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If she's happy booking her own flights (not difficult) then worth looking at an independent chalet operator; they're usually very helpful, and most will happily accommodate her - especially outside the school holidays (assuming she's not a teacher!).
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Yes, I've got one (an S4 I think)... used it a lot for a couple of years but sadly no longer have room for it in the house. :( I don't think there's a better machine for ski-specific fitness FWIW - couple of 15 minute sessions at even fairly light resistance and you do feel the burn in all the familiar places. It's also difficult to get a good rhythm if you don't keep your upper body stable, so it pretty much forces upper/lower separation. Not cheap but well-built and effective. (blatant plug - offers welcome for mine, but it needs the belts replacing...) |
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If you can get along to the Fulham Road tomorrow evening, this might be of interest...
Dec 3 from 6.30pm Get Ready for Winter - Ski Fit Evening at Profeet with Graham Bell and Dr Craig Mclean Join Profeet and your hosts 5 time Olympian and Ski Sunday presenter Graham Bell and Director of Putney Chiropractic Centre. 
Graham and Craig will start with a short introduction on how to get fit for ski and help avoid injury, and answer any questions from the audience. Dr Craig will then lead a group warm up session This will be followed by an interactive circuit including use of the Skier Edge training tool and focusing on ski specific strength and flexibility training, followed by a stretch and warm down led by Graham. This free evening is a unique opportunity to gain insights into how best to prepare for the coming winter from world class skiers and strength and flexibility experts. Timetable Drinks from 6.30 Ski Fit 7 - 9pm The event will start at 6.30pm, with refreshments beforehand. There are strictly limited numbers, so to secure your place, please contact us via email (info@profeet.co.uk) or call 020 7736 0046 as soon as possible. profeet.co.uk/plus/free-ski-fit-evening-profeet/ |
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J2Ski Snow Report - November 27th 2014
Snow Report Summary Still mild in The Alps, but more snow up high, and cooler times coming... This Week's Headlines - More heavy snow for Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Alberta and BC. - Resorts in the Pyrenees delay opening due to warm weather. - Heavy snow in Norway. - More snow in the Alps. The ski world is really starting to wake up now with hundreds of resorts opening in North America in the past week and hundreds more opening in Europe this weekend. By next weekend it'll be over 1000 in operation. The snow has continued to fall in many areas with the Rockies doing particularly well, with several resorts reporting a foot of snow a night for successive nights, adding up to more than a metre in the last seven days in some cases. It's great news for the Thanksgiving holiday long weekend which is now upon us. There's also been significant snowfall in the Alps, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. Less good news on both sides of the Atlantic however are that the big snowfalls of the past month have been largely above 2,000m or higher. That's not a problem in the Rockies where resorts are that high anyway, but in the Alps it continues to look rather warm and at best autumnal in the valleys the ski runs are supposed to reach down to. It's a particular issue in the Pyrenees where planned openings this weekend have now been postponed as a result. It's warm too in the Dolomites where resorts are opening limited terrain this weekend. But it's still November and early days yet... In the forecast It does look as if the mild weather is about to relinquish its grip on the European Alps, with temperatures expected to drop by about 10C over the next week. Although the forecast models are pretty muddled at present, it does look like some areas will be getting more snow as the weather cools too. The Alps Austria Although Austria has the most glacier ski areas of any country in the world, and it has more areas open than the resort of the northern hemisphere put together for most of the six months from May to November, and although it has more than 500 ski areas spread across the country, the vast majority open later than most other big resorts in the Alps, in mid-December, so there are not many new openings to add to those eight glaciers and the few non-glacier areas already open including Obergurgl and Obertauern. It's the big opening weekend coming up at Ischgl though, with James Blunt performing at the season-opening concert. All of the glacier areas have at least a metre base, Molltal's is the deepest at 2.5m. France There have been some limited fresh snow falls in France over the past 24 hours which is good news with much more snow needed. Les 2 Alpes is scheduled to join already open Tignes and Val Thorens this weekend. La Clusaz and Montgenevre should also be open and there are reports of some limited opening at Courchevel. The full Espace Killy is also scheduled to open with Val d'Isère joining Tignes. The cover stats on French mountains are not terribly impressive as yet 30-90cm on upper French slopes, but it's something to hopefully build on and extend down the mountain. It's still another two weeks until many of the country's big areas like Paradiski are due to fully open. Italy In Italy the pistes are in great shape on the open glacier areas after the snowfalls last week, but there's not been much fresh in the last seven days. The