J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by OldAndy

AllyG wrote:
I will have a look tonight, and see how dark it is at official sunset time, and see whether I reckon I could still ski :D

Take a torch....

simples.... :roll:

I disagree with a ban on ski hosting.
Ski hosting is essentially very different from guiding and instruction. It is about companionship and taking advantage of someones knowledge of where the best snow is this week and this time of day and not getting lost or spending ages looking for the correct run.
I am in favour of the general only on the piste rules that seem to be being used now.
But, as an often solo skier, ski hosting is a great way to up my enjoyment of a week on the snow.
In my experience the hosts have been competent skiers, often qualified instructors with BASI and skilled at looking after a group of skiers (not losing too many). I know there will be low quality - unprofessional hosts out there, probably quite a lot, but this doesn't mean all should be banned.
As I said earlier I would love to see some statisitcs on number of accidents per hour of skiing in comparison with ski instructors.
Plenty of dodgy instructors out there - including the one I found at the bottom of the piste chatting to a liftie after I had rescued two of her class of kids who had got totally stuck up the piste and out of sight of the instructor. She hadn't even started to walk back - at least she had noticed some of her group were missing.
I do not think you can blanket...
Ski Host = unprofessional, un qualified
Ski Instructor = professional (presumably they are qualified!!)

Tony_H wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I doubt it ally. Le face is in val d'isere. I thought everyone knew that?

Tignes is next door to Val D'Isere they have been linked since the '60s..........
:roll:

and now I will resist the obvious end.....

Indeed.
That's what happens when you don't read posts properly. I thought she was talking about her trip to Tignes when only a couple of glacier slopes were open.
Own goal

Glad it's not just me who replies to only half a post.
:thumbup:

Itinerarerery Sunday 13th Jan 2013.......
Les Brev to Le Lac up Tovieres down to
7 - Trifollet
Bellevarde down Santons
5 - Clochetons
Up Solaise, over to Fornet
6 - Signal followed by
8 - Edelweiss
Back to Solaise
3 - Ouillette
Back to Bellevarde bowl...
9 - Folie Douce
Over to Tignes Val Claret up to Glacier
2 - Panoramique
Down to Val Claret up towards palafour
1 - Palet
Wigly waggly back to Le Lac and up to...
4 - Alpage

Back to Les Brevs......
Should work easily enough.
:roll:

If there is time we can always do Sache a couple of times but being first day may choose to take it slowly.

Some snow cannons going in Tignes this morning.
:thumbup:

Tony_H wrote:I doubt it ally. Le face is in val d'isere. I thought everyone knew that?

Tignes is next door to Val D'Isere they have been linked since the '60s..........
:roll:

and now I will resist the obvious end.....

Lucky escape here in OA land.....
Need the alarm tomorrow - first time since clocks went back.
Just flipped the button, didn't have my glasses on.
:oops:

Luckily noticed I hadn't changed the clock a bit later!!
:mrgreen:

then got paranoid and had to check the time in case I had been an hour out all week......

AllyG wrote:

Andy - sorry the Excel sheet only counts actual days - unfortunately it doesn't know whether you will sleep on the train or not

That's Microsoft for you - humph!
In this day and age you would have thought they would have got that sorted by now.