Espace Killy Piste Map 2012-13

bedrock barney wrote:

andyoneil wrote:well I know they've replaced at least one lift and re-modeled the Face a bit so I wondered if any other runs had changed

with the stick they get every year for their piste grading I thought they might have changed the classification of some runs

Does this mean the Face is now a green run? :mrgreen:

It's brown, or whatever colour adrenaline is...

The Val D'Isere and Tignes apps no longer appear in the Apple App Store, so I presume new versions are on the way.

Thanks all

From Valdinet: "Another development on the slopes is that the iconic Face de Bellevard piste has undergone a bit of a makeover to help congestion on the run. The diggers have been hard at work over the summer smoothing and widening the run to make it suitable for World Cup competitions and also to make it more enjoyable for regular skiers. The venue for the Olympic Men's Downhill event during the Albertville games in 1992, the 3km long Face is a legendary run and we'd like to keep it that way!"

I shall keep waiting for an update

Espace Killy wrote:smoothing and widening the run ... more enjoyable for regular skiers.

Espace Killy wrote:the 3km long Face is a legendary run and we'd like to keep it that way!"

Does not compute.

The Face is legendary due to it not being smooth and wide. :evil:

Easing congestion is certainly a good thing, but it's a shame if it's done at the expense of the character of the run.

I'd have thought they'd do better to "smooth and widen" some of their rather infamous Greens (some of which had moguls on when I last visited).

Still, reserve judgement until some of us have skied it I suppose... calling Ally and OldAndy??? :lol:

Admin wrote:
Still, reserve judgement until some of us have skied it I suppose... calling Ally and OldAndy??? :lol:

Challenge accepted .....
:thumbup:
(for both of us)

Andy, hang on a minute here - I'm not sure I have all the facts concerning this matter ...

Admin - what exactly do you want Andy and me to do?

The Face is the run that was like tapioca when I skied down it at the end of April - and as far as I remember there was a nasty narrow road-like bit between the easy part at the start and the difficult mogul section towards the bottom.
If they've just widened the very narrow bit I think it would actually help, and make it more fun to ski.

If you just want a report on it then that's fine with me - but if you're expecting more (like me to ski down it without falling over on the moguls) then I'm very sorry to have to tell you that it simply won't happen, even though I will naturally try my best :cry:

Moguls are definitely not my strong point - remember I broke my big toe trying to learn how to ski them in an ESF lesson.

Ally, I wouldn't worry about it too much if I were you. There is an FIS event there the week before we go, so La Face will be compacted and injected ice all the way down. Not a bump in sight for you to worry about :twisted:

AllyG wrote:Admin - what exactly do you want Andy and me to do?

Straight-line it and report back... :thumbup: