J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by dobby

Cheers, all. Nose chin and cheeks are the concern, really. The old bonce is always warm under the helmet.

It's lunchtime (ish) and my thoughts turn to the weekend, I mean, my holiday in Sweden in a few weeks.

It may well be very cold and I will probably take a neoprene mask.

You can get half-facers that cover the mouth nose and ears, but not the skull and eyes, and full gimpers that cover the skull too.

Given that I will be wearing a helmet with goggles, a half-facer seems like the way to go, but if you have any experience with these things, please let me know.

Cheers

dobby

J2ski mini-group in Are? Splitters!

XC is great fun. If you are there you must have a go.....

What seems to have happened is that the skiers on the closed piste were buried by an avalanche started by skiers above who were off piste.

Admin, you are right. That's the slope I think. LDA renamed all the pistes a few years ago to make things, erm, easier. Apparently.

Heart goes out to all concerned.

As Michelle says, this is a tough piste. It is a gully/couloir which is very steep, has steep sides and gets badly bumped-up. Its old name used to be *something* couloir. It scared the wotsits out of me just looking at it from the chairlift. Not clear whether the avalanche was caused by the skiers themselves or whether it was snow from adjacent slopes which caused the problem. I think that this piste/area is prone to avalanches because of the steepness of the slopes.

I understand that the closed slope was Bellecombe (black). This is a steep couloir/gully type slope which is difficult at the best of times. Scares the wotsits out of me just looking at it from the chairlift. I don't know whether the avalanche was started by the skiers or whether they were hit by snow from the sides of the gully/piste.