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Miles per day

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:34:07 GMT

Looking to do a charity ski. How many miles does a resonable intermediate ski in a day please?
Grazyna :?:

Re:Miles per day

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:01:29 GMT

distances from Garmin last week in les arc which do include lifts as well.
Date Miles
18/01/2013 44.45
17/01/2013 35.11
16/01/2013 42.36
15/01/2013 40.54
14/01/2013 34.14
13/01/2013 38.42

Re:Miles per day

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:06:39 GMT

Hi
thansk for this..is there any way of taking out the lifts, as it needs to be miles skied. It was miles not kms?

Re:Miles per day

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:16:26 GMT

Yes it was miles. I am sure there are some apps out there that will measure only ski miles but mine is a triathlon watch so doesnt have that ability.

Re:Miles per day

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:21:20 GMT

Thanks

Re:Miles per day

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:48:24 GMT

I did the scope ski marathon a few years back. 130km in 2 days. From intermediates upwards. Everyone completed it except 2 with knee ligament issues. Its fantastic and would recommend it to everyone. I think we raised about GBP60k for children with cerebral palsy.

Re:Miles per day

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:22:57 GMT

Amazing Adam..well done you! The Charity is alreday in place and we have alredy committed to going to the 3 Valleys but ceratinly has given us an idea of what could be done. The 130kms included lifts or just distance you actually skied?

Re:Miles per day

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:37:43 GMT

If you divide MogulMonkey's miles by 2 you'll probably be about right. 20 miles per day average. Depends on the speed of the lifts in proportion to the runs. Pick one long run with a fast lift and you can increase your ratio. The Cucumelle in Serre Chevalier is 3.8 km long and with the new chairlift you could do 3 runs an hour over 7 hours = 80 km a day = 50 miles a day.

Re:Miles per day

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:07:56 GMT

Volf wrote: 3 runs an hour over 7 hours = 80 km a day = 50 miles a day.

Not sure i would want to be on the same lift 21 times in a day :D might seem like a groundhog day..

Re:Miles per day

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:02:44 GMT

Are you being sponsored by the mile then :shock:

Re:Miles per day

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:37:54 GMT

MogulMonkey wrote:
Not sure i would want to be on the same lift 21 times in a day :D might seem like a groundhog day..

Technically in the French Alps it would be 'Journee Marmotte' :)

Re:Miles per day

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:24:55 GMT

According to the Dolomiti Superski website I skied ~368 km (228 miles) in 13 days, which averages as 17.5 miles per day. Longest was ~25 miles (with stops for coffee and lunch and back by 4 pm) but in good conditions 30+ miles would not be unreasonable for me (decent intermediate who is not particularly fit). A couple of the days were pretty short due to tricky conditions or skiing on my own, bringing the average down. A lot depends on the conditions, how good your skiing is in those conditions, if you need stops for lunch etc., how fit you are and how difficult you find the runs. 130 km in 2 days is impressive; I think I'd need 3 for that distance - hat off to those that did it!

Best of luck and hope you raise lots of money for your chosen charity :-D

Re:Miles per day

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:27:37 GMT

My learn-ed ski buddy friend type person has reliably informed me that last week in monterosa, we skied a minimum of 75km per day, and that was just getting from champoluc to the other end of the area and back, not including the runs we may have done a couple of times or the amount of off piste.
I'm quite surprised by how much this was, although I have to say I'm feeling it now I've come back!!!

Re:Miles per day

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:35:37 GMT

For a charity run you should get or rent some touring skis and walk up! Those guys walking up the side of the piste are not there because they are too mean to buy a lift pass, they do it because it feels fantastic to earn that beer at the top and to earn that ski down. Three miles should do you, unless you are a very fit and experienced tourer.

Re:Miles per day

Fri, 1 Feb 2013 12:21:20 GMT

Couldn't you do it on vertical metres skied - far easier to measure.
75kms in a day if excluding lifts is unlikely IMHO, but very possible / likely including lifts.
Had the Garmin in Avoriaz this week and had to ski around son's lessons, but average distance has been about 10km/hour including lifts, and although not hooning, we're not slow either.

Re:Miles per day

Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:05:07 GMT

Dorset Boy wrote:Couldn't you do it on vertical metres skied - far easier to measure.
75kms in a day if excluding lifts is unlikely IMHO, but very possible / likely including lifts.

Measured distance from start point to daily average return point, which would have included lifts, but most days each distance on a lift was skied and the lift ridden again.
It's not unlikely, its quite probable, but maybe only in an area where you get straight on every lift without waiting for anyone else.