J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by MogulMonkey

I am sure snowcrazy will post more later but it snowed a lot last night and this morning i had the pleasure of skiing around the Grand Col. The black was fresh powder and then after a few runs the powder had become skied out.. so we went down the side of the black and for the first time i have skied in powder that was mid thigh deep :lol:
Great day every where just hope the rest of the week will be the same.
Fallen in love as well...movement jam's they do everything..powder carve ice although only found a few runs with any icy bits but not enough to moan about. - ski to buy if i was going to invest in any ski's.

SC one of your facebook photos is a 'Ski not allowed' sign which i assume is the to prevent entry to the national forest down to Villaroger. I thought this was an area you use a lot so do you need a permit to ski in there?

Dave Mac.. whats the significance of the painting?
Is it one of yours? i cant make out the signature fully but i think it is signed Dave M** although it could be Dave N**

Far Queue wrote:

Tony_H wrote:If I may......the hari Kari is actually the steepest black in Austria, and I was led to believe in Europe as well.

One of my favourite Hari Kiri vids :twisted:

so funny...seems i was given a bit of duff information on ischgl having the steepest slope a piste basher could work...although i cant help thinking there was some good editing that took place...

just put hari kari on my must do runs.

Snapzzz ..Ischgl has some amazing blacks that are groomed. If i recall correctly run 20 is the steepest black in Europe that the bashers can work on although it was not groomed every night. There is also another run which i think was black 35 which was straight at the top and had a hump so you stood at the top and watched someone ski over it and waited a few seconds until they reappeared in the distance down below. Only people i saw really go for it were in full race gear with back protectors so i assume they were a team using it for speed training. Unfortunately my ego was not up to it so had to put in a few turns until half way down.. i am sure i have a video somewhere so will post it if i can find it.

glad to see he was Ok...fascinating(for all the wrong reasons) to see this from the victims view.. I thought the sound was a little low so used headphones and tuned the volume up full..nearly pooped myself at just after 5mins when the sound of his breathing changed to yelling!!

oldboarder wrote:well its not long now, this sat i will be there. can any1 give me a few tips on some nice runs for intermediate boarders. also what restaurants/bars which serve nice food and at a good price. will be much appreciated, thanks.

There is a little hut at the top of blue arpette that we found was really cheap compared to most places(Only rolls and drinks) and has a few chairs around it - ok for nice sunny days. looking at the piste map there are 2 to the right of the top of Charmettoger28 lift - the lower one is a good place for full lunch with loads of inside and outside seating.
cant help with the boarding Q.
looks like a steady snowfall over the next few days so should be excellent conditions - 3 am start and still wot be able to ski on saturday afternoon due to long transfer and probably wont get to hotel till after lunch - i can live in hope though :lol:

Looks like these have a huge rocker on the front so should i expect them to 'feel' much shorter and therefore go longer than my normal 170-175? length they are available in are 166,172,178,184.