J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by crispyapplepie

This yr when i was in VT end of jan, we encountered quite alot. On one of the red runs off the glacier "col" this run was solid ice top to bottom. And im not talking white slippy icey snow. it was transparent and blue looking...

Ha i wondered why nobody was taking the chair up :oops:

Good job i was on new skis with good edges. :lol:

we should start a thread for pics of the craziest outfit captured on the slopes...

This yr i saw loads of fancy dress in Thorens... made me smile.

andymol2 wrote:I go for the kit I can get a bargain on (within reason). Usually that means black!

Unlike a colleague of mine who took back his hire boots to swap for a different colour! Middle age does strange things!

Sorry to go off piste but totally disagree... there are plenty of places selling kit at good affordable prices these days. I went to the ski show at the NEC last yr and couldnt believe how cheap some of the kit was. Also Ellis brigham last yr were selling kit at the back end of their sale for next to nothing. North face pants for £50. discounted by £70. OK granted you cant always get your size but if your willing to look around and spend a bit of time researching then good deals on good kit can be found.

Wanderer wrote:Serious thread drift going on!!!

2nd that, however im having too much of a laugh to care... :lol:

Tony im glad that my jacket will also be future proof, bright orange haglof jacket... )

Bright colours are the way fwd... IMO. I was sick of seeing all the dull colours, black and grey, too boring.

Hi all just thought id share this with you all. If like me you love the kit for skiing then your gonna get rather excited watching these....

http://www.fall-line.co.uk/videos

Enjoy :D

Tony_H wrote:Bit of thinking ahead here, but I'm drawing up a shortlist of places to go next season.
Top of the list is Val Gardena, of which I have read some great reviews on here from people who have been to Selva and Arabba.
However I am also looking at these as alternatives, and would welcome any views from people who have visited them recently:

Bad Gastein

Lauterbrunnen (Wengen/Murren would do)

Baqueira-Beret


Many thanks

Good thread tony, i too am looking for places to go next yr which is why i started the resort thread... Pls excuse my ignorance though which country are these places, they sound like austrian resorts however i could be wrong. Also whats the brochure you talk about?


Sorry i cant offer advice but im looking fwd to reading others replies....
thanks

AllyG wrote:There's something obscuring the webcams in Courchevel as well, but I can't be entirely sure it's snow. Here's hoping though :D

Ally

Ally when i checked this morning at the Val Thoren cams it was snowing. thats was about 8.30am. again no idea how much though.