J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by tino_11

I was guilty of the cigarette thing when I first started riding :oops:

Now I carry a wee box to collect my buts.

Go to Portillo in Chile, they don't have queues.

The odd time one containing about four people formed it became the height of manners, so much so people would almost create a longer queue by insisting the other go ahead.

Go to Zermatt for the full week. I boarded there in May (Pablo was along with his skis) and only 30% of the resort was open. Awesome and plenty enough for 3 days, so the full range must be great. You also have the much cheaper Igaly option for lunch with an absolute autobahn running down from the top of the Kleine Matterhorn to Cervinia. Red 7 all the way and 2km of vertical!!!!

Minus 120 degrees????

I was on the Val d'Isere side a couple of years ago and with windchill it was around -45 degrees, coldest I've ever been.

Back on topic, it all depends what you want. The skiing is unquestinably good, but the resort itself is, as I have said before a creche for 15-30 year olds where they pack em in, fill em with expensive booze from 3pm untill 3am and see what hapens. At the ripe old age of 34 it's not what I want. 7 or 8 après ski cheekies followed by a swim, a nap poolside then a nice meal is more my style . Followed by good coffee, a peaty single malt and maybe a wee dance at the club.

The Val side is great and although I snowboard I enjoyed it more than Tignes which goes against the common thinking.

Announcement from Captain Wickers:

"please pay special attention to the crew whilst they demonstrate the safety features on this flight, but please bear in mind there may be fifty ways to leave your lover, but should I hit a mountain there are only three ways to leave this aircraft"

All sounds funky to me, be there 12th December for a week of downhill madness, fine dining and après ski silliness.

It's all about understanding the intergrated transport systems and how to get the best out of them. I travel solo a lot and do have a Bahncard as Bandit suggests, however travelling to CH or AT is sometimes cheaper without. I have one tip which I figured out when heading for Zermatt with Pabs, sometimes booking the required train starting in a neighboring country is cheaper even if you don't do 200km of the journey.

Happy to research and help anyone on this, but now I am at a rave in the sun and need another beer.

Move to central Europe and have done with it. I have only ever paid once to transport my board and funnily enough it was the only package deal I have done and was from the UK. Mind I have only ever flown on 2 ski holidays and one was Chile

Easiest for me is Grindelwald.

Interlaken Express direct from Karlsruhe on the ICE.



Opposite platform and 12 minutes later, train to Grindelwald



Easy, comfortable, fast, free and a bar )