J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by dobby

Stevie999, quite! And what's wrong with that :)

Booked the flights, now to sort the accommodation and the car.

And may be a sneaky dads' trip for January.....(fingers crossed)

Thanks, Dave Mac and BB.

Ideally, I'd go for direct flights at a sensible time, but we do not have this option. The direct flights depart from LGW which is miles from home and arrive late at night (2330), the drive to resort (2 hours on ice) at midnight is not the most pleasant experience and the return flight gets us into LGW fairly late, too. We could get the bus to resort instead of driving, but we like having a car.

I am minded to go for the connection option - both are KLM flights which would be booked on the same ticket. The first flight leaves early doors from CWL, so the first flight is unlikely to be late (unless it gets foggy). The flight from an airport which is literally half an hour down the road is also very attractive (even though it is more expensive).

Asked on Snowheads, so I thought I'd ask on here too.

Thinking of booking next year's holiday. Direct flights to Trondheim from the UK get in at late o'clock so looking at other options. One is flying from CWL to Schipol and then from Schipol to Trondheim. There's "only" 1hr 45mins between arrival of first flight and departure of second flight, with the second flight leaving from a different terminal. I have no idea whether 1h 45 mins is a sensible gap or whether it is too short (I've always used direct flights before). The following flight out of Schipol for Trondheim is about 8 hours later..... Any input gratefully received.

Tony I thought saalbach had great snow making now

I'm sure the smart kit would tell me to "Hurry up, lard a**e"

Great report, Tony.

Ranchero makes a good point, although Easter this year is very early, so if you ski at Easter this year, there may be snow around at lower levels which would enable you to ski back to resort. Agasalwamann - it would be good if you could give some idea as to the sort of skiing you like (blue, red, black, on piste, off piste, lots of trees etc) and what other things are important in the holiday - after-ski, transfer duration, whether you want to use a tour operator or go DIY