J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by 82ross

Get more than 2 if you can, just saves a bit of hassle. Not a lot, just a bit. :)

Ive been twice and i would deffo go again. Didnt go this year just for variety, but livigno has got a lot to offer. I really missed the apres ski of livigno this year :0

snowb4ndit wrote:Can you please give me a bit more info about this. How much do they charge, do you need to have booked flights or accommodation with them etc.

Cheers :D

Ok, so we are traveling with Thompson Ski (http://www.thomsonski.co.uk/destinations/france/val_cenis/val_cenis.html) flying from Manchester airport and staying in the Balcons de Val Cenis Village Apartments (http://www.les-balcons.com/uk/?rep=val_cenis&rub=residence&pr_id=8) for one week. There is 3 adults stayin in a 7 person apartment (2 adults in one bedroom one in the other, no-one in the living area - waste!.) This was £397 pp for flight accommodation and transfer.

Also through Thompson ski we prebooked lift passes for £107 - it is deemed as low season now.

A lot of accommodation deals seemed good getting the ski pass with it and flights were reasonable but transfer turned out expensive. So just ended up going through Thompson.

Apparently you need a photo for your lift pass please bear this in mind as you may never have had to provide this before :)

6 sleeps - i need to get my euros sorted and a picture.

7 sleeps to Val Cenis!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-DcNPFWhbk (just the chorus mind ;) )

Get twin tips and ski backwards all day. Could even attach rear view mirrors to your helmet ;)

Ill try and get the info for ya soon as i can.

Yeah I tend to suffer with my nose (deviated septum) I just tried out every pair i could find in snow and rock and ended up buying the most comfortable which were the Oakley AFrame an cost a fortune :) haven't used them yet though so time will tell if they are comfortable for a whole day without blocking my nose!

Was thinking about getting a helmet while i was away, hope that doesnt impact on it.

I also suffer from being very very hot! No matter how many clothes i remove which tend to make my lenses steam up (bloody sweaty eyebrows) hopefully the dual lens in the oakleys will help with that aswell as single lens are a waste of time and i have to switch to sunnies and just deal with the wind.

Im off there on the 14th of this month. We gave up on public transport and ended up payin thompson to get us there! Counting down the sleeps now.