J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Wanderer

It you are going to commit to a full season, you need to think about what you really want. You are clearly not a typical gap year seasonaire, who wants to party and board your way through a season in a fog of alcohol. I gather that most seasonaire's quickly get to a point where they will generally only bother going out on the slopes when conditions are particularly good. They can't be bothered with the white-out, slushy, windy, freezing cold, icy days that we generally tolerate on a typical holiday because we cannot bear to lose any ski team out of our extremely short trip:shock:

So bear in mind what you will do when you are not skiing (or working). Is there anything else to do in the resort or nearby? Is there any community that you can tap into, apart from 19 year old gap students? Do you want to mix with the locals and, if you do, is it realistic to think that you can?


If it was me, I would feel that the big French resorts have little to offer off the slopes. So my preference would probably be Austria - real communities with warm relatively open people, often interesting places to go/see in the vicinity and, of course, good skiing :lol:

St Anton would tick a lot of boxes :lol:

Finally, if you are going to do this, try to brush up on the relevant language -). There is nothing more pathetic, in my eyes than a seasonaire who makes no effort to learn the local language :oops:

ADH - surely the answer is obvious ....

.... cycle up and down the hill a few times each day :mrgreen:

That would keep them occupied :shock: :shock: :shock:

Off to Dolomites on 9 February (staying in Moena) :D

Too far away :x

Might have to schedule a long weekend in Soll before then :shock:

You could try this place. Its in Soll. Nice apartments and nice people.

You might need two apartments but it is a small building so not a problem.

http://www.manorhaus-apartments.com/welcome.htm

verbier_ski_bum wrote:
Tony, with most injuries not life/limb-threatening and which happen in the proximity of pistes and easily accessible from there you won't be helicoptered off but brought down on sledges by patrol. Helicopters are expensive and even if you are fully covered it doesn't make practical sense to fly them especially that there can be a more serious situation elsewhere. If something happens patrol is usually called. They will only call a helicopter if there are no other means to get to you and get you down.

That might be the position in Switzerland but I have noticed a marked increase in the number of helicopter evacuations, even from pistes. I raised this locally with an instructor (in Soll, I think) and he said they have become much more concerned about concussion and other head injuries, probably post-Miranda Richardson, and will call in the helicopter if there is any evidence of confusion, etc.

Of course,the suspicious might think it is about ensuring that the service has enough business to make it viable :twisted:

Whatever the justification, full insurance cover is essential unless you want to face an extremely expensive bill :evil: I think this also means that it would be wise to get "full off-piste insurance" if you are venturing outside the piste poles, even on a limited basis :shock:

I think it is great. Very large well maintained area, good skiing though perhaps shorter runs than some higher resorts. Snow can be a bit iffy because it is a bit low but man-made snow and snow management is excellent.

Good apres ski - moonlight bar after skiing for mad Germans singing Europop or a selection of bars downtown for more normal apres ski :shock:

Generally pretty good value.

Let me know if need any more info :wink:

Gareth

Forget Milan. For short breaks out of Dublin, the best option is Munich. I just checked and you can get a flight out on Wed, 6th March and back on Sun 10th for €131 (bags extra). There is a flight at 7am which would enable you get in an afternoon's skiing on Wednesday or a flight at 4pm. The flight home on Sunday is at 8pm so you should be able to get most of a day's skiing on the Sunday.

From Munich, it is only 90 minutes to Soll or any of the other resorts in the Skiwelt. Another 30 minutes will get you to a wide selection of extra resorts.

Have now booked in Moena. Will be using skibus so hope it is well connected into the overall area. The ski area in the immediate vicinity seems small so I would hope to be able to get onto the Sella Ronda or connect to other larger ski areas without too much bus time.