J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by verbier_ski_bum

Tropicana,
Drive to Chamonix area - all the way to Argentier. I would think that Les Contamines will be similar to Megeve.

There is an iPhone application that does it for some resorts.

the insoles can be made thinner, if this is the issue. Some boots are low profile, so if your instep is high you'll have problems, especially if you put the footbed in. It can be OK-ish in the store, but once you click the skis on and start moving the pain will kick in as you will be leaning more forward and putting even more pressure on your insteps. my friend had this with a pair of Lange boots, she said the only way her feet were not in agony was when she was consciously putting herself into a backseat position to relieve the pressure. but she fixed it now. So don't be in a rush to change boots, see first with a bootfitter what can be done to help your issue.

How stiff are your boots? "Fatigue" is a bit vague description. My feet used to be killing me off-piste because the boots were too stiff, it was tiring to the point that I would start struggling to turn the skis by the end of the day. So I had them softened last Saturday and had first Monday since January that my tendons were not in any sort of pain, and I skied for 6.5 hours on Sunday. You really should see a bootfitter wherever you are going on your next ski trip. Or, in case you get new boots in UK, make sure there is some sort of warranty on the fit etc, and go on a dry slope to check them out. If stiffness is the issue but overall fit is OK, you won't need new boots, a good bootfitter should be able to soften the boots some. But make sure you see a real bootfitter, not some guy that can take measurements of your feet and cut the footbed, there can be much more to a well-fitting boot than have a customised footbed.

Somewhere high and with glaciers. Tignes or Zermatt/Cervinia.

There are plenty of places to stay in Zermatt. Sunnegga Paradise is a ski area quite high up on the mountain (2200 m or so), so there won't be any accommodation there, you will have to live in the village at the bottom. But you can research hotels close to sunnegga/rothorn lift station.

We didn't know who it was, but good news it wasn't something more serious. This mountain looks seriously sick.

I didn't know they would have juniors on the same mountain as there was a talk about using the front side of Mont Gele. As it happened juniors didn't take place this Saturday as it was definitely a "skiing is for tourists" day, when you couldn't see 3 meters ahead. It was expeceted to be better, hence they thought that juniors could go ahead. But weather closed in almost completely around 9.30. Main competition was very good (getting out of the area certainly wasn't) and Ducroz got his title back! Someone got helicoptered out though...