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La Rosière

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:26:44 GMT

Hey everyone. Got back from my ski trip just over a week ago and haven't really had chance to jump on here.

We really enjoyed our Chalet experience and me personally would stay in one all the time, as long as I can persuade my fiance as she prefers the hotels.

La Rosiere I really enjoyed and we managed to go over to Italy a couple of times. The conditions were not to great over that side and so we didn't really spend much time there. We also accidently took our first ever black slope right down to the bottom into La Thuile, something we did not enjoy and I had the Mrs moaning at the all the way because I had suggested which way to go.
After that we always made sure we had a piste map with us 8) .

If anyone is going to La Rosiere and you like burgers you need to check out the snack bar outside the St Bernard hotel right at the bottom of the slope. They sell the best burgers I have ever tasted! I would book up there again just to get myself another of there burgers.

Anyways as adding pictures on here seems a little time consuming iv added a link to a video of mine on youtube if anyone is interested.
It shows us trying to ski and falling over a couple of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRhPFvOCAcM

Enjoy

Re:La Rosière

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:01:52 GMT

Nice :thumbup:
Slopes seemed nearly empty.

Re:La Rosière

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:09:04 GMT

Yeah it was pretty quite all week. I suppose that's an advantage of going straight after Christmas.

Re:La Rosière

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:28:24 GMT

Enjoyed your video reminded me of so many occasions. It was good to see you having fun and enjoying the different days and experiences thanks for sharing! :)

Re:La Rosière

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:48:09 GMT

Thanks :)

It was quite funny on the last day. We went for breakfast and quite a few people from our chalet said they would wait until the fog was clear. But not wanting to waste the last day we were out. Not realising what it would actually be like. We soon realised why the others had stayed in :lol:

Re:La Rosière

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:03:13 GMT

Thanks Sm4sh, I really enjoyed that video! :)

I particularly liked the bit where you're both sliding down the narrow black run on your bums (after you'd accidentally got onto it), and where you try ski-ing in the fog (which reminded me of Folgarida last year).

I'm glad you had a great holiday :)

I thought your girlfriend's ski-ing was really neat and stylish :)

Re:La Rosière

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:48:43 GMT

Good one !!
:thumbup:

Re:La Rosière

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:09:54 GMT

Thanks. Enjoyed it - Welcome back Ally any videos from the J2ski holiday ??

Re:La Rosière

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:34:43 GMT

Yeh it was a good holiday, thanks Ally for recommending.

That black slope was evil. Loads of people asked if we needed help though which was good of them. Once we thought we were at the end there just seemed to be more and more slopes. Went on for ever and my Mrs wasn't getting any happier.
Then because it was towards the end of the day we were worried we would miss the lifts back home (lol)

And I'll let her know you like her skiing. Pffft she always does tell people she's better than me and now that's just made her head that little bit bigger lol.

Re:La Rosière

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:15:51 GMT

Well, you did better than me Sm4sh. When I went to La Rosiere I wasn't as good as I am now at ski-ing, and we were having lessons in the morning. So I was afraid to ski over to La Thuile in the afternoon in case I accidentally ended up on a black run (like you did) and I couldn't get back in time before they shut the lifts.

Maybe you should secretly have some extra lessons in the snow dome to keep up with your OH??? ;)

Re:La Rosière

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:48:56 GMT

I hesitated to bring up the subject of lessons and toyed with the idea of sending Mr Sm4sh a private message. I enjoyed the video very much, having been to La Thuile/La Rosiere in previous years.

Now the lessons genie is out of the bottle, I think Mr and Mrs Sm4sh should invest in a lesson or two; it will help enormously in taking their skiing to the next level - and avoid problems on the black or crashes on the bend before the lift!

This suggestion is meant in the spirit of being constructive. It's not meant to be impertinent or rude. I've been skiing for 40-plus years now and I always have a lesson early on to help remove the bad habits and keep abreast of the latest techniques!

Re:La Rosière

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:47:52 GMT

Ha Ha, I know I'm not the best skier in the world and thought it would get commented on before now. I take no offence don't worry :)

I have thought about more lessons, this is the 3rd time away now and the first time we have not bothered with lessons. Mainly because we were looking for a cheap holiday.

Im not sure what the real name for it is but I call it wobbly leg syndrome. When im skiing I sometimes get one of my ski wobbling. Maybe my boot isn't tight enough?
Also I do want to get another couple of lessons in the future to try and help with my parallel skiing. When looking at more experienced skiers you lot seem to keep your feet together at all times and turn.
So yes I would like another lessons sometimes.

Re:La Rosière

Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:08:26 GMT

That's the right attitude; it really does pay off to get some good instruction. I doubt if your wobbly leg syndrome is due to your boots not being tight enough. Others will be along sometime to diagnose the problem, I'm sure! :)

Re:La Rosière

Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:26:37 GMT

Its just something I noticed when skiing. Its just when you look at the end of the ski it seems to shake a little

Re:La Rosière

Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:17:43 GMT

sm4sh wrote:Its just something I noticed when skiing. Its just when you look at the end of the ski it seems to shake a little

When that happens to me, Sm4sh, it's usually because I haven't got my weight far enough forward, especially if it's a scary steep bit of slope and I'm sort of hanging back because I don't want to lean forwards down the slope!

It's very difficult to get your ski position right because it varies according to what you're doing, and the condition of the snow, like hard pack or powder. I have had several instructors who go on about being 'dynamic' and by this I think they mean adjusting body position to the situation and staying flexible.

Another thing they always go on about is keeping your shins well up against the front of your boot - which helps to prevent you hanging back when it's scary!

Have you tried reading any internet articles/books/watching DVD's on ski-ing? I find this helps to understand what the instructors are saying in lessons, although for myself I'm much better at just following instructors and doing what they do without thinking about it too much in my head! And even after loads of lessons I'm pretty useless at ski-ing moguls :(