J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by LOTA

Would you believe it?....The lifts in Arosa are closed - and there's 30cms of snow forecast over the next two days!

Started to muse about next season and the word 'Dolomites' kept coming into my swede!

Then I opened my Good Ski Guide at random and the book fell open on Madonna Di Campiglio....

then I decided....Kirkwood in California!

One of the fiercest blizzards I've ever skied in was in August...

...mind you, it was at Mount Blue Cow in Australia!

First week of May? Val D'Isere or the glacier at Engelberg (the tourist office website is very helpful as are the office staff in finding out what's likely to be open).

(Kirkwood - wonderful ski area!!!)

I've done a fortnight in Europe, in Canada and in the US on a number of occasions. It's great - no problem with skiing every day - some days you ski harder than others! And if the weather's bad, you don't feel the pressure not to ease off for an afternoon or morning. Two weeks at Lake Tahoe was perfect - skied in a number of resorts: Heavenly, Squaw Valley, Sierra, Northstar and the very best: Kirkwood.

Tony_H wrote:

LOTA wrote:

My solution is fairly simple: fly Swiss - no ski carriage charge.

Not much use for Austria, Italy, or France though.
with them.

Not quite so, Tone, Swiss to Geneva is pretty good for a fair bit of France. And Swiss to Zurich gioves good access by road or rail to the Arlberg, among others. I've been, very efficiently, to St Anton that way!

Interesting; I travelled on a package (with Neilson) for the first time in many years in January. I paid £30 for ski carriage and their conditions were quite clear in stipulating nothing other than skis and sticks should be carried in the bag.

The check-in girl at Bristol checked my tickets/invoice to see if I had paid and asked me whether there was anything other than ski equipment in the bag. (She was ok, though, as my main bag was 3kg over limit and she let me off; I think as the bag checked in before mine was well under the weight limit!)

A standard system would clear up the confusion around this issue, but I fear would never happen. Too many variables - tour ops, airlines, airports and check-in staff. I flew Ryanair to Salzburg once - not charged for ski carriage outbound, charged on the return.

My solution is fairly simple: fly Swiss - no ski carriage charge.

It's a horrible Americanism that is creeping into the beautiful English language.

I believe you can only buy the Swiss Transfer Pass in advance, from the United Kingdom, so try the Swiss Travel Centre website to purchase online.