J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Wanderer

I've always loved the Hahnenkamm, especially when you had nutters like Bode or the Herminator throwing themselves down the mountain as if it was a walk in the park.

The Lauberhorn last week was amazing. Johann Clary from France actually broke 100Mph - yes - that is MPH. He went through the speed gun at something like 161 KPH. INSANE!!!

Am I missing something? Can't seem to find the "New Topic" button!!!
Anybody know where it's gone?

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Moena, Dolomites on 9 February
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St Anton on 14 March

The hotels, etc, in St Anton really try to stick to week long bookings. They will probably release unsold accommodation for that week in another 10 days or so but it is a peak week and there is not likely to be a lot unsold.

IF you are afraid to wait (and I wouldn't blame you), try your searches again but this time punch in for 7 days starting on 9th. This will tell you what is not yet booked - you could then contact these properties and see if they are willing to take a 4 day booking.

If you have not searched the outlying villages, you might want to look at them. For example, Pettneu is about 4km away but does have regular buses to St Anton.

Good luck with your search.

Gaz. You are right about the Red run off the top of the Hohe Salve - it can, depending on conditions, be pretty demanding. Not as bad as the black down the other side which is horrendous - steep, bumpy, quite narrow and usually full of people who should not be on it who are paralysed with fear :oops: It is definitely one to avoid :evil:

Other than that, most of the Reds in the Skiwelt are absolutely fine. Although, depending on conditions, the runs to the valley can sometimes turn nasty with patches of ice or deep slush especially late in the day when they are busy. They are usually wonderful, empty runs earlier in the day as people tend to stay high :mrgreen:

Really looking forward to my trip to the Dolomites now - only a little over 3 weeks to go :lol: Thanks for all the detailed information you pm'ed me. It really helped to put the area in context for me. I have since found some helpful piste maps, websites, etc and now have a better sense of the place. The Lusia area seems bigger than I had thought at first and should offer plenty for a good days skiing. The San Pelligrino area looks more entensive and should comfortably occupy another couple of days while there are obviously endless options if we want to stray further afield 8)

Conditions are good at the momement so it all looks good :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

andyhull wrote:

Wanderer wrote:I watched a good bit of the Womens Super G on Eurosport. They were in St Anton and the piste was very scary even where I was sitting :shock:. It seemed to me to much more evil that usual. Those girls are amazing - making fairly smooth turns on an icy course with the slope falling away from them while travelling at speeds of 115kph :shock: :shock: :shock:

There were 15 DNF's which I am guessing is way more than usual. Chemmy skied reasonably well and seems to be recovering form. While she was back in 27th, at least she earned World Cup points for that finish which is very important in terms of rankings, start numbers, etc. :D

That's our route home at the end of each day when we stay in St Anton, a couple of glühweins down the black and peel off to left on blue 24 to the chalet.

I am guessing that you would be going quite a bit slower than Chemmy and the other racers :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Great report - thanks for taking the effort -)

I have been to the Skiwelt for 4 or 5 years now - its a great option for a long weekend flying into Munich. We have had all sorts of conditions but the skiing has always been good if not great. Yes, it is very low down but they know that and work very hard at preparing and maintaining the snow using very sophisticated snow-making equipment. I've skied down perfect pistes while the grass had already started to grow just a few feet off the piste :shock:

I think it is a great ski area with an extensive and wonderful variety of runs, Soll, itself is great fun with decent restaurants, a few lively pubs for cheesy German apres ski or even cheesier British bands :shock: Anyone for Frog on the Tyne :mrgreen: Its also good value. :lol: :lol:

Mid-March would still be considered high season in St Anton. They would expect conditions to be still excellent at that time of year. I went there over Easter one year and we had nearly a foot of powder while we were there :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

However, its the mountains and there are no guarantees. Another year in Italy in early March, we were hit with a heat wave - the day time temperature hit 18 degrees C :cry: The lower slopes were more like soup than porridge and were impossible to ski :evil:. Despite this, the upper slopes held up remarkably well.