J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Wanderer

Wow. Seriously scary, though clearly very old footage - I would suspect 70s.

I was particularly impressed that they got the lift running properly the next day :shock: :shock: :shock:

This is ridiculous. I've woken up after just 2 hours sleep. Heading to the airport in another 3 hours so should really be in bed but too excited to sleep. This happens every year. I am like a child :oops: :oops: :oops:

Anyway, another 12 hours and hopefully I will be on the snow in Soll :lol: Snow reports show a 5cm dusting yesterday which should freshen things up nicely :lol: .

Hoping to meet Scarlet Fez and I see that bcloh and ruislip ranger will also be there at the same time. It will be nice to meet a few J2skiers :mrgreen:

Being in the Euro area, I do not have to worry about exchange rates. When it comes to paying for things in resort, I tend to use the credit card and ATM card. In my view, charges are reasonable and certainly a hell of a lot better than in the past when the banks, both at home and abroad, routinely ripped off tourists with outrageous transaction charges.

Why don't you guys just join the Euro. Then you would eliminate this area of stress from your lives..........

Can you get flights to Munich:?: If so, it is only 90 minutes down the motorway to Soll (and a few more minutes will get you to Westendorf or Kitzbuel. Plenty of decent skiing and lively apres ski available :lol:

Regardless of snow conditions, nearly every resort will manage to open a couple of runs, even if they are totally inadequate to cope with the numbers of visitors :evil: . Otherwise the insurance companies have to pay out and I suspect they give the resorts some grief if this happens.

Just hope that conditions are good when you get there. Its one of the difficulties of having to book well in advance. Thats why I tend to pick high, snow sure destinations though these do tend to be more expensive for that very reason :evil:

Hi Tony

Great report and beautiful pics. The snow gods clearly gave you some compensation for the delays on the way out :lol:

Glad you enjoyed the place. It would rate very highly on my list of favourite resorts.

I take it you didn't get around to the Tunnel :?: . I have resisted the tempation on my two visits. Not sure I need that level of stress in my life or that my knees would cope :shock:

I have booked a hire car from Munich airport for next week. However, after I had made the booking, I noticed that they would be looking for an extra €50 for snow tyres (needless to say this was not highlighted on the booking page).

This is obviously a complete rip-off and clearly, I should have done more research before making the booking.

I understand that it is a legal requirement for all cars in Germany to have winter tyres on at this time of of the year. Can anybody confirm?

If so, surely the car hire companies would be legally bound to supply cars fitted with winter tyres, regardless of whether these are requested or not. Does anybody know whether this is the case?

Would it be safe to assume that the hire cars will have winter tyres fitted at this time of the year?