Messages posted by : ir12daveor
In that case how do you answer a thread like this one? http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/7212.page BTW, I'm just playing devils advocate here to see what people come up with. |
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Timed is only objective in terms of racing!It actually does not say too much in terms skill level unless it is over a technical course and varied course. (in my opinion! ;-)) |
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I see lots of posts on the forum about good places for intermediates etc... But how do you define intermediate? When do you stop being a beginner and at what point are you an expert?
I know its a silly question, but I know an awful lot of people who claim to be experts and have trouble getting down a black piste. I can ski pretty much everything on the mountain on-piste, but have a lot to learn in terms of off-piste and would consider myself somewhere between beginner and intermediate. How do you rate yourself? Is there an objective way of defining skill level? |
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I'll second Hoch-ybrig. I used to have a season card for there for a few seasons about 7 years ago. I personally much prefer this area to Flumserberg, it costs approximately the same for a day pass as Flumserberg, but is more complicated to get to by public transport. Hoch-ybrig requires two trains and a bus to get from Zürich Mainstation, and takes 1.5hours. It also gets crowded on weekends but is maybe not quite as bad Flumserberg. If you are willing to go to the extra trouble of making multiple train changes and willing to travel for 1.5 hours or so there are multiple places like Elm, Braunwald, Pizol, Togenburg and more which all have similar public transport requirements. It is vey difficult to beat Flumserberg though if you are under time pressure and don't want to pfaff around on the public transport system too much. If the OP has a two days to spend in a resort somewhere then my recommendations would be different. |
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I can't speak for how things are in Italy, but in Switzerland they have become the norm.
I started boarding in 2001, back then only a handfull of people wore helmets. I started wearing a helmet in 2004, at that point I reckon somewhere just shy of 40-50% of people in a typical lift line were wearing helmets. Last year I would reckon its closer to 80% of people who are wearing helmets here in Switzerland. Are they cool? To answer that you'll need to ask some kid who likes to wear his trousers down around his knees. Are the the norm (at least in CH) Yes they are!!! In Switzerland I also notice that many of the people that do not wear helmets are non-locals. Germans and British being the main culprits. I know this is a generalisation, but my ears tend to lift when I hear English being spoken at the lift, I've just happened to observe that many times people who speak English or Non-Swiss dialects of German are making up the numbers of those not wearing helmets. |
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I don't need to watch the webcams anymore. I can now see snow from my window. :D
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Absolutely not, I personally don't like either of those two areas. But, for someone on limited time Flumserberg will be the easiest and most efficient resort with a decent selection of runs to go to for a day trip, providing its not a sunny weekend.
I just happen to live near Zurich and have been to nearly all the resorts within about a 2-3 hour radius. |
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When I bought new goggles last year I bought my helmet with me when trying them on. Some goggles work with some helmets, its a case of trial and error to find ones you like that don't leave that gap. :D
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