J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Neiltoo

craiggggg5 wrote:After reading your eariler posts i have booked to go to Tignes on the 23rd November didn't realise how cheap it would be.
Just need to sort hire car now.

Me too!! I'm there for a week from the 23rd, looking better and better on the web cams! :D

Ian Wickham wrote:

AllyG wrote:Thanks Neiltoo,
It does look as though they've made the border do a dog leg bend so that you can get to the back of the airport on a French road.

I definitely wouldn't fancy hiring a car at Geneva airport and trying to navigate through all that.

Ally

Sat nav's are a wonderful thing :wink:

They are indeed, but they will try to send you via an auto route and your French hire car will not have the stickers for swiss motorways. Leaving the airport isn't much of a problem but finding your way back is a different ball game, or maybe I'm just navigationally challenged :shock:

Ally, if you rent on the Swiss side navigation is very straight forward.

Google map of the border:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=airport&sll=46.237565,6.109257&sspn=0.050818,0.088921&ie=UTF8&radius=2.13&rq=1&ev=p&hq=airport&hnear=&ll=46.237565,6.109257&spn=0.041557,0.072956&z=13


Anyone who has rented a car on the french side knows what a pain it is to navigate around that border!

You could try to imagine that you have a hoop (hula hoop) around your waist. Imagine that you are holding the hoop at a 10 to 2 position. This where your hands should remain - in relation to your upper body. The pole plant is made mostly by moving your wrist, not your arm. Dont try to stab the snow, a gentle touch is all that is needed in most situations.

caron-a wrote:

Neiltoo wrote:I'm staying in the Alpaka as usual.

Is that the place with the ginormous dog/small horse :shock:

Yes indeed :D Oscar, very good natured but his size is a bit scary initially :shock:

AllyG wrote:Neiltoo,
Are you going to the Edge to Edge 'camp' as well, or out with someone else?

Ally

Hi Ally,

No, just booked a flight and hotel. I'm hoping, and its just a hope, that there will be enough snow cover to ski down to Val Claret from the Motte. I'll be happy with that.
I'm staying in the Alpaka as usual. They are very flexible with dates, you can stay any day to any day if they have space which means I can book mid week flights and save loads! The only down side with going so early is that the buses from Geneva are very limited so a hire car is necessary.

NellyPS wrote:Currently snowing pretty hard in Tignes!

Yes, it's starting to look pretty good! I'm going out for the last week in November, couldn't help myself! If I don't go then it will be March before I manage to get on the snow.
The new HiDef web cams look pretty good but they need to clear the snow off the lenses!!

You could check out http://www.snowgurus.com/ They specialise in France but have some instructors listed in Austria.