J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by LOTA

21 days and a wake-up (as we used to say in Nam - Chelt-en-Nam!)

No way, Jose! -)

Just one out of the 40 to 50 resorts I've been to on holiday.

That was Fernie - it was good, but I felt absolutely over-rated. The lift system was antiquated and inefficient and the snow was awful with a lot of closures, which I suppose is just one of those things, but coloured my thinking. There was only an occasional shuttle bus to and from town, which needed the rucking and mauling skills of a Gloucester loose forward to board at the end of each day (so much for the polite Canadians!)

I'd read so many rave reviews about fantastic it was - and it was a little bit of a let down. When I was there, the SCGB was holding what it called a 'powder paradise' holiday. It should have been retitled 'slush slide' that fortnight!

Still enjoyed myself, but I was hard-pressed to see what the fuss was about.

Interesting thread - I think I've skied for a significant length of time in more than 43 resorts in my 41 years of ski trips (I've been to the same place more than once!)

But, as yet, I've never been to Chamonix, Zermatt, Verbier or the Portes du Soleil. I suppose Jackson Hole or Vail would have to be on the wish-list too. And the Dolomites.

I wouldn't bother with Obergurgl again - preferred Solden - and Whistler's mixed reputation for weather puts me off a little.

Ian Wickham wrote:

LOTA wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

LOTA wrote:
By the way, what is this 'chillax'?

it is one of those words that us young people use -)

And just like most of the gibberish you teenagers use, Wickers. :shock:

Anti young people Lota :shock:

Not particularly. I'm just a staunch defender of the English language against horrible Americanisms! :D

Ian Wickham wrote:

LOTA wrote:
By the way, what is this 'chillax'?

it is one of those words that us young people use -)

And just like most of the gibberish you teenagers use, Wickers. :shock:

1. Kirkwood

2. Arosa

3. Difficult but could be between Val D'Isere, Engelberg, Heavenly, Saas Fee, St Anton, Kitzbuhel, Sierra at Tahoe, Solden, Les Menuires (for the La Masse sector) or even Alpe D'Huez and Cervinia.

By the way, what is this 'chillax'?

Saw Keith Allen in a pub in Stroud hundreds of times in the last year or two! (He lives here!!!)