Messages posted by : verbier_ski_bum
No, Scratch BC were marketed as "powder skis" or backcountry. There is another Scratch model, FS, which were designed for park. |
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If you looking for second-hand skis, try searching for Rossignol Scratch BC. This is an older model so you might be able to find it cheap. Stay away from park skis - they are too noodly.
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I've never skied in Germany but I know that Swiss and French ski schools would normally have English-speaking instructors. If you are all beginners and will be joining ski-schools then pretty much any resort will be suitable as they would have bunny slopes and instructors would know the areas they can take beginners to. You can research resorts on snow-forecast.com. They normally publish descriptions, reviews and links to resort websites where you can find the rest. But French Alps is a fairly long way away so may have to settle for Switzerland or Germany.
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I was told that slope grading is relative to particular resort/mountain, that's it in the same place blue would be easier than red and red would be easier than black, but it's not necessarily true that a blue in one resort will be easier than the red in another one. Also a steep but wide run may have a lower grading than less steep but more exposed run.
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I don't think it's fear of falling when getting on/off the lift - which can be helped by lessons. It looks like a fear of heights/exposure (hence she feels better in gondolas - they are closed, "protected"). It's not very rational and maybe there are some tricks that can help to take mind off it, it may even subside by itself with more experience, get less accute. A bit like fear of flying some people may have, but then they don't have a choice but to fly.
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I've only been in Interlaken in summer but I understand it's some distance away from slopes whereas in Saas-Fe you will be staying close to skiing. I think transfer is quite easy and it takes only about an hour longer - you need train to Visp then a bus. 3 hours is not a long distance to ski resort. And the village is charming indeed. Good intermediate terrain too.
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Big resort with lot of snow vs. small resort with little snow. You are very lucky you are given a choice...
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The truth is chair lifts are very difficult to avoid if you want to ski. And most beginners areas are in one way or another served by chairs. Maybe on glaciers you will see many drag lifts or T-bars - though I just can't imagine how riding a t-bar can be preferable to a chairlift, especially long t-bars. You can try Zermatt. All the top runs in Klein Mattahorn area are basically rolling hills so they are suitable for beginners and to get there you need to take a cable car and then there are just t-bars. But it will be better just to start getting used to chairs - I can't see how they can be more dangerous then gondolas.
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