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J2Ski Holiday 2014
Started by User in Find a Ski Buddy / Group Trips, 760 Replies
Hi Icy,
I happen to know that Felthorpe is fine, thank you, although I'm sure she appreciates your concern for her well being :D

She's just busy - as Snapzzz said, some of us do have lives away from the ski slopes (and J2Ski) :lol:

Starting this 2014 thread was her idea, but she doesn't seem to mind me organizing the group holiday.

Anyway, there isn't much left to organize for the 13th January 2013 J2Ski group holiday to Tignes, (although we still have places available in case anyone else wants to come), so I might as well make a start on the 2014 group holiday :D

J2Ski Holiday 2014
Started by User in Find a Ski Buddy / Group Trips, 760 Replies
Tony, yes, I am organizing the 2013 and 2014 J2Ski group ski/board trips, if that's what you mean.
J2Ski Holiday 2014
Started by User in Find a Ski Buddy / Group Trips, 760 Replies
Thanks Nelly. I'm glad you're still up for this :D
I've amended the list for you now.

AllyG wrote: This is a quick summary of the situation at the moment:

Ian W - wants January or maybe March
Nelly - can't do January but OK for Feb and March
Me - March a bit doubtful about whether I can manage it or not
Snapzzz - prefers last week in Jan or early Feb but could probably manage Jan, Feb or March (as long as we hurry up and organize it before he books his family holidays)
Icy - wants March
Tony H - Thinks it's too early to consider 2014
Old Andy - said he'd love to come if he could manage it
Bandit - possibly might be considering it - I don't really know
Dids - would like to come 'one day'
Old Boarder - wants Feb or March
Felthorpe - doesn't seem to mind which month
Daved - wants last 2 weeks of Jan or 1st week of Feb
Far Queue - wants January or March
Bedrock Barney + 1 - wants late Feb or early March
Tonypants - not March
Joe Colin - wants January or February
Brooksy - doesn't want school holidays and prefers the cheaper holiday dates if possible
Randyrat - has a group of 4 people, and prefers the last week in January and somewhere not too expensive.

Have I left anyone out, or accidentally included anyone I shouldn't have?

Here are the places suggested so far for 2014:

Snapzzz - Zermatt, Sella Ronda, Les Portes du Soleil
Crispyapplepie - Morzine, St Anton, Alpe d'Huez
Daved - Milky Way, La Plagne (Montchavin and Champery), La Clusaz, Verchaix/Grand Massif
Old Boarder - Les Deux Alpes
Dids - Samoens/Grand Massif
Andyhull - chalet The Lodge in Val d'Isere with Skiworld (around £700-£750 all inclusive except ski hire, January prices)
Tony H - Niederau
AllyG - 3 Valleys

Any more places/ski areas anyone would like us to consider? Would anyone else like to go on the list of those potentially interested for 2014?



The General Wibble Thread
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 1939 Replies
Icy - I think talking about shopping etc. is a very good idea, if you see what I mean :D

J2Ski Holiday 2014
Started by User in Find a Ski Buddy / Group Trips, 760 Replies
Icy - Randyrat started the 2013 J2Ski group holiday thread, and Felthorpe started this one, the 2014 group holiday thread :D
J2Ski Holiday 2014
Started by User in Find a Ski Buddy / Group Trips, 760 Replies
Randyrat (who started the 2013 group holiday thread) says he's interested in the 2014 group holiday, so I'll add him (and his group of 4) to the list :D

He prefers the last week in January and doesn't want to book anywhere too expensive (but thinks £399 for the catered chalet in Tignes Les Brevieres for the 2013 holiday is an acceptable price).
J2Ski Holiday 2014
Started by User in Find a Ski Buddy / Group Trips, 760 Replies
Snapzzz,
I agree with you and I think that the date will be the deciding factor for most people as to whether or not they can go on this holiday.

I have had a look at a few calendars for 2014 and I think most school holidays will finish on Friday 3rd January. Hence Saturday 4th January will be the first available date for us.

And half-term seems to be from Monday 17th - Friday 21st February or from Monday 24th February to Friday 28th February.

So - if they put the prices up for both weeks in February then that means about half of Feb is wiped out :cry:

Easter is really late - Good Friday is 18th April, so it shouldn't affect dates in March :D

If we make Saturday 22nd March the last date we'll consider, then it means we have 10 available weeks if we miss out both half-term weeks.

I followed Icy's suggestion and discovered the text box (for comments) on SurveyMonkey, so it would be feasible to post the date survey up on here (in, say October) and ask people to put their J2Ski user name in the text box so that I know they are genuine. And we could let the date voting run for a month and go with the majority decision on this. And then we could let the resort survey run for another month and again go with the majority decision.

We need to make sure we pick some decent resorts to select from.
The amusing ski photo thread
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 51 Replies
Brooksy - when I first looked at Andy's photo my brain couldn't accept that he'd been trying to ski down something as steep as that, and I did wonder if he'd rotated the picture. But when I looked more carefully I could see that he had indeed been trying to ski down a precipice :shock:

But it is reassuring to know he had someone with him (the one who took the photograph), and obviously he survived the incident because happily he is still here to tell us all about it :D