Messages posted by : tonypants
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Fingers crossed for the white stuff |
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I have two quite different favourites, one is to start from the top of the Grande Motte in Tignes on a quiet day and blasting down the hill "as I like the speed" all the way down to VC. You can do it without stopping but the legs burn !!!
The other is the ski out @ sunshine village in Banff. It is not hugely challenging but if you start from the top of Goats eye or the top of the WaWa chair you can carry enough speed to take you the 8k's to the bottom. If you time it right on a quiet day where the run is empty you can have quite a speedy run on a not so wide track with lots of bends and drop offs on the edge it can deliver a nice buzz. Again, run from the top, all the way and the legs burn !! |
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I am off to Chamonix on 16th but the weather reports do not look promising today. I hope it will get colder soon :lol:
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Hi Felicaro, again welcome.
I concur with FQ, Banff is very pretty with great restaurants, hotels and shops. Loved it at Christmas as is the only time I have been. Don't worry about the bus rides as FQ said it is a nice rest at the end of the day. Be aware that they have changed the bus pick up points, it used to be many hotels on Banff avenue, I now understand there are only three pick up points so maybe a trek carrying skis if you do not have a car ! Sorry can't comment on Whistler, never been ! TP |
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Completed. Hope it helps
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I'm off to Chamonix this year for a change,Have a good time.
TP |
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I remember you were there the same time last year and it was real cold. i know exactly what you mean about edges, I remember not being able to cut in at all !
Big Rush ! |
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I have been watching web cams constantly, I think all of us ski nutters watch webcams from September onwards :D and this time last year I was actually booked for Tignes in Dec which was fab and had lots of snow BUT Chamonix is on just over 1000m so being 800 m lower than tignes it rained over night.
I hope the freeze point lowers soon so it starts snowing :lol: |
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