J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by karen72

Could I just ask if you have found the perfect place and love it, why not go back? instead of worrying yourself to death and wasting a lot of money for a holiday you may or may not enjoy? sorry i cant give you any advice, but I am sure you will get plenty of peeps at your aid shortly

Glad you are having a fab time Amanda. try the pizza place next to the gondola, sorry I cant remember its name, think it begins with an M. It is very reasonable priced and does absolutely lush pizzas!

Oh and dont forget at the end of the week to take your lift pass back to claim your 2 euros deposit :wink:

I used direct travel too as bandit says. havent had to use them. if you search the threads for insurance you will find some useful information

Ok, I wasnt going to even respond to this thread because i think enough has been said already!

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Dave, thanks for responding to my post. I am now aware that the piste bashers go up every night. BUT (and this is only my opinion) it felt to me that the red run was in exactly the same state the following day. For a couple of days the red I think it was 24 or 23a or something like that, was very very bumpy and to a not so confident skier like me it was very difficult turning because of these bumps. Like I also said in my post this was problaby not helped (or recreated after grooming)by the sheer volume of people (at Feb half term).
I am no expert on how long it takes a run to get carved up like that. I was not complaining there was too much snow, just that to ME the runs seemed to be ungroomed. After your comment about the piste basher I am just going to put it down to sheer volume of people during half term.

Caron maybe I should have used the term Feb half term instead of peak time as I think this is what has fuelled your fire but I had already said this a few times in previous posts so people who were following the post would have known what I was talking about and wouldnt have suddenly decided to stay at home and lock the windows during "peak times"

You have made your feelings pretty clear and I do not intend to repost to this thread as I think enough has been said. You have your opinion I have my opinion and the phantom star allocator has had a say without having a say! There is no need for pettiness.

We are all adults and I am sure we can agree to disagree and leave it at that. That is why I decided to post to this thread. I dont like conflict I was just having an opion on what I experienced. I am sorry if this has caused offence to anyone.

thanks, thats some useful information there. Being cold is definitley something to take into consideration, especially with the kids. My youngest seems to feel the cold for some reason, unlike my oldest who sweats buckets!

I feel better for what you said about scenery too! I wouldnt wear an ipod because to me, skiing is when you get to the top of the lift and you are on your own (this would obviously be in school term time :wink:) and it is just silent! I love the silence, its so, cant think of the word so I will say "pretty"!lol

I have half picked La Plagne, as someone suggested it and Ihave been looking at it and it seems to have just what we want, loads of blue and green runs to the door. although it is so huge my next problem would be locating the right area. Also I think Tony had mentioned that Sauze was also a good place. at the minute I am just looking and researching. By the way only 5 have made it to my database so swskier you win the sadness stakes! :wink:

lol

thanks for the info. I am tralling through old forum messages trying to collate as much as possible and look at piste maps, having said that I read somewhere, cant remember where it was and it might possibly have been La Plagne, that the piste map was about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

Oh well, plenty time eh? lol

karen

thanks for some great lengthy replies. It is very much appreciated when collating information.
I have looked into DIY and from Newcastle airport with easyjet the only place they fly into is Geneva so I would probably be looking at that, although i would travel to another airport like Leeds or Manchester if I had to. wouldnt go as far as London though.

Rose when you say all inclusive, which tour operator gives you this type of package? Also should I wait till further in the year or book now? Also we were looking at going in March. never really considered January as I was worried it might be too cold lol (well you know, colder than end Feb/March lol)

there are just so many choices and so many places. How on earth to make a decision. I cant believe when I was younger I went to Soll twice! why didnt I try anywhere else?

When people give reports of the resorts not being as pretty in france as they are in Austria, what do they mean? doe sthis mean the runs in France are boring? not as much scenery? havent got a clue what to expect.

I think the hotel option or self catering in an apartment will be the way to go for us.

I must be looking at the wrong websites as I went to one to check transfers to teh resort from Geneva and it was anything between £500 and £700 !! dont think i would like to do the eurostar or skitrain as it would mean the drive to London.

Rose that log cabin sounds fab and I also like the idea of the all inclusive. I have been pricing holidays for next year and for the 2 adults and 2 kids to go somewhere like La Plagne on 13th March HB is somewhere in the region of £2000 this is without the lift passes or ski hire. would this be about correct do you think or are there beter offers than that.

Thanks for all your comments about the catered chalets,it was as I feared and is definitly not up my street. Making my husband sit down to dinner with other people and making conversation is probably his worst nightmare and I have a thing about other people eating. like someone said about bad habits etc.... my own family get on my wick with their habits so I probalby wouldnt tolerate anyone elses lol.

I think either self catering in an apartmetn or Hotel would be the way to go for us. I have even started making a database of the resorts I have been recommended.....how sad.!

karen

I got ours from Aldi and wished I had never bothered. I paid about 10 pound each.

Hubbys on the second day suffered from terrible fogging. they seemed to have an inside layer and outside layer and the inside layer came off. all of them were vented. in fact all suffered from terrible fogging. we all wore helmets and I also found that the goggles seemed to block my nasal passages too. I found the helmet seemed to push them further down my nose too. I had my sunglassses with me as well and they were fine, although it was bitterely cold on some days so when skiing with normal sunglasses it really made my eyes water.

Just realised my rant has not helped you in the slightest apart from to let you know you werent alone in the blocked nasal passage scenario! lol