J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by andymol2

Be guided by your physio.
Not sure that deep squats are a great knee exercise (with or without an ACL injury).

They used to say miss a season but you'll probably be OK for a late season trip assuming all goes well.

Talk over fuctional knee braces with your physio (such as Donjoy) some of which are designed to be short enough to wear above ski boots.
There is some evidence that correct bracing reduces the risk of re-rupture significantly.

And the public good of the prosecution was?

Tragic error of judgement on behalf of both of them but prosecuting won't have helped either of them or their families one jot.
Not familiar with Austrian law but surely this would have been dealt with more appropriately by their equivalent of an inquest.

Prosecution might have been more appropriate if they had injured others skiing on piste beneath them.

The indoor snow slopes we have bear no real relationship to a real pistes which tend to be steeper, usually wider, vastly longer (which is what we want) and gets bumpier at times.

Providing it's wide enough for you to complete your turns the exact steepness is almost irrelevant up to a point.
Sure looking down will seem a little scary at first but so long as you can link your turns don't get too worried. If you still rely on snow ploughing to control your speed then it's a different matter. (I don't mean plough turns - most of us will have learned to ski starting with plough turns before progressing onto parrallel ones)

A useful tip is to be guided by what you go on during your lessons and to ask your instructor to point out runs for you to practice on (or a friend if they've been there before).

One to watch out for is the run down into the town - many times these will be undergraded to make the resort seem beginner friendly. In reality these are often mountain roads with snow on.
At the end of the day these will be full of spooked novices discovering this "blue" is nothing like the ones up the mountain - particularly if it's warm & the snow gets heavy in the afternoon.

SwingBeep wrote:As well as all the other rubbish:



It has been estimated that in a big resort as many as 30,000 cigarette butts are dropped under each chair lift during a ski season. Each one contains enough nicotine etc. to contaminate about 500 litres of water.

And that was just what was under the bed of the chalet host!

Can't soeak for Cervinia but Sauze is larger & more lively linked to a much bigger ski area.
Courmayeur is a smaller ski area but the town is definately more up market but less lively.

Andorra has pleanty of snow making so no snow is pretty unlikely. Sure artificial snow's not the same as the real stuff but lots of the Alpine resorts augment the natural snow fall with artificial to make sure that the whims of the weather gods don't spoil your holiday.

El Tarter is quiet in terms of night life - much is centred aound the hotel bars - at least compared to some resorts such as Pas De La Casa.

keep them in the freezer when not in use

Err - that's the first time I've seen or heard stylish as a description of Avoriaz.

Ghastly concrete monstrosity, perhaps. Oh dear I'm sounding like an inbred royal.