J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Wanderer

...... ah! the Mooserwirt. On my very first ski trip, all of our group headed there every day for the apres ski and kept telling my OH anf myself how great it was. I was itching to get there and see for myself. Eventually, after about 3 days, we asked the instructor if we would be able to ski there. "Sure, no problem" he says. "Just take that t-bar over there". Off we set with all the confidence that you can muster after 3 days of lessons, having mastered the basics of the snowplough :shock:

Everything went fine for about 2/3rds of the way. Then suddenly the skis went from under me and I was left lying in the snow beside the drag.:shock: My OH then jumped off as she had not idea where she would end up, where she needed to go or how she would get down again.

Looking around, we could see a red run going into the trees - that was clearly not an option. Beside us was the run subsequently used for the world cup downhill :shock: It was a steep black that I would think twice about doing today, some 20 ski trips later :x To make matters worse, it was extremely icy. Basically, we were stuck with no idea of how we were going to get out of there. After a few minutes wondering what the hell to do, a guy came up the lift (it was an extremely quiet drag that virtually nobody used :!:

He jumped off and told us that we should take off our skis and walk across the black (carefully), climb up a little on the other side and we would find the blue down to the Mooserwirt.

What he didn't mention was that we would be joining the blue at its steepest and most mogully pitch :x After many falls and an extremely stressful bit of skiing, we eventually made it to the Mooserwirt, drenched in sweat and exhausted ........ all for the sake of a beer :roll:

Still it was great when we eventually got there and we ended up dancing on the tables and singing loudly to Cotton Eyed Joe :lol: .

After a few Weissbiers, the run down to the village was a doddle and we never looked back :mrgreen:

I'm surprised we ever skied again but thank god we did :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Havent actually seen this game. However, I have enjoyed a couple of ski runs on my sons X-box Kinect. Its a bit of fun and actually not bad for exercising the relevant muscles :shock:

Great site but I am not sure if you are a support group for my addiction or


...... or enablers :shock: :shock: :shock:


Either way good to interact with you all and thanks for all gthe help and advice. :wink:

Will be really interested in your report after your trip. Very nearly booked this for 1st week in Jan but changed mind at last minute. Tripadvisor highlighted one or two issues,particularly that the chalets were not actually in the village and that it was a steep walk or potentially challenging ski to nearest lift.

Let us know if its good - might still be on the list for next year, though Austria may be on the cards given the prices in France. €5 for a coffee in one restaurant in La Plagne! Typically €4 for a coke. Costs really add up when you have a few kids with you :x

Bought a nice pair of liner gloves last week in La Plagne. It was very cold on several of the days - the straps on our ski poles were usually frozen solid by the time we got up some of the higher chairlifts :shock:

I found the liners made all the difference and ensured that I had nice toasty pinkies all day :lol:

Two pairs of thin ski socks took care of my tootsies :wink:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Never had any intention of boozing whilst skiing. I hardly ever have a beer at lunch. I have to drink water or stop and have a coffee/hot chocolate.
Each to his own.

A little touch of Cognac in your coffee and you will not have to flap like a penguin :D

Tony flapping like a penquin - surely not Mr Wickham. Have you photos/video/any other evidence to support such an allegation? If so, I am sure everybody here would like to see it :twisted:

Generally, I avoid alcohol on the slopes but the occasional shot of rum in a hot chocolate can be wonderful on a cold day:mrgreen:

When we started out, my OH was terrified of the lifts because of a fear of heights. As soon as she got on a lift or a gondola, she would pull her hat down over her eyes so she couldn't see how high off the ground she was :shock:.

On one Summer holiday on the island of Elba, we took a lobster pot type lift up to the top of the big mountain there. She was terrified and refused to take it back down so we had to walk. The only problem was that we took a wrong turn on the way down and ended up crossing over onto an adjoining mountain.

Not such a big deal you might think except that the other mountain was still smoldering from a major forest fire :oops: :oops:. When we eventually emerged from the forest into a carpark, we met about 20 exhausted firefighters having a break. I am not sure they were too impressed to see the two of us nonchalantly walking out :shock:

Anyway, my OH eventually conquered her fear and gradually began to raise her hat :D. She is now quite comfortable on any kind of lift. She has even used the famous "scare chair" in Alpe D'Huez without too much discomfort :lol:

Hopefully, you friend will also manage to get over her fear :wink:

Just got back from La Plagne on Sunday. The Avalanche risk was at the maximum of 5 :!:. Following the huge snowfall on Thursday, something like 80cm, they spent most of Friday, setting off explosive charges all over the mountain and digging out the lift system. In fact, it was around 3pm before they managed to open a reasonable selection of lifts at all :evil:

Given the wonderful conditions, this was deeply frustrating, especially for all those travelling home on Saturday. Thankfully, we did not travel until Sunday and at least finished up with a great days skiing on Saturday :lol: Even then only about half the lifts were open but with it being changeover day, the crowds were so small, it was possible to get plenty of runs in :lol:

We even had a small avalanche in the resort itself with the link road between Bellecote and 1800 closed for a short while :shock:

The conditions are certainly wonderful but it is clearly very dangerous in some areas. Be careful if out there this week )