Taking Skis on Eurostar and TGV???

if the ash damages hastalloy engine parts then what chance your plastic ski bases ?..looking forward to skiing in a foot of the grey stuff (can we call it powder ?)

Trencher wrote: The 1821 eruptions lasted thirteen months.

What was it like Trencher? :wink:

Dave Mac wrote:

Trencher wrote: The 1821 eruptions lasted thirteen months.

What was it like Trencher? :wink:

The snow was great, but the high sulphur content wrecked the bases, and corroded the bindings :cry:

I try to avoid the yellow snow

Post holiday note: Yes you can but my advice would be to pack one set of skis in one bag then you can fit them in the overhead racks on Virgin trains and easily into Eurostar and TGV racks. We had just two bags between us - one ski on wheels with all skis and boots in and a pull along soft suitcase but both were too heavy for getting on and off trains easily. In future we would each have a small wheeled suitcase and a ski bag each on our shoulder. The large wheeled ski bag was just too unwieldy for walking around crowded London, Paris and Lyon city and stations :oops:

A ski bag with rucksack shoulder straps, and the right padding for your back, would be useful. Maybe it would be worth while cannibalising a rucksack, and have the straps, and back pad stitched to a ski bag. The ski bag could then be carried vertically in crowded places. Perhaps bias the straps to one end, so the bag could ride high, away form the legs when there is enough ceiling height, but switched the other way for doors, and low ceilings. You would have to shuffle then, because the bag would be hitting the backs of your legs, but your hands would still be free.