J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by RossF

I took a look, if you want to go as late as the 19th you can get a cheap zoom flight if not an air canada flight departing ont hte 15th is £419 and thats staying for one week. Accomodation ath the hidden ridge is £400 but if you were splitting that it would work out a lot cheaper if, for example you were going with someone else. Really depends on wher eyou want to go because Banff gets more expensive the closer to summer you go. 4 other hotels i checked were fully booked.

Ross

I skiid in australia a couple years ago as i was "passing" its not all its cracked up to be. Anyway you can go to USA very very cheaply! If you book through a tour company you pay occupancy if you havnt got 4 people in the room so if you go direct your on to a winner.

So say you wanted to go to Banff you fly zoom-transfer with the Banff airporter (right to door of hotel)-and stay at the inns of banff-cheapest in town and first bus stop. We went 2nd week in april and paid around £500 each for flights direct, transfers and hotel. "Canny beat it". If there is any where else youve been looking at or fancied give me a shout and ill see how cheaply i can get it done for you! I'm not a tour operator but ive done it a fair few times.

Ross

Medicine Hat is effectivley in the shadow of the rockies. So effectivley the snow is dropped over the rockies and virtually none falls east of there. Not to worry!! That is why you get 30 feet of snow in Sunshine and half that in lake louise! But yeh i'm going to do a season in Banff this year and we're in for a good season especially as its la nina year.
R

pavelski wrote:
I always take one hour per day to focus on one aspect of my "weak points"! The

1 hour seems too much to me! Pavel, that is commitment, an hour is a large chunnk of a skiing day not to be wasted;D

The metoffice need a little something called "faith", now i'm not religious but lets all pray to the snow gods that there will be 6 foot of white fluffy stuff a week for the whole season.

Where do you want to fly from

Ahh banff is cheap i doubt you could get a coffee on the mountain in whistler for 2 bucks! I love Banff, was just speaking to a friend and they hated whistler-been twice yet have been back to banff year after year. You'll love it, i promise!

Then again I feel the effect of a helmet on me hitting a tree skiing at 50mph|++ will be negligable so I think it may be a piece of mind thing. There is also the risk it may make you "fearless" as such and ski beyond your ability, but hey what have i got to lose. Is it just me or is everyone else on this at work:D