J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

Hey Neil, welcome to J2ski.
Must say, your good lady has excellent taste in ski areas!

You may be lucky and drop on a pick up. If not, it is a doddle to get the bus to the centre, train to worgl, postbus or taxi up to Niederau. Guessing under 60 Eu.

I will work out the logistics and post up.

There are other ways, one or two slightly illegal!

Will bbe back shortly.

I too, ski in the Skiwelt every season, I love it. There is a lot of character in the villages, and good skiing to be had everywhere.

bandit wrote:I'd contact a local letting agency in the resort I want to visit. Book locally, and after a couple of weeks rental, the price will drop, leaving you more spends -)

If you are spending more than 2 weeks in a resort, you may benefit from buying a season ticket, do the research.

Offshore, many of the season regulars will have good knowledge, but located in diffeent places. I can help in Tirol, Bandit in Switzerland, and so on.

Picking up Bandit's point, in Tirol you can buy an season passes for an area, or the AllStar Pass, (loads of resorts), or Tirol.

You can base in lots of different valleys. Best if you have a your own transport, but you can move around easily by Postbus/train.

lilywhite wrote:If I could afford a month away skiing I'd be tempted to make use of the Swiss railway service and have a few days each in a few resorts rather than spend a month in one place. :)

I have done this a few times, for 4/6 weeks. My OH viewed it as "skiing out of a suitcase". Did I care? Switzerland, Italy, Austria. I loved it, but not easy, since I would ski the whole day, then jump out of my ski boots into the Range Rover.

Great ski time, fraught with matrimonial strife!

OldAndy wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:Ah, ski apps are soooo 2000, what you need is:
http://uk.oakley.com/airwave

Let us know how you get on with yours, Dave :mrgreen:

Not for me, Andy, I never wear goggles.

I passed on the OP list to my smarty pants young son, who writes apps for a hobby. I have suggested writing about what he knows, but he has a good line in app quizzes.

Ah, ski apps are soooo 2000, what you need is:
http://uk.oakley.com/airwave

Iceman wrote:Dave, sorry to pee on your chips but the Google street view is updated at different places all over the world at different times - they dont just do the world in 2004 :roll:

I realise that, Icy, it's just that I can date the 2004, it was 2 house extensions ago!

I also looked at some Austrian resorts, and they have buildings missing that are now in situ, one of them I can put at 2007/8.

When you said ~

Google Maps can now be used to check out the snow on your favourite slopes

, it does seem to give the impression of relatively live info. My mistake.

Ian Wickham wrote:I'll hot wax at home and then wipe some more wax on when needed in resort 8)

Ian, where do you buy your wax from? Ski shop prices seem to be a tad heavy,