J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Ian Wickham

lilywhite wrote:Ridiculously excited and had to share with someone!
We love Are.
Cheap and cheerful trip this time round. In a s/c studio near the VM:8. Basic but everything we need.
Hoping to get a lesson on moguls and a trip to Husa as well as lovely cruising runs overlooking the lake and some damn fine Swedish food. -)

Have a fantastic time :thumbup:

When hiring from any ski shop I always spend time on checking the bindings just takes a couple minutes, if you see how people treat hire skis
it is not surprising that they get damaged, and ski shops donot always pick the damage up ..... so check.

Chatel does have easy access to Avoriaz and then on down to Morzine, So don't let that put you off, the PDS is a fantastic area where ever you decide to stay.

I always suffer lasts about three weeks and then I start planning the next trips .... Summer in the mountains and next years ski trips ... it soon comes around :thumbup:

I tend to post less I think during the winter as I do get a tad tired of people asking the same questions when they could just google it :twisted:

I have been doing some investigation work into Italian skiing, Dolomites accommodation seems to base it pricing structure on per person not by the room so can work out expensive.
Maybe Valtournenche may be an option saves staying in Cervina !!!, Milky Way of which I have never really fancied and possible that is down to a touch of history poor snow record and the lager lout reputation of the 1980's ..... but there have been some positive reports from J2skiers so I can't write it off. Mmmmmm decisions, descisions 8)

Chatel is a quite spread out town would not really call it a village not particularly quant but an Ok kind of place, the town has easy access to the rest of the PDS on one side of town and on the other side Super Chatel access to Switzerland.
The homeward bound pistes to village can get very hard due to the lack of sunshine and not a real place for tried legs, the easier piste down the mountain is at Plaine dranse but that means catching the ski bus back to town from Pre la Jour.
If you are staying at the Villapeyron end then restaurant choice is not is not great just a couple but both of a reasonable standard.

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Shes Welsh.
And I didnt know she did that?

I'm talking about the starter of the thread ..... :shock:

I wasn't

Stop being Grumpy -)

I'm not, I was talking about ally and you went off on a tangent about Norfolk.

I like to mention the Mecca of all things skiing occasionally 8)