Messages posted by : The Meercat
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My cousin lives in Treviso and has suggested when I visit from the UK, we drive to a nearby ski resort on a Saturday Morning, ski, stay Saturday, ski Sunday and head back to Treviso Sunday evening.
Does anybody have any personal experiences or recommendations of a suitable resort and accommodation that would allow us to squeeze this all in, (we are intermediate standard) Many thanks |
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Dear All
The thing I cherish most about J2ski is the range of informed information, that we all have. I have a real conundrum, and I'm certain someone may have info to point us in the right direction for a very rare family get together, to make it a trip of a lifetime. Basically, we're looking for a resort to cater for an family trip around April 9th to cater for active skiers from aged 6-55 but will also cater for great grand parents who are non skiers (who will definately not start trying it) that will be able to join us for lunch or have other interests, and who will have to baby sit for the toddlers at some point. It has to be with in striking distance of Geneva, and we're on on tight budget, so we'd want to rent a self-catering apartment/chalet. It is much later in the the season that I'd normally like to go, as I prefer the cold, so would need to very high I imagine Am I asking the impossible? T M |
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I went to him and they weren't fitted correctly. I wasted a lot of money on ill fitting boots, and skiing in pain. |
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In fact my picture here was taken late December 2007 at Le Tour, which is where I recommend you head, due to the tree cover if it gets a bit windy. On this particular day, we were just over the crest (which had all the snow blown off by 1pm) and heading towards the tree line on the other side which was pure joy (condition wise and emptiness wise as no-one else was willing to make the initial effort)
If it does start windy-ing up, then most of the other pisted areas become uncomfortable ski-ing. Please bear in mind that moving between the different areas is a time consuming process. Plan to ski in one area, for the whole of one day. We tended to stay in Le Tour for most of the week due to the exceptional high winds. I would have loved to experience more areas but the snow had all blown away. If you go to Flegere, check the return of the last cable car. It does tend to leave early-ish, (15.30). SO to make the most of your day there, it's essential to be on the first car up the hill (the other annoying thing is that it's 20 mins between each car) On more practical notes, if you are hire-ing ski stuff, then I suggest you head to one of the 'Sport 2000' franchises- same choice, but cheaper than that other company recommended on here. If you or any of your party have even in the slightest inkling of ever considering buying a pair of ski boots, then please hold off until you have a proper professional boot fitting by Jules at Sanglard Sports (you'll need to book but well worth it) Check my entry from early in 2008 and you'll see why I'm so enthused by his work. There are more suggestions I will divulge when I recall them. Most of them involve dancing all night to house music, if you like that kind of pre-ski warm-up excercise ! If you are an expert off piste ski-ier then all the above will be minor niggles. I hope you have an awesome trip, and I hope you have an opportunity to dance. |
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Any red wine that's been reduced from £9.99 to £5.98 tends to posess an exceptional bouquet, and does have the uncanny knack of being extremely pleasing to the palette ! |
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To keep it brief
From Monday 17th November, a limited range of very cheap, and adequte quality euro gear, which makes TK Max and Decathlon look expensive is available at your nearest Lidl. They don't have a vast range, and don't expect any of the better stuff to hang around for more than a day or two. Personally, I'll be getting down there first thing to buy a very nice bag for my new skis. Maybe I'll buy a few, seeing as they're £6.99 each ! Good luck everyone |
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consider ski mitts instead. Tried and tested by my weak circulatory cousin in very cold and windy Chamonix over New Year. |
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