Messages posted by : andyoneil
Always a subjective one this: yes you will likely get a better price and may well see more choice but do you want to lose half a day of your trip if, like me, you only get 6 days a year on snow and do you speak the language well enough/trust the locals' English enough to get what you want? The language may well not be a problem but one does have to bear it in mind |
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Terrible to have ill-fitting boots - can ruin a trip
Don't know about the Edinburgh area but my current boots are from Snow and Rock at the MetroCentre here in Toon. It's not exactly local but a two hour drive / 1.5 hour train trip may be worthwhile to solve your issue? They spent about 3-4 hours each with my wife and I on fitting, building inserts etc. Can't say they will def fix your feet (we are all different after all) but they were certainly good I have NO commercial relationship with these people at all (in fact I think I've only set foot in the place once since) - just speaking as I found Good Luck! |
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Do you have a rib removed????? I'm about as flexible as a brick - its a bloke thing! |
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The blues off the Galcier chair are all Ok I'd say - down to the "scare chair" station and beyond is all fine - my wife learnt to ski on theose runs after the Madeleine beginners slope The Cugnai(?) chair has one run and that is graded red? I think that "Henri" or "H" as its sometimes marked is not really blue - cuts up badly and gets very busy at times |
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Vert is not wide for a reasonable bit of it - the bit down towards where the tunnel goes under the piste and then comes out to cross the black I'd rather take beginners down OK and accept that they'll struggle a little with the final drop through the trees rather than destroy their confidence on Vert Santons though is grossly under rated and I think Piste L (though often closed) is the Solaise equivalent of Santons on Bellevarde and can be just as tricky through the gulley |
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Had that from both Crystal and Inghams in the past - Neilsen too |
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As I said earlier Inghams have been my favourite. They seem to employ reps who are generally interested in the skiing rather than just the boozing. I remember the trip where my wife tried skiing for the first time and the rep spent a good 20 mins at the welcome meeting pointing out things I should do on my own to then be able to take her back to once she was out of ski school for the day - most welcome in VDI as it was the first time I'd encountered the vagaries of its piste classification (the rep told me to keep the wife off Vert run if I wanted her to stick at this ski malarkey...) |
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I think they will have widened the part Ally refers to - the bottom 3rd has no need for it as its very wide (though steep which is what causes the moguls on an afternoon often).
The mid section through the gulley before it splits into the Face proper and the red (Arcelles?) must be the bit they've changed for this year? as for straight lining it - I shall look forward to seeing that on the 20th Ally - you'll basically end up in my chalet by the time you stop.... |
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