Messages posted by : Dave Mac
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The bad season was 2006/7, Finn, definitely NOT vintage.
http://www.igluski.com/austria/soll-snow-history_23493 Click on each year to see the comparison. |
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How exciting, Ban Ki-moon visiting the Wildschoenau,bet he was just negotiating a cheap winter season pass!
http://regionaut.meinbezirk.at/kufstein/politik/uno-generalsekretaer-ban-ki-moon-in-wildschoenau-d9744.html |
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Tino's idea of poverty, and my idea, may be on a different scale!
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Will just miss you again Finn, I will be there in January, and again in March. Shame, I enjoyed our runs in previous years. You go at a fair lick!
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Sorry, Tino, should have qualified that ~ just send me the bill.
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Looking at the data for the last 4 years, Village Level/Mountain level:
VT ~ 74/100, 78/105, 108/131, 29/46 Zermatt ~ 44/123, 53/250, 32/181,32/134 Firstly, in good statistics, you would lose the worst year, because 1996/97 was a once in every 20 year event. The other consideration is the comparative elevations, Village/Mountain: VT ~ 2300/3266, ie 966m vertical Zermatt ~ 1620/3820, ie 2200m vertical Of course at VT, you can drop down to the neighbouring villages. Zermatt has the Matterhorn, ~ the best view in Euopean skiing. Zermatt day costs are cheaper than VT. And if you run out of money, just give Tino a knock, he will buy the beer...... |
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Even early February falls into the European school holiday period. Normally the cheapest week is the first weekend in January. This year is a bit odd, in that the first week is a 4 or 5 day holiday in many places ~ dead cheap!
So pretty well equal, second week in January and March is about the same, for low cost with snow. On balance, March has better snow in the Alps, and there is more sunshine and daylight. |
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What! How can a barby break down? It has no moving parts!
Light a fire, let the embers die down, put steak on, stand back and drink wine while said steak is cooking. Whats to break? |
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