J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Huwcyn

Colpam wrote:Huwcyn-Flight dates for Easyjet, et al, usually 9 months in advance,

Actually, Colpam, for our 10th Feb flight this year we paid on the 30th March last year which is actually over 11 months before, but I suspect we didn't get the best prices. I wondered whether we could book it earlier this year, and get the lowest prices

Colpam wrote:airlines all coming on line for 2014 bookings within the next three months.

Is there a set date for them to come on line - like a certain number of months prior to the flight date, or something? It would be nice to be able to catch them before prices start climbing.

Iceman wrote:To revive this

Been looking at Ski Tracks. Thinking of splashing out the 79p fee. It says that it does not drain battery power. Anyone any experience of this?

Is it just GPS that it uses for location etc?

Surely the max speed all day will be when I am on a cable car? I am no speed demon :shock:

I used it in Seefeld in Feb, and whilst I did not remember to use it often enough, I found that it wasn't too heavy on the battery of my Samsung.

What use the information was, when I did switch it on, I have reservations about, but it was interesting. Has nothing to do with quality of skiing or how good technique is, and is it improving!! :shock:

Gee! Thanks for all that Innsbrucker, and that's a kind offer of yours. I'll bear it in mind. With health and luck, we'll be out in Seefeld again next season.

How advanced a skier do you need to be to tour then? I've seen the people climbing the Rosshutte whilst I've been on the lifts, and always assumed that they were really advanced, and that I would be unlikely to reach that standard. Do they ski down the pistes after reaching the top, or do they go down the powder? I've noticed that their skis do not seem particularly broad.

Seefeld is also our favourite resort.

Thank you Innsbrucker. It is just the sort of information I was looking for. We were thinking of going back to Seefeld, but were concerned about the snow there. We hadn't considered however, that the condition of the snow on higher ground might not be conducive to langlauf anyway. We'll leave it. We might try langlauf next year, and have two holidays in the snow for a change, so that we can keep up the alpine skiing as well.

I am thinking of giving cross-country a go. Where might there be good enough snow early April for me to be able to get some tuition? I guess height would be the main issue, but would there be trails open at some of the higher French resorts at that time? Anywhere?

AllyG wrote:

I think British people can only use the Carre Neige when they're ski-ing in France.

Something to bear in mind then if/when I go to France

BTW Thanks for the info