J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by andyhull

If someone calls in a rescue to where you are the insurer will pay, if you go missing and they have to launch a full scale search then don't expect your insurer to cover it. Sounds fair enough to me.

38 days till Val D'Isere
67 days till Verbier

Cheers everyone, I'm making notes! Can't wait.

The replacement sounds great:

Construction begins this summer on phase 1 of a new Plattières gondola, the main lift from Mottaret's towards Les Menuires and Val Thorens. This single lift will replace the existing Plattières I and II lifts for the start of the 2012/13 season. (For the 2011/12 season the existing lift will continue to run). The future gondola will have a capacity of 2700 passengers per hour, giving access to the top of Plattières II in just 9 minutes compared with the current 25 minutes. Comfort will increase as well as speed: comfortable 8-seat cabins will replace the small, back-to-back, 6-seat cabins.

So what are your favourite runs and why?

elliot willis wrote:So, it is not quite true to say it is difficult to do in a day - but we didn't hang about.

They're asking for a route on easy blues so I'm assuming the pace will be fairly gentle.

Using reds Val Thorens to Courchevel can be skied in just under an hour, the route back a similar sort of time depending on queues for the La Plattieres lift. I reckon once the lift is upgraded next year Courchevel to Val Thorens will be under an hour.

Avoid the silver service and it's not too bad.

I'm off to Verbier for the first time in January, can't wait! It's great to be going somewhere new for a change. We've been trying to run a trip there for ages, at last we've done it. There'll be 20 of us, 21 if I can fill that last place! (just had someone have to drop out).

What are the runs we shouldn't miss? Blue, red or black.

Where are the best off piste routes? Any recommended guides?

Where should we be heading for lunch?