J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Snapzzz wrote:ADH 11th Jan 14

Do you want me to add you to the list Snapzzz?

jadavi wrote:As a new skier to the alps going on my
Own next week I found this post totally terrifying !

Sorry to scare you :oops:

Just stick to the nursery slopes and you'll be fine :wink:

Having skied in circles around Tignes on one occasion last week in very poor visibility, I am convinced I need my own personal ski host with me at all times when I'm ski-ing! :lol:

We missed the correct turning twice, because we couldn't see it, went up the Tommeuses lift twice, and ended up going down the Aeroski lift. And then we went up the Palafour only to miss another crucial turning - to the Aiguille Percee lift - which wasn't labelled either. So we had to ski all the way back down into Le Lac and go back up the Palafour. We took the correct turning this time, only to find that they'd just shut the Aiguille Percee lift! Luckily the lift guys pointed out a short cut back to the piste so we didn't have to walk back uphill. And then we had to ski back down to Le Lac (again!) and take the bus to Les Boisses, in order to ski down to Les Brevieres, where we were staying.

Luckily we all saw the funny side of this, but it could have been quite scary if I'd been on my own. And by that time I'd already skied the area for 2 weeks and 3 days, so you'd think I'd have known the pistes well enough not to miss crucial junctions. But it's very difficult navigating when you can't see properly :cry:

I realized I usually look at the mountains, as I always seem to know which direction is 'home', and head for the appropriate lift.

So I suppose if I continue to ski in France without ski hosts I will be doing an awful lot of ski-ing in circles and getting buses because I've missed the last lift :cry:

Maybe the French will set up information points at each junction with a helpful multi-lingual guide to advise me and other lost/confused skiers/boarders :?: :wink:

If you don't want to pay for a taxi, and that Ibis hotel is no good, I should think you could find another hotel on the night bus route to the airport.
Canning Town, for example, seems to be very close to the airport, and is on the 474 bus route. We've used the night buses (not to London City though) and they were very good :)

Here's the London transport website.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/

It sounds like you're going to have a great adventure! I hope it all goes well for you :)

Bye Stewart - have a great time :D

List of J2Skiers off ski-ing/boarding, with the number of sleeps/days left updated to today, Friday 15th March.

Stewart is at the top today - I wonder if he's left yet?

Stewart Dowling going to Serre Chevalier in 0 days on the 15/03/2013
Tony_H going to Serre Chevalier in 1 days on the 16/03/2013
BurninLuv going to Champoluc in 2 days on the 17/03/2013
NIIIXSY going to Sauze D'Oulx in 5 days on the 20/03/2013
Flat Country Skier going to Sauze D'Oulx in 9 days on the 24/03/2013
Tonypants going to Alpe D'Huez in 15 days on the 30/03/2013
Gaz C going to Val Thorens in 36 days on the 20/04/2013
Bedrock Barney going to Tignes in 127 days on the 20/07/2013
Brooksy going to Chamonix in 281 days on the 21/12/2013
Bedrock Barney going to Val d'Isere in 282 days on the 22/12/2013

NIIIXSY wrote:5 more sleeps ... gotta run in a 10k race Sunday too !!!

You be careful if you're running in a race! Don't go and injure yourself just before you go ski-ing :shock:

How about this Ibis hotel? I've never stayed in it, but it says it is within walking distance of London City airport, and I've stayed in other Ibis hotels.

http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-3578-ibis-budget-london-city-airport-previously-etap-hotel/index.shtml

I would definitely NOT like to stay up all night before a ski holiday! I'm far too old for that sort of thing :lol: