J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by SwingBeep

Supersaver tickets are definitely available for the train journey from Geneva airport to Sion, but not for the bus ride up to Haute Nendaz.

Try the following:
Go to the SBB online timetable https://www.sbb.ch/en/buying/pages/fahrplan/fahrplan.xhtml and enter "Geneva airport" & "Sion, Gare", and click on "Search connection", connections with supersaver tickets have a white % sign on a black triangle (if nothing shows up change the date and time) then click on the price then under "Passengers/Discount cards" select "No discount", then select your desired "Travel options" then scroll down and click on "Options for outward journey" and select "Supersaver ticket", then under "Options for return journey/Choice of connection" select a return connection for supersaver tickets, enter a date and time and click on "Search for connection".

You can buy the bus ticket for the journey up to Haute Nendaz either online or on the bus.

According to the T&Cs in the first link "Supersaver tickets may be purchased no more than 30 days before the desired date of travel".

It sounds like you bought a supersaver ticket last time
https://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/tickets-for-switzerland/supersaver-tickets.html
As the winter time table won't be published until 18. October and doesn't come in to force until 10. December they might not be available yet. Bear in mind that the supersaver tickets are only valid for the train you book, if your flight is delayed and you miss the train you will have to buy a new ticket. If you try to wing it you may be fined an additional CHF 90

There is also the Swiss Transfer Ticket, but it probably wouldn't be cheaper for the journey to Haute Nendaz unless you are travelling with children under 16.
https://www.sbb.ch/en/leisure-holidays/travel-in-switzerland/international-guests/swiss-transfer.html

Powder at Saas Fee today!

I haven't heard of any changes, and as the problem will largely resolve itself when Brexit takes place I don't expect that there will be any.

It's new this season, a full price season pass for Crans Montana alone is CHF 800 and a 6 day pass is CHF 349 so it's a very good deal. The resorts covered are scattered across 3 Cantons and some of them are very small, but it would be worth it for access to the resorts in Valais alone. I think the offer ends at the end of the month, after which the price will be CHF 1299.

In this case 'really cheap' would be free i.e. you would already have a suitable pair of bindings that came off a pair of skis that had come to the end of their useful lives and you would also have all the bits and pieces needed to mount them. A suitable drill bit (£13) glue, plugs for the existing holes and a tap if they have an Titanal layer (£26). If you took them to shop mounting would cost £25 - £45. A new pair would probably set you back at least £125.

I wasn't really being serious, my post was just a long winded way of saying what Brucie said.

These days skis are really cheap, the market is massively over supplied and discounting is rampant. Decathlon does a ski / binding package that looks like it will be adequate for lots of holiday skiers for £105. So second hand skis are not really worth the bother unless they are in really good nick and are fitted with rental or system bindings.

I would put the telemark bindings on Ebay during the winter, preferably with worldwide shipping. The 7tm is the only telemark binding with a TUV certified safety release system. If you can get 2 or 3 bidders you should do alright.

Billip2, this would be true if you can find a 'pro', most people who work in ski shops have very little idea about what they are doing, loads of mistakes are made. A few years ago an Austrian safety organisation carried out some on slope tests, which revealed that 40% of the bindings people were using were wrongly adjusted and 5% were in some way defective. I have my bindings tested at the beginning of every season, a few years ago the shop mixed up my wife's settings with mine, in spite of the relevant information being written on a form stuck to the skis! Luckily I checked the settings before we went skiing.

I don't suppose it is, but it's unlikely that these outlying areas were ever financially viable. Depending on snow conditions Monterosa S.p.A. loses between 1 and 1.5 million Euros a year. If they extend the new lift up to Plateau Rosa they will be able to generate some revenue in the summer as it will link up with the new cable car from Plateau Rosa to the Klein Matterhorn that is being built to provide an «Alpine Crossing», a year round cable car link between Zermatt and Cervinia. If it only extends to Cime Bianche it will only be of interest to skiers and maybe a few walkers.

As the natural snow-reliability line has risen in recent years, it is also likely that they are also no longer climatically viable. If you fancy owning your own ski area you could probably pick them up for a Euro apiece, subject to the usual T&Cs on future investment and retaining the existing employees etc.