J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bedrock barney

Not sure if this helps but we are in Tignes and skied 6 days last week. It was very warm yesterday reaching 11 degrees at the lowest point of the skiing area. Quite a contrast in conditions in 1 week. It's 24 or 25 degrees in the resort at 2,100m (and apparently was 38 degrees in Bourg St Maurice yesterday!). The locals are saying that the conditions are unseasonably warm. Therefore glacier skiing in Europe probably quite challenging. We found that conditions were good from 8am to 10am with decent skiing over by around 11am.

Altitude sickness now overcome......but.....shock, horror........I now have two daughters who are boarders. My youngest has shown remarkable progress in 2 days and reckons she's going to board from now on rather than ski. our very pleasant French ski hire shop owner looked quite forlorn at this news.

The youth of today!

shorter ski today as we left our youngest in the apartment for a rest. Snow very slushy by 10.30 in warm temperatures. Crack of dawn start planned for tomorrow.

Swapped my BBR's for some Rossignol Pursuit 18's which I much preferred. Far easier to turn than the BBR's.

elovabloke wrote:Getting the liquids down (water).

Thanks. She's probably dehydrated and probably not eating enough as well. 13 year olds know everything of course!

Colder start today after rain overnight. very cloudy at the top and only 2 degrees with some wind. My shell jacket and t shirt not quite warm enough! sun came out though by 10am and coffee and pastries soon warmed up my old bones. Everyone else ok as they are skiing in insulated jackets. My youngest had a go at snow boarding and I think we will soon be a 50:50 family in terms of skiing versus boarding!

We cut things short today as my youngest also suffering a bit with tiredness and numb hands/face. I 'm faily sure she has mild altitude sickness? We've all been more fatigued than normal whilst skiing and I suppose the majority of the time we are between 3,050 and 3,450m. Any thoughts?

Thanks Ally. Will try to upload a couple of pics tomorrow.

Wow. What fun we had this morning. We were a little later than we planned but we were up at the glacier by 8.30am. Skiing was really good up until 10am with softish snow and hardly any icy patches. We stopped at 11.30 am only because our youngest daughter's boots were too tight. By then, the pistes were getting 'slushier' in places but still pretty good. In summary, the conditions were very similar to those found at Easter. We skied all of the pistes other than the black which runs off to the right as you descend.

We've bought a 6 day pass and intend to get up to the glacier at 7.30 each morning and ski until 11.30.

Probably around 2 or 3 degrees at the top at the start of the day rising to 5 or 6 degrees by noon.

Very strange coming out of the funicular to around 18 degrees! We have used a skiset outfit very near the funicular for our kit. We can park outside in the main car park, walk across and pick up our skis/boots from the shop each morning.

I wouldn't necessarily travel here just for a sking holiday in the summer but there is so much to do that it seems like a win win to us.

Blob jumping and hot jumping into the lake tomorrow afternoon after skiing!!

Enjoyed the BBR's by the way. Will have better feel after tomorrow's skiing.

Ski passes bought and skis hired. 6.30am rise tomorrow morning so we can catch the 1st lift. The ski hire chappie said the conditions were really good (but then he would, wouldn't he!). I'm starting out with Salomon BBR skis. Very interested to see how they feel. Will report more later.

Enjoyed some tennis this morning and then some canoeing this afternoon. some swimming and hot tubbing planned for this evening.

It's a tough life!!