J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by LOTA

Things haven't changed at Lyon Satalas airport; it's ok if you're on a scheduled flight and in the main terminals. However, the tent thing is used for Saturday charters and is horrendous. I'd fly anywhere rather than Lyon on a charter.

The Sarenne has two steep pitches, but not that narrow to begin with, that are tricky.

However, it peters out into one of the blandest, flattest tracks in the Alps. Its reputation is greater than its sum parts, but it is redeemed by spectacular scenery and total relaxation as you pole along!

Tony H: when I was in Alpe D'Huez it was definitely one serious mogul field with a really fun, fast run out at the end!

I was a with a ski club guide one day in Alpe D'Huez and we skied the whole day on black pistes only - without repeating a run - which takes some doing. Remember one where it said reservez pour tres bon skieurs seulement and ended up in ravine with trees blocking you in on either side - very tough.

Boomerang at Fernie was bloody horrible. Steep, narrow entry, no defined piste as such, ungroomed, bushes and trees sticking up all over the place to trip the unwary, not terribly long, but with a reverse camber that continually throws you off balance. Bloody vile it was (and I did it three times in a row, but it didn't get any better!)

I like the tunnel runs at Alpe D'Huez - despite the religious icon in the tunnel just before you emerge above the mogul field. There's a horrid little black, steep and bumpy, at Saas Fee but the best blacks, and probably my favourite places to ski, are at Sierra at Tahoe and Kirkwood - look them up on the www!

I echo everything Tony H said.

Only by 'dudes' from the US and the terminally trendy! )

I, on the other hand, ride my bike and ski on my skis!

No, it's not the Rider's Palace; why would I go to a cycling hotel on a ski holiday? :mrgreen:

Except Ian, old chap, Mr Sprake was a Welshman!