J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Gareth Fair

verbier_ski_bum wrote:Skiing fast doesn't mean skiing well as speed helps to mask technique deficiencies, this is how many skiers pick up bad habits and eventually come undone in challenging conditions.

Agreed, this is why I need a lesson but tend to loose my patience and just not bother.
For one week a year it's hard not to just ski as much as possible and really make the most of it.

Get on the snow as fast as possible and get the lifts up and up and just ski as much and as far and as fast as we can.
I am always so excited as it is always close to a year since my last time on snow and usually within a run or two I have realised that I like to ski fast and cover as many runs as possible.
Some day I might work on my technique and grow up a bit but probably not!
I am also 39 so am in good company here.

http://m.webcam-hd.com/lesarcs/arcabulle

Les Arc

Brilliant documentary

If you can go drive a couple of hours Alpe d'Huez is at 1800mts and goes up to over 3000mts. I have skied there in early December twice and it was excellent, very quiet slopes.

Try the La Taverne pub in Meribel. It's basic rooms above a loud bar but they do short stays on a B&B basis. If not there is a couple of places in La Tania that will do short stay too.

If you want a cheap week go the first or second week after new year.
It is easy enough to find cheap deals for these weeks.
I managed to book a week in Les Arcs self catering for less than €400 departing on January 11th so I am sure you could get something similar from the UK.

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I think Sm4sh said at the beginning that money was the problem. If you can find him 6 days of ski-ing for just over £400 including flights, half-board accommodation, transfers, ski passes, and ski and boot hire then I'm sure he'd jump at it :)

If you could find all that for £400 I reckon we would all jump at it!
I think he said 400 quid for flights transfer and accommodation.