J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by andyhull

Either he has no feet or there's about 5 inches of snow.

I used to use one of those cable locks with the combination, until I had a problem with it and it wouldn't open. I borrowed a pair of pliers from a liftie and was shocked how easy the wire was to cut through. Since then I haven't bothered.
Have to say that in 15 years of organising trips of 20-45 skiers we've never had a problem and most of the resorts we visit are supposed to be high risk.
If you have brand new must have skis then locking is probably sensible (with a proper lock!), otherwise I'm not sure it's necessary.

One of the classic skis, ground breaking at the time with the torsion bars. I have a pair of Xscream 9s which I still use on the dry slope. You'll be fine on them on piste.
Skis have come a long way since then however so as others have said well worth hiring a pair for a day to judge the difference.

It should snow off and on for the next 3 days (60+cms), they will then have Thursday and Friday clear. That's more than enough for them to work their magic. Given how much more snow is forecast and 4 days I guess that gives them the luxury of waiting.
With no skiers about they'll be able to bash around the clock, they'll have some of it open for the start. They may save some for the Christmas period if no more snow is forecast for next week.
They are still saying partial opening on the 10th.

More snow overnight. About 10cm by the look of the webcams.

I've found a photo of it, taken from the bottom of the chairlift.

As you can see it's a big area to play on.

Piste Natural, it's not pisted. La Foret, great run - or more of a whole hill side to play on. Great fun.

The yellow bits are the snowparks.

The little crosses are snowflakes, meaning run has snow cannons on it.