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Welcome Beanski; as Dobby says, don't worry about the snow (you just need "enough", which isn't huge amounts for your first trip) but do start getting ready for your trip. The more you know, and the fitter you are, the more fun you'll have.

Then you can look forward to skimping on summer hols and wishing the Autumns away to the next winter... 8)

We do have a Beginning Skiing section and a quick browse of that will turn up answers to questions you didn't know you had!

iainm wrote:How would you rate them?

Well, unusually for a Top Ten Ski Resorts list, I've not been to any of them! So can't rate them from personal experience...

However, looking only at traffic to our snow report pages, the most popular Eastern ski areas with J2Skiers appear to be, in order :-

1. Mont Tremblant, by some margin (~50% more page views than Jay Peak)
2. Jay Peak
3. Sunday River (~40% fewer views than Jay Peak)

Killington, Whiteface Mountain and Stowe were "best of the rest" at around half the interest in Sunday River with the remainder only receiving a few hundred views each through the season.

Trencher's our resident East Coast regular I think, but he may not have woken up for winter yet? Anyone else know any of them well enough to comment?

Our friends and partners at Snowtrex have got some cracking deals on accommodation for the L2A "Powder Week" opening event which runs from the 5th to 12th December 2015.

They have a selection of deals on accommodation starting from £150 per person for 7 nights 3-star apartments and £166 for 4-star... INCLUDING LIFT PASS!

To see what's available, visit snowtrex.co.uk

Snowtrex wrote:Powder Week: Open the new ski season with us in Les 2 Alpes

Be in one of the best glacier ski areas worldwide when the season starts. Enjoy wonderfully empty pistes at the beginning of December, and benefit from first-class apres ski. Does that sound very much like a holiday to your liking? Then don't hesitate and book your Pow(d)er Week in Les 2 Alpes now. From the 5th of December until the 12th December we will be celebrating the start of the winter season with you. Last year we were able to celebrate with 700 participants.

That means for you not only winter sports and fun in the snow up to 3,600 m altitude, but also loads of fun and programme away from the piste.This includes a little energy booster in form of grilled sausages and mulled wine in our open-air apres ski area, as well as a live concert by a cover band. You can also take part in our ballgame tournaments and you can party hard with our DJs in the evenings, in some of the best party locations of the French glacier ski resort.

The ski area of Les 2 Alpes offers 239 km of piste, accessible via 52 lifts. Beginners and pros will all find what they are looking for in this glacier ski area. For example, the fun park which belongs to the top 10 in Europe. At the beginning of the season the park is still located at 3,200 m altitude and offers a beginner zone with tables and two rail lines, as well as an expert zone with Big Air (20 m) and SuperPipe - everything a freestyler might dream of!

From standard apartment right up to luxury chalet we offer accommodation for all needs and likes in Les 2 Alpes.

J2SkiNews wrote:A correction on the Kronplatz name has come in from our friends at Dolomiti Superski!...

That's all very well but us rather simple skiers now have a 3-language requirement for a day skiing! 8)

How does one say "One large beer" in Ladin???

dobby wrote:Kronplatz? In Italy? Sorry for being dull, but is this part of Italy German-speaking?

Indeed it is.

Wikipedia wrote:South Tyrol, also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. ... The majority of the population is of Austro-Bavarian heritage and speaks German. Around a quarter of the population speak Italian as their first language

In amongst all the trailers and teasers we get pinged with at this time of year, this one stands out.

Take five minutes and enjoy The Weight of Winter from DPS Skis...

A massive snowstorm consumes Hokkaido, crushing everything under wind and snow with unrelenting force. Three wanderers push forward through the blindness of this elemental world, all the weight of winter pressing down upon them.

Find out more - DPS Skis

Just a dusting, and it'll melt tomorrow, but Flaine looking a little whiter...

Should be a little hint of winter on the webcams in the morning... snow down to around 1500m, perhaps lower, in The Alps although it probably won't last long...

8)

Kronplatz Big Spender Started by User in Ski News, 14 Replies
J2SkiNews wrote:A correction on the Kronplatz name has come in from our friends at Dolomiti Superski!... That's all very well but us rather simple skiers now have a 3-language requirement for a day skiing! 8) How does one say "One large beer" in Ladin???

Ding Dong - Winter Calling - First Snows for Flaine Started by User in Snow Forecasts and Snow Reports, 2 Replies
Just a dusting, and it'll melt tomorrow, but Flaine looking a little whiter...

Stand by your Cam... Started by User in Snow Forecasts and Snow Reports, 4 Replies
Should be a little hint of winter on the webcams in the morning... snow down to around 1500m, perhaps lower, in The Alps although it probably won't last long... 8)

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