Messages posted by : ellistine
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Good for them.
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http://www.cityhostel.ch/english/ Yes the transfer from Geneva is a killer. It will probably be better now if they've fixed the exhaust on the minibus. A bit fumey at the time! |
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Basically when we arrived, those of us without out gear went to the ski/boot room to get boots fitted and chose some skis to use (Imagine going into the boot room of a small hotel and choosing whatever you fancied - pretty much like that).
The next day if you wanted to try something else then you just swapped them. When we were there it was just atomic gear and what you chose in the morning you had for the day. Geneva was very nice. We didn't do much other than walk and eat to be honest. We watched some nutters swimming (fresh swiss water in November - uh uh), had some food in an odd tented area where the swimmers got changed (big wood burning heaters - v nice!). Eat again later in a restaurant in the rear of a pub and had probably the best steak in the world, ever. Walked around the lake a bit and caught the ferry back. We stayed in our own room in a Youth Hostel. Very modern and very cheap too. Would always recommend it. We keep saying we'll do it again but I'm always running out of holiday time at that end of the year. |
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I would like to add that Mountain Sun were brilliant when we stayed with them a couple of years ago when they were doing their Atomic 'Boot Camp'. They have a very relaxed chalet style Hotel, served great food, drove you to the lifts and picked you up again. They couldn't have done more for us.
We were there in November and although the first day the glacier was closed due to high winds, a decent dump the day before had allowed them to open the Double M run from the Grande Motte down to Val Claret. There was no pressure to buy or even try any of the gear on offer. I never stepped in an Atomic boot once! We combined it with a couple of days in Geneva which was also great. No ski schools out of season though. |
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Oh yes! Mostly quieter that end and really keeps it's snow well. We stayed in Leogang a couple of years ago. |
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I don't remember it being especially expensive last year, at least compared to St Anton. I think the big difference is it's more difficult to find cheaper accommodation.
I liked the place a great deal. I even think Obergurgl would suit your skiing style Tony. Solden got a bad wrap from some of the locals but then I suppose it would do. P.S. I think it was 10 euros to upgrade the Obergurgle lift pass to cover Solden for the day (just one day though). |
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If there's one thing I can't imagine Tony doing it will be Ice fishing!
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:oops: :oops: :oops: Just waiting for Tony to ask if my d*!k has fallen off. :D |
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