J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Ranchero_1979

Day 1: Ski Brevant / Flegere (take Brevant Bubble up and down) ski 09-13:00 and have nice lunch in town (first restaurant on left as cross train tracks to midi). Check web came and if clear jump on lift up Midi.

Day 2: Le Tour/Balme

If you try to hit midi in the morning you will 1) upset skiers and 2) be in the inevitable line.

My main concern with loose boots and maybe same logic applies to bindings is that they allow you to create small angles of miss alignment between limb and force being applied though ski. I can imagine a theoretical scenario where your ligament is under 50% more strain due to miss-alignment, so even if your binding releases 25% easier you still more likely to damage your knee. Of course this miss-alignment only needs to exist for a microsecond for injury to occur.

Swingbeep - you are a veritable skiing encyclopedia :thumbup:

Where are your other days being spent? Between them they have the best piste skiing in the valley.

Interesting point about boot size, I did some impromptu skiing at the weekend. First time renting boots for 10+yrs and were handed over a pair a full 2.0 shell sizes larger than my own boots. Changed down a size shell size but there was still that feeling that although comfortable some horrible lower leg injury could occur at a moments notice.

I can concur with posts from Wanderer / Swinging Beep. My own ACL injury having nothing to do with din settings and everything to do with poop technique.

As for DIN settings my own rule of thumb (weight KG/10)-1 onpiste and (weight KG/10)-0.5 offpiste. 75 KG so 6.5 and 7.0 are a good starting point (no idea how that relates to any published chart but assume is close). Only time have every diverged much from that is with Fritschi bindings which seem to release a little too easy particularly when ski flexes e.g. moguls.

Am not sure Madonna di Campiglio is an option, hardly any snow there now 25/65 and although forecast is promising is unlikely it will offer a meaningful amount skiing.

Given the season as a whole I would take a summer ski mindset, as people have suggested Tignes or Cervinia at least guarantees you some skiing. Probably very pleasant transformed snow to have a ski at.

Exactly, is not a classic season for the Alps but I keep seeing:
Big lines in Chamonix being skied e.g Les Courtes
Groups enjoying powder in Courmayeur / St Gervais / Les Contamines
Trnasformed snow off Helbronner
VB's being skied

You will never enjoy Chamonix for the on piste restaurants or near piste off piste (sorry Swedes beat you to it). My tips say bonjour when you enter a shop, buy some touring skis, enjoy a 2 euro picnic baguette in the sun and keep you beer above the 1/2 way mark.

If you are still there on April 27th am buying you dinner with plenty of wine.