J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by dobby

Looks like a good base forming in Hemsedal. Poor season last year, IIRC.

Battery-heated undergloves. That's a Xmas present sorted for the wife. Cheers, Daved. I wear leather gloves dubbed for waterproofing, with silk liners. Keeps 99% of the cold out and waterproof, too.

I'd get a lesson or two. My two kids ski well and found snowboarding hard work and very tiring. Most of the larger Scandinavian resorts (Are, Hemsedal, Trysil, Geilo etc) will have lots of kit to hire out. I don't know about the smaller resorts that seem to dot the Swedish and Norwegian hills. You may also want to check-out the local holidays - I've been to Hemsedal when it has been really busy and you wouldn't want to start boarding in those crowds.

Les Deux Alpes is a real marmite resort. I love it. Lots of people don't. Anywhere high should be alright, as Andid said.

Are there any picnic rooms in La Thuile on the slopes? Mrs Dobby quite likes being able to scoff a sarny rather than have to pay for lunch

Great idea.Any practical practice sessions? I know that LDA used to run some, and I suspect other resorts do too

What about Andorra/Spain? Don't know if they have local hols which makes things very busy

I think Italy is quieter on the whole.