J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by matt23

Tony_H wrote:Sorry to say it, but why oh why do people book Andorra when you've got the risk of exactly these kind of conditions?
I can understand booking a late deal after a heavy dump, but I dont think I'd ever risk making an advanced booking and hoping for the best.
Pick a resort high up in the Alps if you're worried about no snow.

but surely with global warming alot of places are a risk. look at last season. As for andorra i just hope something changes soon.

given the choice where would you book in advance ? since the heavy snow in th alps it seems prices have really stepped up. i for one really cant decide whwere to go.

Dear god tony when were these pictures taken ? this is about my worst nightmare. reading the above posts i was about ready to book now im back to square one.

im really surprised those runs are even open. have never seen such bad conditions.

think im going to just wait until the very last minute. the only issue is im very confined by the fact i can only fly on 4th march. 3rd is a wedding and im back to work on the 12th......

Brucie wrote:Its weird that the weather systems have been missing the Pyrenees. I'm heading out to Soldeu for the rest of the season at the end of this month, so am a little bit concerned.

My buddy is instructing out there and reports conditions as, 'not great' at the moment.

I've been out the last two years in early February and it has dumped both times so I'm confident the snow will arrive.

No point in worrying, Que Sera and all that!!

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Been looking at booking soldeu on 4th march but been holding off . as you say seems all major snow has missed the pyrenees all together, pleant of time yet but no great for those already booked to go. fingers crossed it changes soon. i love the place and would like to go back.

Ian Wickham wrote:Snow looks pretty good in Sauze at the Mo :thumbup:

Pretty good ? looking at possibly heading there the first week of march . any advice ? is it north facing ? cna you ski back to the resort easy enough. im an advanced skier but my partner not so much ;-)

Looking for somewhere to head to for the first week in march and as sestriere is i believe the highest italian resort i thought it was a safe bet. any advice anyone ??????? got a great deal through nielsens who are doing bogof lift passes which saves around £190 on the trip which all helps. anyone experienced skiing there in march and if so how was it. i always ski first week of feb so kinda nervous going that bit later especially with the weather being so random this last few years.....


also is setriere and sauze north facing ???

many thanks in advance

Looking for somewhere to head to for the first week in march and as sestriere is i believe the highest italian resort i thought it was a safe bet. any advice anyone ??????? got a great deal through nielsens who are doing bogof lift passes which saves around £190 on the trip which all helps. anyone experienced skiing there in march and if so how was it. i always ski first week of feb so kinda nervous going that bit later especially with the weather being so random this last few years.....


also is setriere and sauze north facing ???

many thanks in advance

wasley wrote:

matt23 wrote:

wasley wrote:I hope its ok as we are going on the 1st march
We've been Jan & Feb the last 2 years .There always seems to a lot more snow fall mid Feb-March ,this is why we had picked begining of March

Good luck

this was kinda my thinking. looking at the previius 5 years there has been a big dump towarss the end of feb every year. fingers crossed for you. as for me reckon i am just going to wait. the money isnt as important as the snow. i am not going through what we did last year in bulgaria. bare runs . big slabs of ice and horid old snow. fingers crossed.

I also went to Bulgaria,Borovets last year as well as Andorra.We went to Boro 15th jan but luckily there was a small dump just before we went the temps were 12-16+ most days thou.In Andorra early feb we had no snow whist we were there and Temps 14-18+ .By the end of the trip the grass was staring to show throu and some piste were just big ice rinks at the end of the day.But the lack of snow was a big is in the whole of europe from the tv news in andorra

i think you right on the whole last season was a bit of a shocker for everyone. i was in borovets on 2nd feb and it was shocking. half the runs were shut and the rest had rocks showing for the most part. hoping this season will be much better all over but i suppose with last year ringing in peoples ears a lot of people are reluctant to book before having some idea of what the conditions are going to be. it also seems that as of yet andorra hasnt benefitted from much snow. the alps seem a good bet right now with up to 4meters in some places. un thinkable really when you think back to last season.

wasley wrote:I hope its ok as we are going on the 1st march
We've been Jan & Feb the last 2 years .There always seems to a lot more snow fall mid Feb-March ,this is why we had picked begining of March

Good luck

this was kinda my thinking. looking at the previius 5 years there has been a big dump towarss the end of feb every year. fingers crossed for you. as for me reckon i am just going to wait. the money isnt as important as the snow. i am not going through what we did last year in bulgaria. bare runs . big slabs of ice and horid old snow. fingers crossed.