J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ultancav

I've never used the MX 70 so I can't compare, but I have rented the Aero X and really liked them, always felt in full control and could really let myself go carving on them and they wont slip on ice. I'm also looking to buy my own ski's this summer, but will probably go for some freeride ski's, I really like the Salomon Tornado's.

Chantemerle and Villeneuve have probably the best access to the slopes. All the villages are ski-in, ski-out. But I don't know about Briancon, I never skied down far enough to see what it was like. In Chantemerle you can ski right into the village centre, even seen people skiing down the streets! Again I wounld't worry to much about lack of snow the 1st week of April at the bottom, Chantemerle is at 1350 metres, but if your that worried there is Hotel's marked on my piste map at mid-station Serre Ratier (which is above Chantemerle) and Village De Frejus (which looks to be in the middle of nowhere above Villeneuve) I don't know if you can stay in these places and I didn't see them when I was there. I also don't see the piont in staying in these places as there is nothing much up there at night and no roads up, so it's piontless looking into it I think.

Just got off the phone from Inghams. I was happy with the price they give me until they started adding on the ski pack. €167 for lift pass for both High and Low Tatry and €84 for ski's only. These are not the price's I got off Tatry Tourist Information.
If the snow is good for off piste I don't think I'd bother with the High Tatry, but Inghams said that they don't do a lift pass for Low Tatry only.

So am I better getting the Lift pass I want when I get there? Or is there really only one lift pass?

And I found this.....

Warning, you may never get on a chair lift again after watching this!!!

Thanks for all the replies, I didn't get the details of the hotel, but I may sit this one out, for this year anyway!

Thanks for the link

Will probably be another 6 weeks or so before we head out, but glad to hear there's a good base of snow in.

Empty slopes! That's what like to hear :D

I wouldn't worry about not having snow, Serre ch is fairly snow sure. Away they have nearly 500 snow cannons keeping it topped up

I stayed in Chantemerle. Not sure where your hotel is, but the town is fairly small, so it can only be a short walk away. 3 lifts take off from Chantemerle, a cabin lift, an old 4 person bubble lift, and a modern 6 person chair lift. Can be a bit of a queue first thing but never more than 10 minutes.

Just got a text of a ski club, and they are organising a trip to Niederau, €599 in 4* hotel, half board, flights and transfers for march 6th - 13th.

What sort of a place is it. I like to be the 1st person up the lifts and the last person down. I like skiing all grades of piste and usually spend 25% of my time off - piste. After coming from Serre Chevalier with 250km of piste, which I only skied about a 1/4 of it, do you think there's enough piste to keep us entertained. Not really into Apres ski as i'm usually in bed early, but a lively atomosphere would be a plus. It could work out over my price range when I add the lift pass, so not sure if it's worth it. But no harm in finding out some info from people who have been there?