Messages posted by : Dave Mac
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Hi Dave,
Can't help you with Heiligenblut, but on one of our trips to the Wildscoenau (Niederau), my OH went riding on a Haflinger, I think at the Haflingerhof. That was in summer, but they may ride in winter. You can ski at Niederau and Auffach. |
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RoseR wrote
Go for it girl! You are only young about 6 times. |
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RossF wrote
Yup, blue, no edge is boiler plate. Lots of angulation, legs, split, weight bang in the middle, easing forward during the turn initiation, all movements as smooth as possible, total focus, this is no time to start praying. If you fall, you are going all the way to the bottom. Does any other sport have such a wide range of conditions? |
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Trencher wrote:
Did someone not recently pick me up for writing "Boarders can go either way?" :wink: Rose, your man sounds a very can-do kind of guy, after all, he immediately jumped onto the can-do drive to Niederau. So, take advantage. Be the first J2Skier to take a mid-week break to either Banff, Breckenridge, Keystone or Vail!!! Go Satuurday mid-day flights, Skiing Sunday to Thursday, Fly home Friday night, Washing machine and match of the day Saturday night, lie in on Sunday. Where's the problem? Forget the flight issues, see your local pharmacist, :wink: :wink:, ask for a couple of Tamazipan, and when you wake up, your can-do man will be helping you into your ski-boots. Alternatively, get a winter pharmacy locum job in Banff, or Vail. |
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Hamish, You just killed a great thread.
I was going to Niederau anyway. |
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Ise, I wasn't really talking about LGS, which can be viewed as reasonably steady state. I was trying to describe mid-afternoon very wet heavy snow, and the depth/temperature variations associated with this condition. ~ Generally, conditions seen in lower alpine resorts.
Guess, I should have added the outcome of skiing in the stuff. This is the stop/start feeling of going quickly in the shade, hitting porrage in the sun, and how that acceleration/braking stresses the legs. When that happensduring the turn, it can initiate a slow twisting fall, the worst kind of fall. I was thinking about this after-injury return to skiing, and surmising that one could aim to head for a resort where the piste grooming is as good as say some US resorts. Keystone springs to mind. |
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Bandit, I realise that I am generalising about the architecture, for sure there are little diamonds of villages.
One big strength of the French is their ability to get things done, motorways, power stations, big infrastructure. I have worked with French engineers on projects, and they were to a man, highly competent and committed people. All were well trained, and paid great attention to detail. But when it came to ski resort design, they did seem to miss out a couple of middle men. I guess there was a lot of time pressure to meet deadlines, like winter olympics. With newer resorts and buildings, a different approach seems to have been taken. |
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