Messages posted by : Dave Mac
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Re half term, as we can see with New Year offers, it appears that the recession will have an increasing effect on capacity take-up. You could, if you wish check the national stats by visitor nationality.
On Kitz v the Dolomites, both have totally different aspects. Kitz is traditionally alpine, modified by it's dominance and respect by virtue of the Hahnemkan. The Dolomites are dominated by beautiful vertical rock outcrops ~ they are most impressive as you ski by them on the Sella Ronda. I have skied in Kitz 5 or 6 times, and 3 times in the Dolomites. My answer is ~ they should both be fairly high on the Euro hit list. So choose what is easy for you this time, and make the other journey when next years special offer comes along! On the subject of machine snow, I would strongly prefer Kitz. I have skied several times round the Sella Ronda on a 15m wide strip of machine snow, and given the Italian standard of piste discipline....... On the other hand, thinking about landscape, I have completed several watercolours of the Dolomites, and none of Kitzbuhel. |
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Lethoso has two slopes that are classed as blue. It has no red slopes. Hence it behoves us to be careful when offering advice to a person classifying themselves as a novice. There are many high Euro resorts where the drop off to the gondola is minimally red. It is not enough just to give a list of high resorts. Also, given the localised variation in Euro slope colour definitions, a nominated blue, could be a fairly challenging red. Hence my respectful query on Les 2A. I am happy to comment on places that I have skied, but not on those that I have not skied.
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Snapzzz, that doesn't count, that's only a warm-up exercise! :shock: |
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Be careful Adman, some of the resorts suggested would not be suitable for novices, and several are not rated for novices by the TOs.
Andy, at Les2A, can a novice safely negotiate off the easy slopes down to the valley? If so, that may well be the good suggestion. In the main season, you might often go by the TO guide. Hence, when the snow is good, Val D'Isere only rates 3/5. Similarly with Zermatt. Most of the novice slopes are at the bottom in most resorts, and of course, in April, there is unlikely to be decent snow at village level. Hence it is important that a novice can get safely down off an upper slope to the valley. Caw canny; just because a resort is high does not make it novice-friendly. |
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So, 2 x one pint, 10 minutes recovery. Repetitions to suit current training levels. |
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That is a good result, Matt. Which branch of Brighams did you visit?
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February Ski in Austria; Solden? Kirchberg? Soll? Mayrhofen? Kitzbuhel?
Started by User in Austria, 7 Replies |
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For distances from Munich to the ski resorts, look on the J2ski page:
http://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/Airports/Munich.html Do check the travel times for yourself, as there are some errors, but it is a good start point. Best place I am aware of for night skiing is Hinterglemm, but that is about a 4 hour drive. |
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I know of a place just outside scheffau. Was 45 Eu per night HB, with a minibus ride to/from the Gondola. Dec 3 is a bit early for the low Alps, but is likely to be OK on the top runs.
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