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Never going skiing in .....

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:23:43 GMT

December - too early, snow too unreliable
January - too cold and miserable and very short days
February - oh no way, school holidays
March - getting warm, snow going fast. Ice and slush only
April - sunny days, green pastures, runs closed .......
:mrgreen:
Just a follow on from never skiing in March and April topic :thumbup:

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:02:13 GMT

I like skiing March, Warm days cold nights, you just need to ski high

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:34:08 GMT

We have been so lucky this ski season - fantastic pre-Christmas week in the 3 Valleys, superb first week of January in Obergurgl and then first week of March in Serre Chevalier.

We also backed the first and second in the National last Saturday
:D :D :D

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:51:09 GMT

I've skied in the following months:

December - went to Andorra on a freebie, struggled for snow, but thats par for the course over there whatever time of year ;-)

January - cold and sunny, every time I've been

February - never not had good snow, even in Sauze when people were sunbathing

March - cold nights, longer days, great month to ski from experience

April - dumped it big style in Verbier on my GBP260 chalet holiday

Golden rule - pick the right resort at the right altitude, simples, and stop chuffing moaning about it.

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:46:12 GMT

On the upside i can recommend June...
Sahara desert is great for a bit of off piste dune skiing - warm but not to hot and cool nights as its the desert...that walk back up to the top of the dune is bit of a killer though!!!:-)

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:54:32 GMT

Son did boarding in Namibia - hilarious !!
Sand doesn't come off as easily as snow when you fall.

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:24:17 GMT

March - Whistler - Is there such a thing as too much snow? Awesomeness :)

Late Dec \ Early Jan - Val d'Isere - A bit of snow not much even up top, good holiday though :)

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:03:05 GMT

That leaves November, although not sure if any lifts are pen in November

Tony_H wrote:I've skied in the following months:

December - went to Andorra on a freebie, struggled for snow, but thats par for the course over there whatever time of year ;-)

How o you get freebie ski hols, care to share

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:04:38 GMT

Tony_H wrote:I've skied in the following months:

December - went to Andorra on a freebie, struggled for snow, but thats par for the course over there whatever time of year ;-)

Is it?

I've been to Andorra 4 times and on each occasion had good snow.

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:44:54 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I've skied in the following months:

December - went to Andorra on a freebie, struggled for snow, but thats par for the course over there whatever time of year ;-)

Is it?

I've been to Andorra 4 times and on each occasion had good snow.

I have only been twice to Andorra and the snow was good both times

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:36:36 GMT

One of the fiercest blizzards I've ever skied in was in August...

...mind you, it was at Mount Blue Cow in Australia!

Re:Never going skiing in .....

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:03:27 GMT

I have ridden in 80 cm of powder(overnight) in Austria (Hintertux) in early October. Go high and go near glaciers.