J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by chaletslovakia

Try Pas de la Casa in Andorra. The slopes are not over-challenging and they are boarder friendly. The town is lively with a young crowd.

Beware; once you get into a pair of nice, comfortable, lightweight snowboard boots it's difficult to climb back into robot boots again...

Sunglasses are okay if you go slowly.

Any speed requires goggles to avoid wind, regardless of contact lenses.

The guiding element to my holidays should not be confused with a professional backcountry guide. I 'escort' my guests to the mountain, orientate them with the layout of the hill, pointing out idiosyncracies of the various pistes, lifts, bars, conditions, etc....
By assessing their abilities, I then suggest areas that may suit them, perhaps taking them there, pointing out the areas to avoid for whatever reason...

Advanced riders/skiers can be shown what other parts of the mountain can be accessed. It is their own choice to go there.

I provide this service to eliminate the need to stare ignorantly at a piste map, so that people may get the most out of their visit...


In a word; help.

No the Alps it isn't, but I have spent winters all over the world and Jasna is a hill that offers everything.

It is much larger than the High Tatra resorts which do get very overrun.

The main advantage of coming here is that a round of drinks costs less than one drink in the Alps - restaurant food is nearly as cheap also. Skiing holidays normally involve a fair bit of apres so €8 a pint of beer soon takes its' toll...

Here, going out is so cheap that you don't even have to consider the costs.

My chalet here includes breakfast, all transfers, wi-fi, central town location to get out and about, laundry facilities, board/ski service room, ensuite bathrooms, an 8-seater minibus at your disposal, entry to hot springs aqua park, maps, information, local knowledge, and 2 full-time translator/guide/escorts to streamline the holiday. So you get a little bit more than an apartment.

My guiding 'qualifications' are based on 12 seasons in various mountain resorts around the world, local knowledge, intelligence and safety. What did humans do before assessors and assessments came along? Not that I have anything against training; I simply trust my own experience and judgement.

Of course it's not for everybody, but if you like something a little different, then have closer look at Central Europe....

There are lots of small resorts in Slovakia - many villages in the mountains have their own ski hill with 1 or 2 lifts. These are very cheap but subject to random open/closed times - they are not 'resorts' as such....

Jasna is the all-singing all-dancing resort in this part of Europe, perhaps not what you are looking for; however the beers and food are very good and very cheap....

Try Donovaly. It's a smaller Slovak resort but still retains the feel of a resort so you can get the feel of one.

Get it onto as many forums as you can be bothered to write on. Someone's bound to take it up.

Alp D'Huez is a great hill

Well the Euro has come and the prices have..... Dropped! Not by much, but they've dropped.... :shock:

The benchmark was beer. We were all expecting a round figure of 1 Euro after the conversion.... but hey ho it sits at 80cents!

A far cry from the 8 Euros in some French resorts.... :oops:

The lift pass prices dropped slightly too...