J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by OldAndy

I am so so so so so jealous of those lucky people going out this weekend.
The snow looks unbelievably gorgeous and the forecast for the week is excellent (France).
Please have a couple of runs for me :thumbup:

Someone I know was in Scotland hoping to ski this week :cry:
Coming back down south tomorrow :D

Said he was mad to go to Scotland to ski !!

57 for me to before Serre Chevalier !!
:mrgreen:

On a slightly lighter note about being lost in a whiteout ......
When I was working in Les Arcs a boy went missing, about 11/12yo.
He'd been with his parents and sibling in very poor visibility and snow and "disappeared".
For the best part of 3 hours he was "missing" presumed lost on the mountain!
Pisteurs, lift operators and police were informed ....
He returned to the hotel late afternoon very full of himself after a wonderful afternoons skiing (a tidy skier).
After the dust had settled and tears, relief, just retribution was over I asked him what he had done.
He was too small to be allowed on lifts unaccompanied and he knew this so he skied down close to the lift line and joined some others.
Got on the lift with other adults - again and again and again!
No one challenged him as they all thought he was with someone else.

Adders has the answer!
Much easier when totally lost in a group.
In bad conditions stay clearly on pistes, look for markers and signs and which way others are going especially any ski school groups.
Beware - if choosing to follow others they may be as lost as you are!

Website is reporting 3 lifts open in whole of Espace Killy.
A few brave/mad/desperate fools walking up to ski 3 turns in Val Claret!


0601T

More snow Saturday and Sunday but Monday looks very promising.

Iceman wrote:She has a sexy voice ;)

Pubs closing for a bit of wind? It was gusting 90mph here yesterday and I was in the pub :)

It's a precaution over people getting lost on the way home.
I've been in Val when a storm hit and the roads/pubs etc were closed.
We were told not to leave the chalet (by the police) - we couldn't even see the road! An avalanche came down onto but not over the road about 100yds away.
They know the risk points - and "tipsy" tourists who haven't been able to ski are a big risk!

This is a video (in English) from radio Val D'Isere .....

http://webtvvaldisere.com/popup-pod.php?id=1134

On the cars that were caught in the avalanche earlier on the road out of Val - three occupants and their dog all got out unharmed. :-)