J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by MogulMonkey

7 for me and then les menuire....3rd trip this season:-)

andyhull wrote:

One of the main resorts in the world and your 4:46 run down only had 3 people in it who i assume were your group until you got to the bottom.

For me ski hosting is a way of meeting others to ski with and if its not what we want we bail out after a few hours. have used hosting many times and have often spent the rest of the week skiing with a few from the hosted group. The main ingredient to the success of the hosting is the host - last year in les arc we spent several days with the host/rep and he was excellent, we spent all day sking and he was not interested in taking us for lunch so he could be fed for free - it was an advanced group of skiiers s this probably helped as well. he just wanted to be on the mountains and went into the office to do his paperwork later in the evening. Every time we have used a host it has always been made clear there will be no instruction provided by the host - having said that once in Obergurgl the host did also bring along an instructor from the ski school who also made it clear he was not there to instruct but to guide!!
either way if it has ended in france i personally feel it is a negative for the holiday experience, i would like to have the choice to join the group- or bail out.

SC...just checked out your facebook pics of feb 8th and i bet you couldnt get to sleep that night..those photos are epic!! had great fun in 1800 a few weeks go and off to arizona snow bowl in a few days net week..was planning on 1800 again in march but we got a deal in les menuire so looking forward to checking out the 3V...

SC..love that last photo and had to take a 2nd look - just hope he/she was OK...extreme skiing in the middle photo..

Volf wrote: 3 runs an hour over 7 hours = 80 km a day = 50 miles a day.

Not sure i would want to be on the same lift 21 times in a day :D might seem like a groundhog day..

Cathy i tend to agree with others as well..you are at the remote point to get to the VE and when you get to la plagne there feels like endless lifts to get to anywhere that makes you feel you have got to a new resort. so unless you do some serious speed and get on the first lift going to la plagne may seem like a rush and not fully enjoy your day.
we stayed in 1800 last week and i think if the snow conditions are good i would not buy the paradiski pass.. there is sooooo much to keep almost any skier busy in lesarc area. have fun i know i did :lol:

Yes it was miles. I am sure there are some apps out there that will measure only ski miles but mine is a triathlon watch so doesnt have that ability.