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Competition - Weekend Quiz - March 2nd 2012 - Win Pole Positions and A Weeks Ski Hire!
Started by User in Ski Deals and Competitions, 18 Replies |
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Some of you will be needing this smiley today... :oops: :lol: Our lucky winners are... Swingbeep, theshelfside and Ranchero_1979 - who each win one off-peak week of Ski Hire in France and a Pole Position. julie.draper, smartski and AllyG - who each win a Pole Position. Could the winners please PM me your names and addresses so I can send out your prizes? Thank you. The Correct Answers 1. How many Levels are there in the standard Avalanche Risk Scale? c - 5 2. What are the three essentials of avalanche safety equipment? b - a transceiver, a shovel and a probe 3. When is it advisable to wear a transceiver? c - whenever skiing off-piste or "out of bounds" 4. A "glide crack" is often an early warning sign of what? c - a full-depth avalanche 5. One cubic metre of snow usually weighs... b - anywhere between 150kg and 400kg 6. At the start of a day off-piste, everyone in your group should... c - check their transceiver works in both transmit and search modes. 7. If a slope is already well-tracked, then it won't avalanche? FALSE 8. If a slope has already avalanched, it's safe to ski on? FALSE 9. If it's more than a week since the last snow, then the slope is safe? FALSE 10. At which Avalanche Risk Level do statistics show that most fatal avalanches occur? a - Level 3 Most of you got all the answers right... and that's a good thing! We all need to continue to take care this season; there's a lot of snow in the mountains and we will be seeing more big avalanches like those we've heard about in the past couple of weeks. Stay safe! |
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Walking boots... looks rubbish... less than 3 metres deep at the top now... can't ski on that... :wink: :D
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Now that sounds like a plan! Job done. 8) |
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Any of those three should be good in April. Chamonix town should be a bit warmer by then and is a really nice place to be in the Spring, although the other two might have the edge on the amount of skiing (sorry, boarding) still available.
Not much to choose between them though, really. If you're pretty handy on the board then maybe Chamonix and Tignes are the better options, otherwise Tignes and VT may suit an intermediate a little better. Good time to be given a week off work though! :D |
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Kind of... the good old "variable conditions" to me means that they vary from one slope to another; whereas Spring skiing is more about conditions varying (on the same slopes) during the day. With Spring conditions you expect the mountain to start off hard (maybe icy) and transform through the day. As Pavel's excellent post alludes, you never quite know what you're going to get from one run to the next. I love Spring skiing, personally, because of that variety. Each run, or slope, has a "sweet spot" at some point between icy and slushy - and the time that sweet spot is in play will change according to the sun (or not), the aspect and orientation of the slope, etc... and the fun is moving round the mountain trying to hit each slope at the right moment. Great fun... and you know if it's Spring conditions that it'll be warm enough to sit outside in the sun with an ice cold beer at the end of the day too... 8) |
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Yes, we provide this feature free of charge... Simply select the Print option from your browser. Then close your eyes whenever browsing J2Ski between now and your holiday. 8) |
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Picky, picky... millstreet just needs to turn left out of the airport rather than right... :wink: |
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Don't look now (actually, do) but winter might be back...
Started by User in Snow Forecasts and Snow Reports, 4 Replies |
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Temperatures dropped dramatically overnight, across most of the North and Eastern Alps... and came with a little snow.
NNIXSY's already reported new snow in Les Menuires, and here's a shot from Chamonix town (avec neige) just now... 
Looking around the webcams this morning; the snow has not got everywhere yet, although quite a few ski areas in Austria, France and Switzerland are either white or showing cloud/fog. There looks to be fresh snow in Megeve, and here in Arosa also... 
And snow on the trees in Manigod, near La Clusaz (all the La Clusaz cams appear to be fogged-out at the moment!)... 
...any more snowy shots out there? |
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