J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

Lake Tahoe, it's quite surreal standing at the top of the lift system on the Nevada side, looking down on the massive Lake, and then across the Desert towards Reno :D

Grimentz with it's beautiful car free village centre and stunning 360 deg. view of five 4,000m peaks, the Imperial Crown 8)

Grimentz, Zinal, St Luc, Chandolin and Vercorin mostly. Maybe take a drive over to Chamonix at some stage :D

Neither of your choices offers ski in/out -)

You could stay up near Hintertux, and be close to the glacier if the snow is late.

brooksy wrote:


Thanks for the info Bandit I shall be looking in the hire shop for these skis as you`re recommendations for skis in Engleberg were spot on.

Glad you got fixed up in Engelberg :thumbup:

SwingBeep wrote:If you're looking for something inexpensive check out the Coreupt Slasher, on offer at Ekosport in France for 220 Euro.

Some very tasty kit on that site :thumbup:

Over the years, I've found that Jobsworth staff at Luton take the Genre to a whole new dimesion. Add in the access issues, overpriced parking, the penny pinching like the charge to drop folks off, the lack of seating in the check in area and the dirty facilities, and I'd much rather go from LHR or Gatwick.

daved wrote:Sounds like good advice but as I said my old skis are GS race ones and really not for powder...I'll keep looking ta all

Do you want to ski in powder without learning the skills? Plenty of folks do, just buy a fat (ish) pair and ski the same as you do on piste. The skillset is the same, most of the learning is about fore and aft balance, and coping with external pressure.

Suggest skis like:

Atomic Access
Volkl Mantra
K2 Hardside

All of which have decent capability on groomed and in soft stuff.