J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

£500 per person is a pretty low budget for the Easter holidays, to include everything like lift passes. I should think you'd have to go self-catering to achieve that.
Have you tried http://www.rocketski.com they often have cheap holidays that might suit you.

bedrock barney wrote: I think it's only right that we celebrate this event in a posh hotel or chalet in a top ski resort. 8)

Sounds good to me :)

I've booked another twin room in the Gran Baita hotel in Folgarida for the group, so Davidsa2 is welcome to come with us :)

And Ian W has checked there is room in the mini-bus taxi for him, if he wants to use it :)

I looked at the webcams for Folgarida today,and they were all white!
The weather forecast says they expect 16 cm of snow in Folgarida today :)

I am hoping Davidsa2 will be able to come to Folgarida with me and the rest of the J2Ski group on 2nd February :)

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/456/12565.page#139066

Thanks Ian - that webcam photo looks great :)

We now have 19 people booked to come on this trip to Folgarida with us, on Sunday 2nd February. The new lady is a lower intermediate level skier, having done 2 ski holidays before, and she will be having lessons.

So we will have 2 lower intermediate level skiers, 3 boarders, and the rest of us would be classed as upper intermediate/advanced skiers.

Total beginners are also welcome to come with us if they would like to. Last year we had 2 beginners with us in Tignes, and one of them is returning as a lower intermediate level skier, having made great progress last year :)

andyhull wrote:I'm always a little wary of recommending someone go on a dry slope the week before a holiday. An injury would be a disaster.

I would definitely agree with this one! I broke my shoulder on a dry ski slope 2 weeks before a ski holiday, and had to spend the holiday walking about the resort with my arm in a sling :(

These days I leave at least 6 weeks between going in a snow dome/going on a mini-ski holiday and my main ski holiday, just in case!

I am usually in group lessons, so I do whatever the instructor asks us to do.
This is usually exercises on blue runs, like ski-ing on one leg, doing slow tight turns etc.
I think myself one of the reasons for this is so that the instructor can gauge the ability of the group, before he takes us down a black run.

And I usually ski very carefully to begin with, until I've got used to my hired skis and remembered how to ski!