J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by andyoneil

Ive skied Verbier too(funnily enough) over New Year and would second all of the above. New Year's Day is a very quiet time so if you don't go too large the night before you'll have v quiet slopes

Generally in holiday weeks then the lifts are busier - the advantage of 3V over Verbier is that each and every one of the villages (VT, Les Men, Meribel, Mottaret, Courchevel (with odd exceptions)) has multiple lift points out of the base whilst Verbier basically has only two so a large strain on those at 9am

I went with the school as one of the teachers was actually from there so we got a cheap deal in the family hotel

But that was 30 years ago so I don't think my review will be up to date....

andymol2 wrote:Essentially the responses in the thread are to the news article about Shumi's accident. The article itself mentions off piste along with a number of other matters.
It is reasonable to assume that it's not unreasonable to discuss the various issues raised by his accident.
None of those comments have been disrespectful to somewhone with life threatening injuries.
J2Ski started the thread so presumably are happy for the issue to be discussed so why do some feel the need to chastise those who have responded to one or more of the issues the accident raisd?

Quite

Iceman -

I've had PVT lessons at all times of the day, if there is an instructor free (and outside of a school holiday week there will be) then you can book them

Orelle is a lovely trip out - the black down from the Cime Caron cable car is tricky though so you'll probably want to go via Rosael with the OH. Theyve apparently replaced the old slow lift at Peyron so much less chance of freezing to death that side

Courchevel and back is quicker than you think - I did it a few years ago on only blues (beginners with me) which is a ball aches as you have to go practically to St Martin before you cross to Meribel - but we still made Courchevel by 11:30ish on a 9 start. A single skiier, going straight over the red down into Meribel from the top of Col de la Chambre can be there in an hour I'd say

Where you staying (just wondering if its same as us)?

Look forward to hearing all about it - and leave me some snow for next week!!!!

Hi iceman

I'm a great fan of lessons in general and will always have a couple of 2-3 hour private lessons during the week.

Keeps technique sharp and also has the "Mountain Guide" element too

I'm off to VT the week after you, also with Crystal, and will be interested to hear of what you make of their "social skiing" with a real instructor

Enjoy L3V - great area that I've done a couple of times before

He may be less popular in that job than Keith Joseph was!

:-)

I don't have sproglets myself but certainly in adult classes they will put all the English speakers together wherever they can

often means you get a fit Scandinavian or two in your group as they speak better English than we do but the instructors don't have a lot of Swedish!

I don't qualify but I do wish you well with this Alex - sounds like exactly the sort of thing we need to help keep people in sports