J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by peterk11

Hi Wanderer.
I was out in Soll this time last year had a great time. We had a few good nights listening to 'Frog on the Tyne' in the bar next to the Postwirst . They seemed as i remember to have quite a taste for Jagermister . A really good band , glad to know they are still on the go .

Thanks.Just looked at photo's on crystal website.Do not know much about the place i'm tagging along with a couple of friends along with about 35 strangers and staying in a chalet. Should make for an interesting week .Never done the chalet thing before , a bit more snow would be nice though .

Hi all,I'm off to Adelboden on the 18 march for a week . Anyone out there now or been recently ?

Cheers

I had my third ski holiday last month and did another week at ski school.I would like to think that i improved a lot but its probably down to just spending more time on the slopes . Not sure if i picked up that much from our instructor, we had quite a large group which did not help . Although i could quite happily manage to a degree with out doing ski school next year i probably will do it again .I do enjoy it for meeting up with such a diverse group of people who i would not have met before who are of a similar level.Another big plus is that you will be shown the best of the mountain from your instructor .


Hope this helps

Peter

Scarlet Fez wrote:I thought Soll was as QT or as lively as you wanted it. The proximity to the Whiskey Mule to the Postwirt had been mentioned by some as being noisey when it turned everyone out. As we were usually leaving about then and we had 1st floor rooms that overlooked the street, we were likely to be the only ones in the hotel it would affect.
When we went in January there was alsorts of mixed groups from young boarders to groups even maturer than us and we averaged late 40s. Good fun was had by all and no yobbery at all just folk having a good time.

I Agree :D :D :D

Peter

It was not really a problem about the nightlife in my opinion, but proir to booking after looking through brochures and reading online reviews it was a place to avoid if you were after a quiet night out . Thought it may be helpful to others if they were put off by the fact it has a reputation good or bad for been quite lively !!

Peter

Dave Mac wrote:The reason why the diversion is to Verona, and not Munich, is that they have reps in Verona, but not in Munich.

Have heard of a recent case, where it seems a Thomson rep did a runner, owing a ski school quite a lot of money.

I agree with Tony, this needs to be reported to Crystal. I wonder if the 3 lift passes were offered just to the more "youthful" looking adults?

"Youthful" !! Ah that explains it then :lol: :lol:

Thanks

Scarlet Fez wrote:Peterk11. Hope you had a good hols. What was your opinion of the Postwirt and Soll, I hope it ticked all the boxes.

Hi , Arrived back last week ,It all seems a distant memory now althogh the post ski depression has not kicked in yet tho !We had a horrible journey across, our flight was diverted from Innsbruck to Verona because of bad visability. we probably arrived at soll about 7 hours late at about 10 pm after various transfers.Much to the disgust of some of the staff at the hotel Dining room :evil: who were waiting for us .The hotel was very clean our party made the most of the heated outdoor pool sauna and steam room but we found it quite strict and the manager would not seat all our party together in the dinning room which we found a pain. On the second day one of our party ended up at the hospital , 15 stitches in a leg wound after he fell on his ski on the way back from the moonlight bar ! The manager refused at first to put us a couple of hot meals aside for the guys who were at the hospital with him who were due to return at about 9 30 pm .After a heated exchange he relented , we were not impressed at all in the way it was all handled.
There was also some confusion with our lift passes that we had pre booked through Thomsons back in the UK. Three of them were youth passes that we did not pick up on until i was stopped at a lift by an angry austrian official :evil: , luckily i was with Alan our ski instructor who sorted the problem out . Allegedly, there has been a few occasions where Crystal reps have been supplying youth passes to adults where adult passes have been paid for an pocketing the difference . It all could be a honest mistake but a few people over there did not think so , so beware and check your lift passes from Crystal!
As for the my 170 skis , i managed ok . I think that as i improve i will move on to longer skis and then i will probably notice the difference.
As for a review of Soll its self , Fantastic skiing ,Huge area, great apre ski and very quiet night life, A few bars had good bands on , Frog on the tyne and Bloodshot eyes were well worth a look.Not sure about the whisky mule club tho !
Peter