J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

Ian Wickham wrote:There are pro's and con's for both, it really depends on the individual, myself I normally drive one holiday and fly for the second but I do DIY both holidays. The reason is, I like planning an adventure and secondly I always feel ripped off by the tour operators, and thirdly over the years we have had drunks on the plane, people being sick on the transfer bus, all detracts from the tour operator experience. Not for me. :)

I used to enjoy that, all that fantastic kit going into the car and the feeling of anticipation. In fact, we're blowing this gaffe next week and I supposed to be throwing all the kit that's crept back here into the car now and not typing this.....

bandit wrote:
Bummer..you get a whole new one :D

it's just arrived, brand new in a box. So, many thanks to BCA and their agent Gecko Supply for sorting that out speedily.

bandit wrote:Fancy having to make do with the most widely used, utterly reliable analogue transceiver available

of course I can use any of them, but I chose to use to use a Tracker by way of a recommendation. An F1 still has about the greatest receive range though, maybe 30 metres greater than a Pulse or DTS

Ian Wickham wrote:In most countries in Europe it is a legal requirement to carry snow cans, if your traveling by car they are a must. :lol:

It's not a legal requirement in any European country to carry snow chains that I'm aware of, other than people living in remote areas or going into remote areas no one would particularly carry them. Some roads can be closed to traffic without snow chains though. Basically, you're not going to get pulled up and fined for not having chains but you can be turned back from a road. That also means your hire car company aren't obliged to provide them of course.

Dave Mac wrote:Trencher that pic is a really good arguement for wearing a helmet. :mrgreen:

and trousers :D

clubman wrote:ise, please let us know how the BCA repair works out.

As I suspected, it's not going to be repaired, they're going to overnight me a new one so I can stop using the old F1 I've had to fallback to all week.

bandit wrote:The roads are looking fine, plenty of traffic around, (relatively speaking) If you are not sized by crippling apathy and make it over here to ski and want to meet up, call me. :D

sure :D I just prefer it when the bus is running, less hassle. Do you know how much they're planning to open at Grimentz though?

a note from the OT there says there'll be a partial opening this weekend and it'll be free, there's a list of the lifts open but despite being based in GM for a while I'm hopeless with lift names and can't immediately gauge how much area that it. Still free is free :D

slipper wrote:Thanks for the responses!

I'll make sure to get the instructor to focus on some gentle off-piste technique, probably later in the week when I've got my legs back in the zone.

daved, with regard to fitness I know what you mean. I came to the same conclusion after picking up a small injury last season due to getting fatigued and lazy about technique at the end of long day's skiing. So in July I started going back to the gym very regularly and am now in the best shape i've been since I left university.

Anyway, 30 days left to go. So I can continue to peruse the tips on the forum (between refreshing the page with the webcam, of course, can't have the snow melting due to a lack of attention on my part).

Cheers again,

si

you can have an off piste lesson without leaving the piste :D in fact it's the best place to start, identify it to the instructor as one of your goals and they'll hopefully work on it. By and large it's just one part of being a skier, powder, variable terrain, carving etc are all parts of an overall package so you want to develop over the whole spectrum in step. By definition a good skier can ski any terrain. Don't fall into the trap of thinking off-piste is all about powder though :D

Boot Recomendations for Thin Feet Started by User in Ski Hardware, 29 Replies
Dave Mac wrote:Trencher that pic is a really good arguement for wearing a helmet. :mrgreen: and trousers :D

Transceiver Awareness Started by User in Avalanche Safety, 18 Replies
clubman wrote:ise, please let us know how the BCA repair works out. As I suspected, it's not going to be repaired, they're going to overnight me a new one so I can stop using the old F1 I've had to fallback to all week.

Swiss Snow Started by User in Switzerland, 36 Replies
bandit wrote:The roads are looking fine, plenty of traffic around, (relatively speaking) If you are not sized by crippling apathy and make it over here to ski and want to meet up, call me. :D sure :D I just prefer it when the bus is running, less hassle. Do you know how much they're planning to open at Grimentz though?

ski free at Les Carroz Started by User in Ski Chatter, 1 Reply
a note from the OT there says there'll be a partial opening this weekend and it'll be free, there's a list of the lifts open but despite being based in GM for a while I'm hopeless with lift names and can't immediately gauge how much area that it. Still free is free :D

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