J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Wanderer

andymol2 wrote:Being able to demonstrate helps but teaching/coaching does not require the teacher to be great at their sport (also applies to other things) but does need to be able to communicate with their pupil how to become proficient.

In my experience one of the problems with a lot of ski instructors is that they are good skiers but are not good teachers.

I agree. On my very first ski trip, we had a young Austrian instructor. He was a brilliant skier but not a great instructor. In my view this was because he has no memory of not being able to ski and did not understand the incredibly basic mistakes that most of us were making (like trying to turn facing up the hill!). For the latter part of the week, we had an older Australian who was much more tuned in to our limitation because he had learnt to ski at an older age.

I just got an email from Mietski this morning to say that they are opening a new shop in the centre of Ischgl in November so this might be worth checking out. Their pricing is a little like the airlines - book early to get the best deals.

If you have a car, you could consider mietski.com. They are based in Galtur but generally offer great prices if you book well in advance. Only downside is if you need to change anything, you have to make the trek back to Galtur again.

Is it just me or are heated seats very disconcerting on warm days :oops: :oops: :oops:

One option would be to book for 7 nights (Sat - Sat) in resort and then stay 1 night on the way to resort on Friday, somewhere close enough to give you a full days skiing on the Saturday, and on way back on the Saturday - allowing you to ski a full day on the Saturday. This would give you 8 full days skiing on your trip.

Once you are away from the resorts, you should not have too much difficulty getting accommodation for single nights. We did this a few years ago for a trip to Val Thoren (one-way) where we skied all day on the Saturday and then drove as far as Chambery (a lovely town) where we got a nice room at a reasonable price before picking up our flight home from Lyon the next day.

Unfortunately, you probably need to hire a car to make this work.

Alpe D-Huez likes to boast that it is one of the sunniest resorts in the alps. Great in cold weather for lovely bluebird days. Unfortunately, not necessarily so nice in late season when temperatures can soar. This year was exceptional for late season skiing - I don't think Alpe d-Huez would generally be regarded as a good bet for late season skiing.

broom wrote:Have a look at this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-43732575/a-big-avalanche-has-hit-a-road-in-the-french-resort-tignes

Some of the bystanders were a bit slow to react to that - I would have been running like h*** much earlier :oops:

https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/0/17930/travel-dolomites-selva.page

There is another thread on this topic from a few months back. I have driven from Munich but it is a long journey, especially on transfer days due to traffic and the new border controls near Kufstein.