J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ir12daveor

For Switzerland trust the reports from the tourist office.

A friend told me that a few years back some resorts were apparently over reporting their snow. Switzerland Tourism recieved some complaints and have now said that if any resorts over report they will remove them from the website. It has apparently made a difference. Care should be taken when looking at resorts with glaciers though. They will report the snow depth including the glacier which may as well be rock under the new seasons snow.

Also the SLF (Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research) website is a good place for confirming snow heights in resorts. You can find out how much snow has fallen in the last 24 hours, 3 days and the snow height throughout Switzerland from this site. Its a good way of figuring out where the best snow is.

New Snow 24h
New Snow 3 days
Snow Depth 2000m
Data from measurement stations

I think that depends on how much you use your poles to push along the flat sections! )


Or how many times you have to pick yourself up after falling!!!

AllyG wrote:It's okay, I do plenty of different sorts of running. I run uphill on a road, downhill through a bumpy field, back up the same very steep hill in the field, some on the flat in the field, and back down the road - and all in my wellies!

And, I'm working my way through my exercise book.

I do those exercises when I'm watching telly and the ads are on. It's surprising how many squats etc. one can do during the ads :lol:

Ally

The wellies will provide great benefit. Make sure there is a wooden board in the bottom of them for best effect though!

If you really want to get fit for skiing any training has to be dynamic. It needs to simulate the stresses on the body that you get while skiing. Running will help, it will do some good for the legs and be great for cardiovascular fitness... However, running on the flat will not challenge the muscles enough to prevent muscle pain from the first days skiing. Running on a mixed route with uphill and downhill will help more. Downhill running will simulate the stresses of skiing better then flat running, and uphill running is a good way of building up power in the legs.

For people who are already relatively fit, then doing some squats, lunges and single leg squats will be quite beneficial. Technique is crucial and make sure you get a full range of motion. At the start do the squats in groups of 3x12, once you have got that dialled then start upping the number per rep till you are going close to fatigue.

For people who are able to do technically perfect squats and want to inject something into the preparation for winter then Plyometrics are the way to go. This should only be attempted if the technique with the non dynamic versions of the exercises is perfect.
Squat Jumps, Dynamic Lunges, Drop Jumps and Squats on a balance board can all be included here.

I've just kicked off my ski season, and despite being fairly fit I still felt my legs quite a bit after the first few days. I didn't do any specific training before the season this year, but in past years I have and it helped a lot. This year I've just been mountain biking until the snow became too much to bike and enough to ski. :-)

Tony_H wrote:

ir12daveor wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Didnt I already offer Jungfrau as a suggestion?

Jungfrau is a region not a resort. There are many resorts in that region.

Yes, I know that thanks. Its called hedging your bets.

Fair enough... :-)

I've just realised it can't possibly be the area of that region that I suggested. :-/

Tony_H wrote:Didnt I already offer Jungfrau as a suggestion?

Jungfrau is a region not a resort. There are many resorts in that region.

Its a long shot... but is it the run from Murren down to Lauterbrunnen in the Schilthorn area?

Find out from the horses mouth here.