J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by EmmaEvs

It isn't on the same lift pass Ally, sorry, at least not if you get the Niederau, Oberau, Affach one. I'd guess it is included in the SkiWelt pass and possibly the Kitz Allstar pass. Dave will correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks Ria. I'm glad you enjoyed Zell too. I liked reading your review, although sorry you had a couple of hiccups along the way.

AllyG wrote:I thought Niederau was meant to have easy runs. That doesn't look at all easy. In fact it doesn't look like a piste at all :shock:

Ally

The second one isn't Niederau Ally, it's on a neighbouring mountain though. :wink:

Do another one...

Blimey OldAndy I had to crack my dictionary open for that little pearl! How can you think of words like that at 6:55am? :lol:

Awesome photos Dave. Really pretty. Have never seen N from that angle before! The one of Roskopf looks pretty challenging. I keep looking at it to see if I can pick a way down!

AllyG wrote:Hi Emma,
I'm glad you had a good time and your ski-ing has improved :D

Ally

Thanks Ally. Am chuffed. There's a lot to be said for going as often as possible. The 11 days over New Year really helped I think.

MrEvs hasn't actually mentioned a specific place, although a while back he kept talking about Val Thorens. We've had a chat and seeing as it's our third, which was meant to be a last minute cheapy to N to make the most of our season pass, turning it into an expensive one to France seems bum backwards. If we're going to France I'd rather it be planned at the beginning of the season so we can budget around that for other trips.

Tino replied to another thread I posted before the last hol about glaciers. The jist was that he gave it two thumbs and said to go :lol: We did get caught in Kitzbuhel during a whiteout once which wasn't pleasant, but I think we'd be unlucky to get that experience in April.

In terms of my ability, it's difficult to guage on tinternet I think. Confidence has been my biggest enemy although I seem to have banished those demons this year. I skied the long black in N last week and found it fine although the snow was nice and grippy. I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much with hard pack. I'm working on skiing a straighter line, although I am still cautious. I'm wondering whether there's something unusual about the reds in Tux? Otherwise I'm happy to give them a crack. From the vids I've looked at the pistes seem to be quite wide which usually makes them seem a lot easier than those in the tree line. Am I in for a nasty surprise?

Ok, my logic may be flawed but here it goes...

Yup I know that it's a glacier. As there's skiing all year round I figure that no matter how little snow we get between now and then we'll still be able to ski. It's a safe option in that sense.

Bleak - I hadn't thought about that and imagine it can be, especially in the depths of winter, although with us looking at April I'm pretty sure that the weather should be milder and hopefully sunnier. Obviously that's a guess and I don't have a crystal ball.

Technical level - I've taken a look at the piste map and it seems to be comprised mainly of reds, with a couple of blues and one (?) black. In what way are they technically difficult? Obviously all I can see from the piste map is the colour grading.