Messages posted by : Timeforabeer
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I love Les Gets. Tony is right to mention resort height - it's quite low - but if there's snow, off you go.
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Dunno, the new ones get rave reviews. And look quite dashing. Maybe a new Kia? Or Proton? |
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TK Maxx buys in big bundles of remaindered (ie they did not sell) clothes. So delivery is lumpy - feast one minute, famine the next. But it;s now online too so all that checking if they'd had stuff delivered is a bit of the thing of the past - even tho you will find one or two things in branches that are not on the web.
Re base layers - 90% are made from polyester as it gets moisture away from the body ('wicking'), and dries quickly. Merino is the answer, but is quite expensive - that said, Decathlon now stocks merino base layers. It's a good investment as they don't wear out for the average skier; I've had the same HH merino base layers for four years - four years x 2/3 ski trips a year = just a few weeks of wear per item, less than your normal smalls I bet! Re 'is D2B a good brand' etc - probably as good as they need to be. Dunno about skiwear, but I feel it;s highly likely the same factory in Taiwan or PRC make skiwear for lots of brands... bear in mind that some Armani suits are made in the same place as M&S suits. I think the answer is end-of-season sales - get what you want at half price. My Eider Specialist jacket was such a purchase, and my Fischer Soma Progressor boots. Prior to that I was wearing a North Face waterproff jacket with a zip-out fleece - which was fine, even if TNF zips are a bit hinky. |
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Have you seen Zoolander? He couldn't turn left...
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Admin the issue is, people HAVE been nice and HAVE really helped but the OP seems to not be willing to do anything for herself - even asking, in the last post, for a number! She's able to go online and bang out 16 messages on this board, surely she can google European trains? It's fine for you to spike my last post if you wish to, which was a bit facetious in asking for Australian powerboat trips to NZ, but the consensus seems to be it's a hoax. Little ski - perhaps you'd like to answer the cynics? |
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Just back from Ste Foy.
Unless you plan to do lots of off-piste, you may get a little tired of the runs in S-F itself. They are long, and varied, but when it comes right down to it, there's 4 lifts... the scope for O-P is massive and it can be done in a non-scary way too, with some areas linking up with the pistes so you can be a bit of a novice like me but never think oo-er, where the hell am I.. that said, there is some hairy stuff too, probably more Pablo's territory... So, to cut to the chase, you might want to ski elsewhere too. But like anywhere in the mountains, what looks to be a quick hop always takes longer... we went to la Rosiere and it didn't exactly blow my hair back. In all we probably spent two hours in faffing about getting there, getting our passes, getting oriented, getting up the mountain, only to run into the infamous local wind and have a terrible time on the pass to La Thuile with two young kids. meanwhile back in Ste Foy conditions were 'perfect' Val is further up the valley; we skied there last year and it's pretty well organised, but busy. Re the 'money off' other passes, it amounts to a few euros. And it's not available in every outlet - there is a list when you buy your old-style paper pass at the office at S-foy, and if for example you want to ski Les Arcs I think you have to get yr discounted ticket at the main office in Bourg (could be wrong on precise detail but something along those lines..) I didn;pt see a family ticket on offer - the prices are on the Sainte Foy website tho. have fun - eat at Maison a Colonnes. |
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Just seen Caron-A's edit about 'small and cheap' - sorry. Just come back from Ste Foy, lift passes are cheap, the resort is less extortionate than Val up the road, it's small but with a lot of skiing, and my seven year old paid (from memory) 120e for the week. Under 6s free.
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It's a good point that the 'village' drag lifts are often free. If yr kids are totally new to it then they may well not need a pass for a few days. When my kids started in Courchevel 1850 they used the two magic carpets which were free, however to get there you had to get a drop-off on the nearby road or go on a lift which needed a pass. Look at Italy - eg in Val Gardena juniors get 30% off and it's free for kids baorn after 28.11.01 - but other resorts are even more generous..
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