J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by admin

Hi Chris, and welcome...

A couple of the regulars are out in Canada doing seasons and training to be instructors. Not sure if they're on gap years themselves but I'm sure they'll be willing to share their experiences... if they ever come off the mountain or out of the bars... :lol:

Hey, Benny, Ross... how's it going guys?

Map of Ski Resorts in Italy

The white triangles are ski resorts - mouse-over to see names and detail links.

That do you? 8)

Eeeee... you guys are so gonna be in trouble if your partners find this thread... :lol:

"carrying home with the tips pointing down" ??? :shock: :D

But you make it too complicated...

When young and inexperienced you select a ski with a narrow waist and a nice side-cut, that's easy to, er, "ride". And don't set the bindings too tight as you want a clean release with no injury if things get bumpy and you need to go your separate ways.

When more mature, you'll find a ski to work with you in perfect harmony. That takes all that the mountain has to throw at you, stays with you and brings you home with a huge smile after every run. 8)

Hi Alan,

Are you seeing this in your e-mail?
And are you reading it at work or otherwise behind a mail filter or firewall?

If so, you're one of a select few... 8)

It seems that certain firewall/spam filter suites like to take our lovingly crafted HTML and replace all the degree symbols with zeroes. :evil:

Temperatures look fine on our online Snow Forecast for Alpe d'Huez - which is built from the exact same HTML fragments as our forecast e-mails. If you do a View Source on that page you'll see the character code (176) for a degree symbol.

The degree symbol is in your e-mail when it leaves us, but gets mugged when it's on its way and minding its own business.

We get a handful of reports of this in a season - from over 10K mails sent each week. So a few of our subscribers get to see temperatures magnified by a factor of 10! Sorry.

Rest assured, -120C does seem unlikely...
although it would keep the snow in good nick.

p.s. "Bootofbeer"? Oh no... flashbacks to Pavel's "brand new" bootliner toast holders... :lol:

Vikithecat wrote:Personally i tend to use Tesco Insurance, the product offers wide cover adequate for all my heli and cat skiing needs

:shock: Wow. Not the first place you'd expect to find heli-skiing friendly insurance!

freezywater wrote:BTW, I'm travelling under the name of Mr Sam Wiches :wink:

Best not to try that with Ryanair... Sam Wiches are an extra charge... :oops:

Our very own Mr Stenmark should be along shortly to give you the lowdown on his local stomping ground of Niederau... although I think he's out being taught how to ski "old school" at the moment... did I get that right? :lol:

(pictures, Jan, pictures!)

Personally, I don't think group lessons are very cost-effective once you're out of the beginner stage of falling over and crossing skis.

If (and it sounds like this is the case) you're already comfortable on skis, then private lessons will be far more effective for you. A good instructor will quickly isolate what you need to work on, given your level of competence and general physical ability. They'll give you exercises specific to you, and take you to places on the mountain that are right for you - not the least able in the group.

There's no substitute for one-on-one instruction really; you'll learn and do more in 2 hours than you will in 2 days in a big group. You'll find the whole experience more enjoyable too - it's much easier to build an understanding with your instructor.

As it's going to be February when you're there, you may find instructors in short supply so should try to book one now if you can.

Salski wrote: :roll: If you guys put as much thought into choosing your female companions as you did your skis - you wouldn't be writing this!! :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Brilliant! :wink: