Messages posted by : iLoveSkiing
Sounds like a longish wait at busy times if I wait for an opening. If other 'singles' do the same it becomes a race to get the seat.
Pavelski where I have been, people follow the 'every man for themselves queuing' system. There are not enough educated skiiers to make queuing an orderly event. I agree with your point about people learning some skiing manners but people aren't taught it. |
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another 'sin'
I've split up with my friends so go to quad lift on my own. As my turn to get on the quad arrives I shuffle forward but no one joins me because every one right behind me is not 'single' but with their friends or group so they don't want to share the lift with a 'stranger'. Result is I go on the quad be myself and I don't smell, look odd or have two heads. |
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I was there a few weeks ago.
Anywhere recommended for a nice meal? I was half-board so I didn't eat out in the evening. If you're at resort level during the afternoon the fast food shop called the 'Kebab' does great burgers for 3 euros. Way better than MacD rubbish. For liquid refreshment in the evening I recommend Le Windsor - very small pub with some atmosphere Smithys - not bad Le Polar Bear or Le pub whatever it's called is great. Roaring fire hanging down to waist level from the celing and was busy all nights I was there. Best parts for imtermediate skiers? My take on some of the blue runs Cretes - from lift 28 - easy run for finding your ski-legs Thuit - the blue part is pretty good - feel the mountain slopes enclose around you as you descend Gours - Takes you to la Fee - the initial descent is fairly steep for a blue and later along the run it's horizontal for quite some distance. However the run was less skiied when I was there, is out of the way but along this run you get a great sense of the majesty of the mountains as the sheer faces rise up around you. Don't forget to rest by the picnic tables half way along. Glacier - gentle wide blues here - when you're here take the funicular instead of the T-Bar to take you higher up the glacier unless you love t-bars. Infact the blue runs vary so much in scenery, length, gradient and type of turns I'm sure you will love it. What's the ski school like? Didn't attend. |
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Jazzmaster, I have skied only twice. While I'm not in a position to comment on your question I can tell you about my second ski trip.
A few weeks ago I went to Les Deux Alpes for 7 nights(6 day ski pass). On the first day of skiing it took me two to three hours to regain my ski legs and overcome the usual mental barriers like leaning forward and the fear of falling over. After that my skiing was more or less back to the level it was in 2006. |
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Trencher thanks for the advice. I think I'll get one anyway for sunny ski days and because they look better off-piste than my ski jacket.
I've skied twice in my life and have caught the ski bug, I love it. |
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Hi, has anyone experience of soft shell ski jackets? Are they really as durable, abrasion and rip resistant as normal ski jackets. By normal I mean the ski jackets with a harder less supple outer layer and light weight or heavier insulation.
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