J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

bandit wrote:

bandit wrote:

I'm hoping that a certain ise does'nt trash the hill 1st :lol:

Pah, just read ise's blog.It seems that he's paid my resort a visit this weekend, and we all know what that means :lol: When I finally catch up with him, I'll be looking to tie his boot liner laces together :D

We were all there on Sunday, Neil, Claire, Julie and me, not bad skiing. Yesterday as well but that was just mad, actual queues for the lifts :roll: Much quieter today at Zinal but the snowpack is very unstable, fresh snow some of which is slightly wet and a lot of wind transport makes for some dangerous conditions. It'll take some time, given the current forecast, for some of the bigger lines to come back into condition.

Admin wrote:

lillie1967 wrote:hi, can someone tell me what constitutes 'good skiing'

Talk about an open question... "good skiing" is anything that sends you home with a smile on your face!

0730 hrs, 3250m after a 300m climb starting at 0630. Then a 500m descent in untracked powder to the plaine morte glacier, an ascent of the Wildstrubel (top left) followed by a 1000m descent in fresh powder. Skiing fresh powder at 7:30 in the morning is pretty special :D

Trencher wrote:

ise wrote:
Surface lifts are often used in places where pylons for aerial lifts can't be installed like glaciers for example or where they'd be susceptible to wind or where low amounts of traffic make them more effective and efficient.

Ise, what percentage of drag lifts do you think would fit the circumstances you mention ?. It's very easy for me to get the impression that drag lift are wide spread. Every other Euro skiing video I see on utube has a drag lift in the background.

Trencher

100% obviously ) What percentage of that is purely where they're more efficient is a more interesting question, that's going to be over 50% I'd bet.

Trencher wrote:

jaycraig wrote:
The point of this thread is that i was hoping some kind soul will explain how to use them as it is getting to a stage where she will not consider going somewhere without the majority of lifts being gondolas or chairlifts so she can completely avoid having to use them

jay

It never ceases to amaze me that there are so many long drag lifts in Europe. This is the 21st century.
As pav keeps saying, complain. You go to a resort to ski, not to expend your energy on drag lifts. Going up should be the time to recover, relax and talk to friends in comfort. Even if you are very very good on a drag lift, it's hardly a relaxing experience.

I would say, go somewhere else and have a more relaxing time.

Trencher

Surface lifts are often used in places where pylons for aerial lifts can't be installed like glaciers for example or where they'd be susceptible to wind or where low amounts of traffic make them more effective and efficient.

bandit wrote:[
Fancy being too idle to hike up :shock: Great piccy :D
Did you manage to dodge the weather sufficiently well?

We made the Wildhorn, Schneiderhorn and Wildstubel summits and some others but the weather was brutal, -20' in the mornings, wind, high avalanche risk at times, snow and poor visibility but as luck would have it, I'm fairly hardcore :D

bandit wrote:
I'm hoping that a certain ise does'nt trash the hill 1st :lol:

On top of the Wildhorn (3248m) last Tuesday, just having climbed up just before some tw*ts arrived in a helicopter :evil:

bandit wrote:The finals of the Freeride World Tour are scheduled for tomorrow in Verbier.
The organisers'website plans a live webcast of the comp on http://www.freerideworldtour.com/

37 "riders" both ski and snowboard, plus $100,000 USD prize money.
Local times on the links, comp is weather dependent of course!

bizarre, that surely never clashes with the Zinal Freeride? There's been some film crew messing around up here today, not sure who.

bandit wrote:ise pace yourself, you have a challenging week ahead. Anyway, the Freeride Comp boys are all younger, fitter, don't get back pain, or

The people I ski with are ten years younger than me already :D I'm not really sure a lot of those boys are fitter than me anyway :D

Neil, one of the people I ski with, is certainly fitter than me, here he is this morning:

Big Big Snow so please take care Started by User in Ski Chatter, 22 Replies
bandit wrote:[ Fancy being too idle to hike up :shock: Great piccy :D Did you manage to dodge the weather sufficiently well? We made the Wildhorn, Schneiderhorn and Wildstubel summits and some others but the weather was brutal, -20' in the mornings, wind, high avalanche risk at times, snow and poor visibility but as luck would have it, I'm fairly hardcore :D

Big Big Snow so please take care Started by User in Ski Chatter, 22 Replies
bandit wrote: I'm hoping that a certain ise does'nt trash the hill 1st :lol: On top of the Wildhorn (3248m) last Tuesday, just having climbed up just before some tw*ts arrived in a helicopter :evil:

Here's that snow ... Started by User in Snow Forecasts and Snow Reports, 12 Replies
bandit wrote:ise pace yourself, you have a challenging week ahead. Anyway, the Freeride Comp boys are all younger, fitter, don't get back pain, or The people I ski with are ten years younger than me already :D I'm not really sure a lot of those boys are fitter than me anyway :D Neil, one of the people I ski with, is certainly fitter than me, here he is this morning:

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