Presena Glaier has the greatest claimed snow depth in the northern hemisphere at 3m, but most other glacier areas have at least a 1.5m base, with Cervinia and Val Senales the other choices, but non-glacier Madesimo has a 2.3m base on upper slopes too – also the best in the world for a non glacier resort. The giant Dolomiti Superski is among non-glacier Italian areas scheduled to begin opening this weekend. No fresh snow has been reported for over a week there and snow depths are at 20-40cm. "Despite the too high temperatures of the past weeks, some lifts and the slope Tondi (about 2 km length) at the skiing area Faloria – Cortina d'Ampezzo, will open on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November and start the winter season 2014-15 of Dolomiti Superski. The facilities will be open only during the weekend.The general opening of the winter season 2014-15 of Dolomiti Superski is scheduled on 5th December 2014, provided that the snow condition is ok. For the beginning of the next week we expect falling temperatures and snowfalls are forecasted for 3rd December. This would make sure, that more lifts and slopes could open for the week end," said a statement from the area. Switzerland As with the rest of the Alps, Swiss resorts are looking good above 2000m but with limited snow cover, if any, on lower slopes. Most have had a week of beautiful weather resulting in great conditions at the 10 or so areas now open. Saas Fee has the most impressive stats, thanks in good part to the 1.5m of snowfall received 7 – 10 days ago, it has 13cm at resort level but 222cm on the mountain. Andermatt also looks good with 10cm in resort but 290cm up top – second greatest recorded snow depth figure in the northern hemisphere. Other areas reported so far open include Davos, Glacier 3000, St Moritz (Diavolezza), Verbier and Zermatt – all have at least a metre on upper slopes but nothing (or next to nothing) in resort. Scandinavia Big snowfalls were reported at open resorts in Scandinavia at the start of the week – Kvitfjell and Gala in Norway both reported around a foot of snow in 24 hours on Sunday/Monday. Ruka and Levi remain open in Finland with at least half a dozen trails open each – snow depths are around 50cm at the top of the fells. Pyrenees It's a mixed picture in the Pyrenees, and not a particularly good one at present alas. After promising snowfalls in early November when up to 30cm was reported, things have warmed up and ski areas which had planned to open this weekend have now postponed with no confirmed opening date. It was raining in Andorra with temperatures of 5-10C at resort level yesterday although Vallnord announced in late afternoon that the rain was falling as snow on the mountain tops and posted snowy cam pics to prove it. Eastern Europe Snow has been reported across Eastern European mountains down to quite low levels this week. It is not clear if any areas will be able to open but it's a boost for the region to see the mountain tops turning white and bases starting to build. Scotland It has been very cold in the Scottish Highlands this week with temperatures struggling to get above zero even at midday and even in the valleys. On the hill tops cams show lightly snow covered slopes, but there's no precipitation in the current cold conditions. It seems to be perfect snow-making conditions but no sign that there's any going on as yet. North America Canada Canadian resorts are opening from coast to coast and in some cases posting big snowfall reports too. Silver Star in BC, which opens today (27th November) has been posting pictures showing deep powder snow cover. On the coast Whistler, which opened last weekend, has had over a foot of snow in the past 48 hours but is reporting zero cover at ground level, 80cm on the mid and upper mountain. It's opening terrain on Blackcomb Mountain for the first time today. Ski areas have been opening on the eastern side of the country too. Blue Mountain in Ontario which was close to the huge snowstorms in NE N America last weekend, had its earliest ever opening and at Mont-Tremblant in Quebec 14 trails were open for opening day last weekend − including two summit-to-base runs. "Tremblant is in remarkably fine shape at the start of the season!" said a spokesperson. USA The season is kicking off big time in the USA with the Thanksgiving weekend upon us. Over 100 ski areas are now open across the country including most major Colorado resorts and, in Utah, Snowbird, Solitude, Brighton and Brian Head all opened lasts weekend. The snowiest areas are Colorado, Utah and Wyoming where resorts have been posting 20-40cm overnight accumulation reports daily all week. Yesterday's tally's included 20cm at Crested Bute, a foot at Arapahoe Basin and 40cm at Copper Mountain. Steamboat opened for the season on Wednesday. With bases now at the metre mark these are some of the best bases of non glacier resorts in the world at present. In Utah big falls were reported by snowbird and there was 40cm at Grand Targhee in Wyoming too. Resorts have opened or/are opening across the country. Areas in northern New York State and Maine benefited from the huge snowfalls there a week ago which brought up to seven feet (over two metres) of snow to the region. On the West Coast areas are opening too but there's been less snow than in the Rockies. Mountain high was the first to open in southern California but with only one run and that thanks to snow-making, other areas on the pacific Coast report snow at higher elevations but little or none at resort level so far. |
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Oakley Flight Deck Ski Goggles - Review - WIN SOME!
