J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by andyhull

This is really hard to answer. Seeing that The Ashes have started and during the first test sleep became optional. With the second test starting tonight that's another 5 days of sleep deprivation.
Oh well, I go on the 12th, lets call it 6 more sleeps!

Loads of shops around Val Thorens:

http://www.valthorens.com/winter-en/val-thorens/ski/ski-equipment.23.html

How about one of these?



Not that I'm saying those without helmets are dinosaurs or anything...

Signal de l'Homme is fabulous, it gets very little direct sunlight so the snow is always in superb condition, great piste natural and little off piste bits down through the trees between the pistes.
I love that red run down to Oz, super blast.
Actually I love just about every bit of the area.
Another great run is the un-pisted La Foret run down to Villard Reculas.
Oh and then there's Col de Cluy, steep bumpy black run or you can catch some powder off to the sides, there's then a nice off piste bit down the gully.
The great thing about the resort is that it caters for all abilities, for mixed groups I don't think there's one better. Almost every difficult run has a easier option where you can meet up at the bottom.

My favourite resort, you'll love the place.

Make sure you do the Sarenne it's one of the best runs anywhere.
If you're good skiers then you have to do the Tunnel there are few black runs like it, you haven't done Alpe D'Huez until you've skied it.

It's been snowing in Norwich today, chucking it down as I drove home. More forecast over the weekend.

That's character building. Much better to learn not to ski into things by skiing into a slow sign than a piste basher.

Is this a thread or a yarn?