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What's next?
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 180 Replies
This thread's taken quite an alcoholic track... :lol: ...gotta fill those empty Summer days before the snow comes again I suppose.

What's next?

Well this season's not done yet - it might be mild in The Alps right now but I have a feeling there may be a tasty sting in the tail and I'm not packing the gear away yet.

In the meantime - it certainly feels like Spring darn Sarf so we took Wednesday off, did some karting and then sat in the Sun at Brands Hatch watching the British Superbike teams testing. Not bad at all for March. 8)

Back in the office today though... still a few good deals around for Easter if anyone feels the need...
Although details are presently a little unclear (with various sources reporting between 2 and 6 fatalities), this has clearly been a major tragedy.

From the BBC :-

Five people have died after being caught in a major avalanche in northern Norway, local police say.

The casualties are reported to be four Swiss and one French citizen. A sixth man was pulled out and taken to hospital with "moderate injuries".

They were part of a larger group of skiers which apparently split into two groups before the avalanche.

Around 30 rescue workers, assisted by dogs and helicopters, were dispatched in the search and rescue operation.

The avalanche happened on Mt Sorbmegaisa in the north of Troms district, about 65km (40 miles) east of Tromso, on Monday afternoon.

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Police said rescuers had detected signals from the skiers' avalanche transceivers buried in the snow.


Other reports have given more detail :-
- the slide is reported to have been between 1 and 2km in length.
- the final victim was recovered at 7pm, from under 6metres (20 feet) of snow.
- the avalanche risk level at the time was 3 (Considerable).
Accomodation in Montgenevre
Started by User in France, 3 Replies
J2Ski, the forum that gets you an answer before you post the question... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Send thanks to Tony_H for doing a great Mystic Meg impression and posting this earlier today...

Deals to Montgenevre, etc. for next week

You're on your way...
Big Snow Back in The Alps
Started by User in Ski News, 13 Replies
J2SkiNews wrote:below 1800m above sea level at some places. The example i was given was the Milky Way French/Italian border.

From the various reports I've seen today, it looks split along the main alpine ridge; Northern French Alps and a good number of Swiss resorts have been reporting snow down to 1,100 to 1,300 metres.

It does look as if Spring temps will be back again by the weekend; still great skiing from mid-mountain up though!
Goodbye Didier Cuche
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 8 Replies
Fantastic! Think I'll watch that again... what a great way to bow out.
Piste Bashing
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 52 Replies
4 pages of wibble removed - back on topic now please! TVM.
Avoriaz
Started by User in France, 27 Replies
millstreet wrote:Bus transfer, Taxi Transfer, Rent a car???

Hire a car probably. Taxi or private transfer is unlikely to be cheaper than a small rental car. Bus will be cheaper but likely to take a bit longer unless you're very lucky with timings, and won't wait if your plane is late.

Good choice though; stacks of snow in Val Thorens that isn't going away any time soon... :thumbup:
Skiing in Cyprus
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 15 Replies
Snapzzz wrote:Great piste map

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Brilliant! Just needs the writing to be re-done in crayon to complete the effect. :D