J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dorset Boy

Like Ian W, I was off school with the flu when Franz K flew down the mountain at Innsbruck in 1976. I then badgered my parents to let me go on a school trip and away I went to Monte Bondone near Trento in Italy (in 1978 or 1979). It wasn't too long before I decided I would do a season, but had to wait until 1990 for that pleasure to come about and that one led to 5 in Meribel. I'm not sure the desire to spend season's has ever been extinguished, but currently happy enough with one or two weeks away seeing my little boy learning.

Unfair to judge if you weren't there.

I've seen people go most of the length of the Courchevel GC who were trying to stop themselves.

But Grand Couloir is the easy couloir off the top of saulire. Daved, your friend should go down Death Couloir on the Meribel side!!!!

Are these Hestra ones the correct sort of colour?
http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/605-Hestra-Guide-Glove-Brown-Black/

Flaine is primarily self catering or a couple of hotels. Most is pretty much ski in/out. I think Neilson have a chalet in the Hameau which definitely isn't ski in/out! Very family orientated and minimal queues in off season.

Tignes / Val: As has been said, tignes in bad weather can feel like being on the moon. Val has more nightlife, but is a cold village in early season as the sun barely reaches the village in January. Plenty of chalet accomodation in both, so of which is ski in/out. I'd stay in Val rather than Tignes having done both.

La Plagne has lots of chalets especially in 1800 and around Centre. some are ski in/out but not all. It's a big area with some good off piste if you know where to find it.

Les Arcs offers good skiing but is more self catering than chalet in the main parts, but Peissey seems to have developed the chalet culture.

Alpe D'Huez has some great skiing and a massive area for beginers at the bottom. If you want nightlife without too much of a walk, do check where you are staying, as others have said.

I'm sure you'd be happy in any of the above, so looks like the next few years are sorted!

Should be: "Where be you to?"

Maybe the key is in the name of the site! It's not J2Board afterall. :mrgreen:

They're not skis in that photo! She's got a snowboard attached to each foot!

Maybe that's the solution for boarders too! :mrgreen: