Messages posted by : Dave Mac
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It was very nice to meet up with you and your man, Nelly. Just to rub it in, the conditions are still terrific!
It was good to meet up with Ski Girl and her man, too. Had a couple of runs with them, nifty movers! (Quick skiers, I mean!) By my reckoning, that puts Ski Girl 4th fastest J2ski visitor, (of those that I have skied with, which is quite a lot), behind Finn, Rustyinn, and Admin. Managed 98.92 kph on the speed gun, this week, it needed to be a bit more icier! Could it be the new skis? Could it be the Zipfer-laden physique? |
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You leave your house at the wrong time of day, John! Nothing escapes me!
The morning skiing is still fabulous, and we are ripping out 3 minute Merkies, from 9.00am onwards. In the afternoon, gets a bit slushy on lower Tenladen, but work across to the right, in the race area, it's stays good all day. Have to agree, the best boarders make mince of the slush. We switch to downward unweighting technique for the afternoon slush. It's looking good for a few weeks yet. |
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Hi Mick,
Please identify yoursel if you spot the "Dave MAC" hat, and we can get a ski in. I am here for a few weeks. |
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Andy, these two sites might give an interesting comparison. If you accept that all northern hemisphere resorts have snow melts during April, the question is one of degree. So look at the slope of the graph from March to April.
I have skied and enjoyed both places, but not in April! http://www.igluski.com/canada/whistler-snow-history_695 http://www.igluski.com/usa/beaver-creek-snow-history_824 |
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How could you not buy one of these, Tony. It would add soooo much to your J2ski standing.
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Hi Mick,
The Christoffel is well located adjacent to the Harfenwirt. Cross the road to get on to the lift, or the Grafenweg beginner slope. Have not stayed there, but I do stay close by. Have eaten there, and it was quite good. People who have stayed there have mentioned good rooms, and gave a good impression. I meet Anton Rainer most winters. If it is a clue, due to it's location, I would be happy to stay there. |
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Stop it you two. There are some very good skiers and good instructors in the Blue school. I have skied with some of them, and I know some of the lady instructors from Itter. I am sure that those who are in such classes with these instructors are receiving good "training".
It doesn't really matter if the responder is a bit spamish. I respect the right of reply. What I can also add, is an experience, 3 seasons ago, with two British Blue school twin tip show offs, buzzing some of the tourists, (ie skiing up close behind, and passing them closely enough to worry some people.) I do not know if that is what they intended, but the results were unpleasant. There was an incident that involved me, I took certain direct action (skiing action), and after that, I had no further problem with these two clowns, although I did witness further actions of the same type of behaviour. Sorry blue school, but if these people want to ski like that, they should have removed their blue jackets. |
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From where I am just now, I can see all of the skiwelt, except Ellmau and Going.
Westendorf is predominantly north facing, and as such has good wide snow cover. Hopgarten and Itter are green, except that the runs down are covered with cannon snow. I can see the Soll and Sceffau, but only a side view, they look OK, and certainly the main runs have cover. The forecast is for a weeks sun, which is not an issue for here, as we have good snow. My bet is that the main runs will have enough coverage for you to ski on, and there is plenty of time for it to snow. |
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