J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dids1

Don't pick!!!!

Poor you...get well soon... :)

My sister called me from La Plagne this morning.

Says it snowed all day yesterday and all the runs were quite hard work. My Mum who learnt at 60 and is now 68 is coping really well with the conditions.
(I can't help admiring her)
So...for anyone heading out there next week, or for Easter...you've got a new covering! In fact more on the way too.

Tony_H wrote:I think, apart from the Milky Way options, it would be best to avoid any of their Italian selection to be honest!
They also use the Sporthotel Royer in Schladming, but thats expensive, so it might be that I use the Rossl. It looks a damned site better than the clubhotel in Serre Che I used.

Not sure about the other Italian resorts that Equity/Rocketski do that are not in the Milky Way, but I've been to Andalo and it's really nice.
Great place for kids and early skiers. Won't suit people who want miles of piste, but recommended all the same.

You should be able to work out the time it will take by looking at theaa.com

Just had a quick look and:

From: Calais, France
To: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
Distance: 896.5 km (557.0 miles )
Time: 7 hr 58 min

But of course, this is based on no stopping.
We drive down each year, for Samoens we allow about 16 door to door (from South west, England and including ferry)

Don't know about snow chains for that road though.

My nephew did his BASI 1 through a scholarship with Interski. He did his shadowing in Meribel with an instructor he knew, while working in a bar in the evenings.

Last season he worked in Morzine, cleaning chalets and this season driving transfer coaches. The level one course has not been much use to him yet, but of course it is a start on the ladder. He needs to save the money to pay his level 2 course.
For now he's doing what he really wants to do, which is ski for fun.

Hi John,
He'll be disappointed - old link, but the law is all u14's in Italy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-591349/Italy-makes-ski-helmets-law-children.html

We stayed at the Rossl (with Equity) too...just be careful there's no groups of school kids when you're in. (You'd do that anyway I'm sure)
Schladming is a great place, very lively in the town at night. I would like to go back.
(Avoid Prato Nevoso with Equity, not one of their better resorts!)
Dids

Amanda,
What does Imao mean?
dids