J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

crispyapplepie wrote:What's the point....... I mean really, when you get the bottom and after all this, Where is the APRES SKI? :lol:

Apres ski would have to be at Everest Base Camp. 18,000ft. My eldest son has hiked there on an 11 day walk, (a decision made one boozy night with his mates in a Dundee Pub). Nobody escaped alpine sickness. They witnessed one poor Japanese guy passing through. Both the camp, and life. From what I gather, apres ski consisted of being unable to sleep due to lack of oxygen, followed by a day of energyless walking.

There was an upside. When he subsequently interviewed Reinhold Messner, he was doing less than average until he mentioned his visit to Everest ~ after which he commanded 100% of Messner's attention. I was able to utilise some reflected glory when my son introduced me to Messner, and we were able to chat about skiing. (Well I certainly wasn't going to talk about mountain climbing!

YoungAndy has given an excellent explanation of how the variables affect snow conditions in any country.

I have been visiting Austria in January and March, and occasionally in February, for over 40 years.

Roughly, in 3 years out of 4, March has deeper snow than January. However, it is not straightforward. Just looking at sample resorts, Kitzbuhel and Niederau have deeper snow than Mayrhofen in March, sometimes by a significant amount. eg in the big recent year, 2009, Nied/Kitz were 209/224cm, with Mayrhofen at 186cm. Soll was 219cm. In other years Nied/Kitz were usually ahead, with Soll/Mayrhofen with lower depths, but only by a margin typically of 10/15cm.

In January, Mayrhofen can hold its own, typically all resorts being about 70/80cm.

All depths are mountain depths, not resort. Resort depths are important, because in some resorts you cannot ski down to the village for much of the season.

Resort height is only a general guide for snow depth. There are a number of geophysical factors that influence the depth of snow in a locale.

All of which means ~ its going to be another great winter!

There is a guy who has skied linked turns every month for 23 months........on Cairngorm. Where it is snowing today.

I have a wonderful SCGB story, but it has to be verbal, no way, am I going into print on that one.

Jackson Hole £1054pp, 14 nights from Heathrow. BUT, BUT, BUT, it is the American close living style, 4 to a room. Two huge double beds. So, if you really like your friends......
I have done this, in Whistler, and another time, 2 couples in two singles, Austrian bed style..... but a man's really gotta love his skiing!
It is true about the lift pass £750ish for 13 days.

Far Queue wrote: :lol:

He clearly has not read the thread on here about how to handle ice :twisted:

Dead right, FQ, Pavel never said anything about a parachute on the ice thread. Come to think of it, in the "Never" thread, he never said "don't go out skiing without your parachute! :evil:

The boy snowploughed down Everest! Unbelievable. I used to dream when my time comes, I would joss it skiing down the north face of the Eiger. After seeing that, I think falling over after a night in the Bichlwirt would be much more acceptable.

Aaah, drool, rear entry, single clip, and that photo, imagine what the occupants were up to......