J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Snapzzz

Theres some video from Sauze/Sestriere in the video below.
Some is from Avoriaz, you will see the difference, mainly the sunny pistes are Sauze.

Ade73 wrote:You sound like real fun snapzz!! Really. please come with us. ;)

Thanks for the offer but sadly I'm washing my hair that week ;-)

Iceman wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

Iceman wrote:Tony, must have video of luscious green fields and babbling brooks?

I'll see if I can find some for you after my mate returns from Switzerland in September.

Don't bother, just use some of the go pro footage of yours from this year ;)

Icemans go pro footage mainly consists of girls arses. Some even have a 'mmmmmm' soundtrack and a gentle nodding motion to them.

Iceman wrote:I only recall going down on one lift and that was the Gondala to Cesena.

What about when you down lifted to avoid skiing that blue you were scared of? ;-)

AllyG wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:Careful when you head to Sestriere, if you don't down lift on the gondola then you will have to walk once you hit the village. That is annoying, i pay for a lift pass to go up not down.

Thanks Snapzzz :)
Is that a mid-station on the gondola I can see on the piste map (small dot!)?
If so, would it be possible to ski down to the mid-station and then take the gondola the rest of the way down to Sestriere in order to avoid the walk in the village?

yes, thats what you have to do.
Sestriere need to sort this out.

AllyG wrote:

Has anyone got any tips on how to get about the ski area and avoid the worst mistakes on the piste map?

I wouldn't worry about it, its likely to be different again next year so any mistakes that we noticed are likely to be out of date by then.
Pretty much all the runs on the Sauze side all end up in Sportinia so you won't get lost but you will experience Déjà vu on a regular basis.
Careful when you head to Sestriere, if you don't down lift on the gondola then you will have to walk once you hit the village. That is annoying, i pay for a lift pass to go up not down.

Tony_H wrote:


I can understand why you found it boring though now that you're an improving early intermediate.

touché

For all their other sins the French seem to have cartography sussed