J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Gaz C

Wow! That looks superb.

We were there in January (1999) and were sitting outside in T-shirts at the mountain huts. Conditions were more like March. I hope this doesn't mean that March conditions will be more like May;-)

AllyG wrote:I bought these gloves the other day:

http://uk.thenorthface.com/tnf-uk-en/shop-by/activity/skiing/men-s-montana-gloves.html

I got them in Two Seasons and I had a discount for being a member of the Ski Club of GB. The full price is £50!

I don't know if they are any good, and they were very expensive. However, I thought it was about time I bought some better gloves as my old ones had got torn a bit from carrying skis, and I reckon I got a bit of 'frost nip' on the end of one of my fingers in Tignes (when Cat got frostbite in her big toes). I got a white blister which has now peeled off, leaving new skin underneath - something like a burn.

When we were in Tignes I bought liner gloves on the Thursday because my hands were so cold, and they did seem to help quite a bit. But the temperature up the top was -20C and it was supposed to be -30C with the wind chill :shock:

Strangely enough the rest of me was quite warm - oh, except for the end of my nose which I had to try and keep covered up on the chair-lifts!

Mmmm, nice. Especially in black. Exactly the same thing happened to my old pair. They were about 10 years old, so I think i got my money's worth....

It was also in Tignes, earlier this season, that the old pair began to let me down. I think we had very similar conditions. I too managed to improvise with a pair of Lidl's soft-shell gloves used as liners. I had never experienced 'proper' cold hands before and it was a bit scary. Didn't get any blisters or bits falling off, but I reckon I would have been in trouble without the liners.

Tony_H wrote:

1: St Moritz

That's an interesting one. Went to St. Moritz on the 'peasants'' day-trip from Livigno,and while it was very nice for a day, i never got the feeling that I would want to spend a week there. However (and this may interest you, Tony), I have read recently that it's a bit of a hidden gem as far as off-piste opportunities go. Apparently the 'toffs' don't go in for the old off-piste in a big way, so fresh snow can remain un-tracked for 'yonks', while in the more obvious off-piste 'Meccas' it can be tracked out the same day.

Still scratching my head over my top 3. What I can say is , 'I've never had a bad ski-holiday'. It won't make my final list but I think the most fun I ever had was in Borovets: a fantastic crowd of us (10 from Manchester and 3 from Glasgow). Some of us had never met before, but we got on like the proverbial house on fire from the moment we all met at Sofia airport. Proves that while the choice of resort can be important, the choice of company is even more so.

Got back on my bike today and had a ride past Decathlon. Checked out the gloves

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/impact-gore-tex-black-mens-ski-gloves-id_8181477.html

that I was on about further up the this thread. I was impressed. So impressed I bought some :) .Nice and stylish (like most Salomon gear), Goretex lining, nice 'n' grippy rubberised palm (ooh-er missus :lol: ) and ,best of all, reduced from £50 to £30! All thats missing is a nose-wipe on the index finger. I can live with that, I'll just keep using my sleeve :lol: .

They 'look' nice and warm, but I suppose the proof of the pudding will be when I use them in anger. Roll on April! (More likely to need my swimming trunks -) ) The White Rock ones were tempting, but I liked the idea of being able to try these on first.

I'm with Ian Wickham on this one. Crikey, that's twice that I've found myself in agreement with him this week!!! -) Time for a lie down in a darkened room :lol:

Someone get me the landing net quickly! I think I've got a 'whopper' on!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Tony_H wrote:Not really for your recreational skier from the UK though

Re-arrange these three words to make a well-known phrase: obvious stating the . -)