Started by User in Ski Deals and Competitions, 5 Replies |
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And this week's Top Gun is...
LOTA! Thanks to all who entered, and apologies and "better luck next time" to those who didn't win... We have some more comps and prizes in the pipeline so watch this space... 8) |
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...and the forecast models are indicating a dip to below seasonal temperature averages for the first week of December...
Way too early to panic yet! |
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Oakley Flight Deck Ski Goggles - Review - WIN SOME!
Started by User in Ski Deals and Competitions, 5 Replies |
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This season we're going to be running a few "Friday Fun" competitions, with some great prizes lined up... and we start this week with...
Oakley Flight Decks We've been long-time fans of Oakley's goggles, and your very own Adders can usually be found hiding his mug behind some Oakley Crowbars. Oakley have a well-deserved reputation for the quality (both of frame and, crucially, the optics) of their goggles, and for standing by it with some impressive tales of customer service around the ski forums. So we were interested to see their new "low-profile frame" design, the "Flight Deck", and even more interested when the very nice people at ShadeStation offered us a pair to review... and give away to one of you! So, what have we got? 
So, no problem spotting Jester behind you but remember to stay above the hard deck or the kill won't count... I'm guessing J2Ski's very own Iceman will be entering the draw for these... but that's enough gratuitous Top Gun references (until I can think of any more). Like our crowbars, the fit is close to perfect and the flexible materials and three-layer foam seal make them feel very light and comfortable - with or without a helmet. The traditional 50mm strap is augmented with three stripes of silicon gel on the inside so it'll stay in place on your lid. There are 18 combinations of strap and lens available "off the shelf", with a wide variety of lenses for different light. The lens supplied with our model is the gorgeous High Intensity Persimmon ("Flat to low light. Filters blue light to boost contrast and increase depth perception in a wide variety of conditions. Features an Iridium® coating that further enhances contrast."). To our eyes at least, it does exactly what it says - the view is very crisp and clear under grey skies. Changing lenses is straightforward (easy, even) so - again, like the crowbars - you'll probably want to invest in one or two lens options for different light conditions. The quality looks up to the standard we've come to expect and we can easily see these goggles staying in your essential kit for many years (we've lost track of the number of other well-known brands whose goggles have fallen apart after a couple of seasons). They come with a soft bag to protect the lens; you can buy hard cases to keep them extra safe although we usually stow them in a helmet for travel. ...wear them on the plane, or even to the pub, for that authentic Tom Cruise look... Ok, ok, cut to the chase... THE PRIZE! 
We have one set of goggles just like this to give away. Oakley Flight Decks, with a Hi Persimmon lens and Peacoat Blue strap. RRP of £150! You know you want some... TO WIN THESE GOGGLES Just send Admin a Private Message (so you need to sign-up with J2Ski if you've not already) with the answer to this question :- Which model of ski goggles is Adders hiding behind in this picture? 
The winner will be picked at random from all correctly answered entries received by 09:00 (uk time) Thursday 27th November and will be announced then... WITH THANKS Big thanks to ShadeStation who supplied the prize. You can find the full range of Flight Deck options (and the other Oakley goggles) at Shadestation |
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