J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

caron-a wrote:if you want utopia and you're prepared to pay for it, I still stand by my suggestion of the wonderful obergurgl/hochgurgl...... :mrgreen:

good suggestion, nice place, good variation of terrain and a great snow record.

tino_11 wrote:Do you know if the Post Bus runs from Mayrhofen to the Tux as regulary at this time of year? just wondering where to stay accomodation-wise.

the timetable would be at the öbb website http://www.oebb.at/

Tony_H wrote:[
I guess its all about opinoins though. And according to ISE, Ischgl is rubbish. Off piste for beginners as well, eh? I didnt go off piste until something like my 8th week on skis, but there you go. I guess when you live in the snow and ski it almost half your life, its a bit of a different concept.

obviously I meant people beginning to ski off-piste for whom it's actually totally ideal, safe, consistent gradient, longish runs, easy route finding etc.

Dave Mac wrote:Considered Ischgl, looks great for better skiers, and a gondola ride to top of mountain beginner slopes. Any comment?

It depends what you mean by better skiers there, it's pretty awful for advanced skiers, the pistes are tedious, repetitive and dull. There's some off-piste but it's more suited to beginners.

The lift system is modern and efficient, but half the lifts go pretty much the same place and the other half start from the same place, the latter is particularly bad as skiers are all funnelled into the same place all the time, as most are on flattish pistes on modern carving skis then around half are totally out of control so it's actually dangerous in places for slower skiers.

The town is pretty dull as well, no character at all, just a collection of hotels and loud bars although I believe that's technically known as good apres-ski :D

Gooseh wrote:

I think this was taken on the ski down from the Aguille Rouge in Les Arcs.

Les Deux Tetes I think above 1600, a prominent landmark visible from down the Tarentaise as you drive in.

Tony_H wrote:

AJ wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Bugger. Cant figure this image posting thing out.

If you figure it out Tony post the method as i too cannot work it out.



AJ Adele

Well, when you hover over the IMG icon, it says insert IMG, the web address of your photo, and the IMG icon again, but that just leaves a little red cross when I do it. If anyone can show me how to post a pic, please feel free.

post one and then someone will probably be able to see where it's going wrong.

by coincidence there was an article in one of the newspapers this morning about a speed record on these things..

http://www.lematin.ch/fr/sport/ski/snowscoot_15-136240

with some videos etc.

Admin wrote:Zermatt (wanted to get there this year but failed), La Clusaz (as usual - home from home) and maybe Banff. Niederau appears to be compulsory for j2ski-ers so I'd better go there and see the Jan-Man at some point.

Oh, and Zinal, just to poach some of Ise's lines (although I think I've got a fat chance of beating him up the mountain without a heli-drop...). 8)

in that case I win :D no heli-drops allowed in this area of Switzerland :D