the giving up work did help a lot :lol: Although I am now trying to think of ways and jobs that means I can do this for a few more years to come rather than having to settle back into the "legal" world again - the thought of a desk back in Manchester is not appealing at the minute!!

I am not sure when or where I will hit Chile for skiing but Portillo is pretty high on my hit list. Basically I am backpacking around South America and hit Rio on the 4th May and I have no specific timed plans thereafter except my flight to New Zealand leaves on the 9th August. If I end up in Portillo around those dates I will PM you.....

caron-a wrote:Great to have you back Brimster. Good season?

My trips:-

January 2009 - Niederau - 3 days - approximately 7 hours skiing
April 2009 - Tignes - 7 days - approximately 15 hours skiing

I know this year was a stepping stone and I shouldn't be disappointed but I feel very unsatisfied :cry:. I'm waiting a sensible amount of time before mentioning the snowdome to mr a :mrgreen:

Thanks Caron-a its nice to be back (apart from the UK blues I seem to have been suffering from....). I have to say that my season out in MSA was fantastic and I loved it so much that, fingers crossed, I am hoping to spend the next season out there working :lol:

I can understand why you feel unsatisfied with your skiing for this year however as you said it was a stepping stone and it was better to take it easy this year to ensure you can enjoy the seasons to come rather than put yourself back 10 steps and put yourself in danger of spending another few seasons on the sidelines...... :)

Here we go playmates................ LGb 6 days no idea how many hours..............Adelboden 3 days again no idea how many hours

And thats my lot a total of nine bloody days, I must go more next year :evil: :cry: :evil: :cry: :evil: :cry:

Bromley dry ski slope - 6 days
Soldeu - 6 days
Val Cenis - 7 days
Nintendo Wii (ski)- 15 mins

Will try harder next year!

All I had was 7 days in Val Thorens at Feb half-term, ski-ing about 5 hours per day, and a few days on dry ski slopes - Pembrey and Milton Keynes.

And I will have another couple of days on the dry ski slope at Manchester in June.

Pretty poor - but I have work, a daughter doing GCSE's, and restricted amounts of money.

Next year I will also only get 7 days, but in Courchevel 1550 this time.

Ally

AllyG wrote:All I had was 7 days in Val Thorens at Feb half-term, ski-ing about 5 hours per day, and a few days on dry ski slopes - Pembrey and Milton Keynes.

And I will have another couple of days on the dry ski slope at Manchester in June.

Pretty poor - but I have work, a daughter doing GCSE's, and restricted amounts of money.

Next year I will also only get 7 days, but in Courchevel 1550 this time.

Ally

Restricted money, and your off to Courchevel :shock: you farmers...... :wink:

Well,
Ian I'm hoping that Courchevel 1550 won't cost any more than Val Thorens, as long as we only eat in our apartment and don't go bowling or anything, and only do window shopping.

The apartment is cheap enough, the ski lessons are a bit more expensive, and of course the 3 valley pass is exactly the same as in VT.

Back to work now - cleaning the floor tiles with acid cleaner - less than 2 weeks to go now before the holidaymakers arrive in our newly prepared holiday cottage and masses of work still to do.

Ally