J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Ian Wickham

micric wrote:Be careful pulling Austria and its population to bits cos last time they did it they all got a piece of the Spread Eagle,their national symbol,Styria,the area round Schladming,still sports a drum stick on their local flag,you might get the parsons nose in you're half!

I didn't quite understand that one but I think I'm getting the messier half :cry:

tima wrote:I know but I have no choice as I live on a island where we don't have ski shops and by the time I have paid to come to England to buy a pair I may as well buy them in the resort. :(

If your going to buy it just might be worth buying on the Italian side in La Thuile :thumbup:

No never, not me, surely not, ok it's a fair cop guvnor I've been rumbled :evil:

tino_11 wrote:So for every Brit you get half an Austrian free?

Thats ok the half a Austrian could live under the stairs, but which half would I get ? :D

Tony_H wrote:If you are having a week, I would suggest using Niederau as your warm up first couple of days, and then progress to the more spread out runs at Auffach, where theres a lot more to go at. You might even want to buy a 3 or 4 day lift pass, and then go off and explore other areas too, as theres a lot close by.

Auffach queues were only bad over Xmas week when I was there at around 10am. Get there for first lift, and you will be fine. We queued for 20 minutes to get on the gondola, but thats not too bad for that time of year.

Dont get put off the idea of skiing Auffach, as it really is the best of the Wildschonau.

Sorry Tony, but are you saying that Auffach has better skiing than Niederau ?

RossF wrote:If you are going to present ratios in the future it would be nice if you could do it in their simplest form :wink:

I can do that, I am quite simple :D

dgou wrote:Niederau or Westendorf in Austria, - sorry not done Italy, but these resorts suit what you are looking for, and can get the lift back down if needed. I have experienced the bit where you have an easy run back to the resort and 'poop your pants' (technical term of course!) down the last bit, and so dread the end of the day! (or what I sometimes have termed a 'brown run' - for obvious reasons!)

Well that piece of humour was wasted, alright then how about Passo Tonale, very easy runs snow sure and lots of Brits, how does that sound :roll:

micric wrote:I went forth and did research,after much google and wikipediaing I found Ault Hucknall in Derbyshire lay claim to the smallest village in the UK title,however just next door in Croatia is the worlds smallest village called "Hum" thats got a certain bouquet to it and to my mind certainly fits the bill

Ault Hucknall, Doesn't quite have the same ring and have we researched that there are two Austrians to every four Brits in the village. :wink:

Swear Filter Started by User in Ski Chatter, 27 Replies
micric wrote:Be careful pulling Austria and its population to bits cos last time they did it they all got a piece of the Spread Eagle,their national symbol,Styria,the area round Schladming,still sports a drum stick on their local flag,you might get the parsons nose in you're half! I didn't quite understand that one but I think I'm getting the messier half :cry:

Buying Ski Boots in La Rosiere Started by User in France, 5 Replies
tima wrote:I know but I have no choice as I live on a island where we don't have ski shops and by the time I have paid to come to England to buy a pair I may as well buy them in the resort. :( If your going to buy it just might be worth buying on the Italian side in La Thuile :thumbup:

Auffach to Niederau Started by User in Austria, 14 Replies
No never, not me, surely not, ok it's a fair cop guvnor I've been rumbled :evil:

Swear Filter Started by User in Ski Chatter, 27 Replies
tino_11 wrote:So for every Brit you get half an Austrian free? Thats ok the half a Austrian could live under the stairs, but which half would I get ? :D

Swear Filter Started by User in Ski Chatter, 27 Replies
RossF wrote:If you are going to present ratios in the future it would be nice if you could do it in their simplest form :wink: I can do that, I am quite simple :D

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