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Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:41:16 GMT

So where did everyone go this season?

October 2008 - Hintertux - 3 days
November 2008 - Felberg - 2 days
December 2008 - Mayrhofen/Hintertux - 7 days
Christmas 2008 - Grindelwald - 3 days
January 2009 - St. Anton - 3 days
Februiary 2009 - Feldberg - 2 days
March/April 2009 - Mayrhofen/Hintertux - 5 days
May 2009 - Zermatt - 3 days
July 2009 - Portillo - 8 days

36 days in total, was aiming for 40 so not so shabby )

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:36:49 GMT

Les Deux Alpes 6 days
Churchill dry ski slope with powder conditions 2x2hours

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:09:58 GMT

Thats an impressive account for a season Tino!! :shock:

My skiing year looks like this:
Jan to March 2009 - Mont-Sainte-Anne - 76 days
July 2009 - Chile - a couple of days whilst backpacking around S. America
August 2009 - New Zealand - another couple of days whilst backpacking
December 2009 - a return to Canada

:D

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:16:10 GMT

Brimster wrote:Thats an impressive account for a season Tino!! :shock:

My skiing year looks like this:
Jan to March 2009 - Mont-Sainte-Anne - 76 days
July 2009 - Chile - a couple of days whilst backpacking around S. America
August 2009 - New Zealand - another couple of days whilst backpacking
December 2009 - a return to Canada

:D

76 days......WOW.....I need to give up this working lark )

Where you planning in Chile?

I will be riding in Portillo (90 miles north of Santiago) between te 4th and 11th July. Maybe see you there???

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:06:56 GMT

Great to have you back Brimster. Good season?

My trips:-

January 2009 - Niederau - 3 days - approximately 7 hours skiing
April 2009 - Tignes - 7 days - approximately 15 hours skiing

I know this year was a stepping stone and I shouldn't be disappointed but I feel very unsatisfied :cry:. I'm waiting a sensible amount of time before mentioning the snowdome to mr a :mrgreen:

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:16:37 GMT

caron I think you should feel very proud of your achievement :thumbup: Considering that the slushy conditions have accounted for a lot of injuries in strong and experienced skiers, you showed sound judgement!

Mention Snowdome to me in the summer, I'm expecting to have some new boots to bed in, and we could meet up mebbe :D

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:20:11 GMT

Hmmmm..... :D

Zermatt - Nov 3 days
Grimentz - Dec 3 days
Zinal - Dec 2 days

Grimentz,Zinal, St Luc, Chandolin, Vercorin - Jan 09 13 days

Grimentz - April 13 days

34 days, and I dare not go to Zermatt, no matter how much snow is forecast...and I did consider it :mrgreen:

Edit: I forgot to add in Snowdome time, so a day or 2 more :lol:

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:27:28 GMT

Sainte Foy-7 days in January

Scotland (mostly Glenshee)-15 days from December til March

Next year-who knows?

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:32:44 GMT

Local ski hills - 79 days (some short)
Park City - 6 days

Trencher

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:36:04 GMT

bandit wrote:caron I think you should feel very proud of your achievement :thumbup: Considering that the slushy conditions have accounted for a lot of injuries in strong and experienced skiers, you showed sound judgement!

Mention Snowdome to me in the summer, I'm expecting to have some new boots to bed in, and we could meet up mebbe :D

Will do. I'd love to :D

Re:Season Overview

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:55:08 GMT

tino_11 wrote:

76 days......WOW.....I need to give up this working lark )

Where you planning in Chile?

I will be riding in Portillo (90 miles north of Santiago) between te 4th and 11th July. Maybe see you there???

Yeah I have to say the giving up work did help a lot :lol: Although I am now trying to think of ways and jobs that means I can do this for a few more years to come rather than having to settle back into the "legal" world again - the thought of a desk back in Manchester is not appealing at the minute!!

I am not sure when or where I will hit Chile for skiing but Portillo is pretty high on my hit list. Basically I am backpacking around South America and hit Rio on the 4th May and I have no specific timed plans thereafter except my flight to New Zealand leaves on the 9th August. If I end up in Portillo around those dates I will PM you.....

caron-a wrote:Great to have you back Brimster. Good season?

My trips:-

January 2009 - Niederau - 3 days - approximately 7 hours skiing
April 2009 - Tignes - 7 days - approximately 15 hours skiing

I know this year was a stepping stone and I shouldn't be disappointed but I feel very unsatisfied :cry:. I'm waiting a sensible amount of time before mentioning the snowdome to mr a :mrgreen:

Thanks Caron-a its nice to be back (apart from the UK blues I seem to have been suffering from....). I have to say that my season out in MSA was fantastic and I loved it so much that, fingers crossed, I am hoping to spend the next season out there working :lol:

I can understand why you feel unsatisfied with your skiing for this year however as you said it was a stepping stone and it was better to take it easy this year to ensure you can enjoy the seasons to come rather than put yourself back 10 steps and put yourself in danger of spending another few seasons on the sidelines...... :)

Re:Season Overview

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:18:07 GMT

Here we go playmates................ LGb 6 days no idea how many hours..............Adelboden 3 days again no idea how many hours

And thats my lot a total of nine bloody days, I must go more next year :evil: :cry: :evil: :cry: :evil: :cry:

Re:Season Overview

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:22:51 GMT

Bromley dry ski slope - 6 days
Soldeu - 6 days
Val Cenis - 7 days
Nintendo Wii (ski)- 15 mins

Will try harder next year!

Re:Season Overview

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:53:12 GMT

All I had was 7 days in Val Thorens at Feb half-term, ski-ing about 5 hours per day, and a few days on dry ski slopes - Pembrey and Milton Keynes.

And I will have another couple of days on the dry ski slope at Manchester in June.

Pretty poor - but I have work, a daughter doing GCSE's, and restricted amounts of money.

Next year I will also only get 7 days, but in Courchevel 1550 this time.

Ally

Re:Season Overview

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:59:34 GMT

AllyG wrote:All I had was 7 days in Val Thorens at Feb half-term, ski-ing about 5 hours per day, and a few days on dry ski slopes - Pembrey and Milton Keynes.

And I will have another couple of days on the dry ski slope at Manchester in June.

Pretty poor - but I have work, a daughter doing GCSE's, and restricted amounts of money.

Next year I will also only get 7 days, but in Courchevel 1550 this time.

Ally

Restricted money, and your off to Courchevel :shock: you farmers...... :wink:

Re:Season Overview

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:13:09 GMT

Well,
Ian I'm hoping that Courchevel 1550 won't cost any more than Val Thorens, as long as we only eat in our apartment and don't go bowling or anything, and only do window shopping.

The apartment is cheap enough, the ski lessons are a bit more expensive, and of course the 3 valley pass is exactly the same as in VT.

Back to work now - cleaning the floor tiles with acid cleaner - less than 2 weeks to go now before the holidaymakers arrive in our newly prepared holiday cottage and masses of work still to do.

Ally

Re:Season Overview

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:49:50 GMT

AllyG wrote:Well,
Ian I'm hoping that Courchevel 1550 won't cost any more than Val Thorens, as long as we only eat in our apartment and don't go bowling or anything, and only do window shopping.

The apartment is cheap enough, the ski lessons are a bit more expensive, and of course the 3 valley pass is exactly the same as in VT.

Back to work now - cleaning the floor tiles with acid cleaner - less than 2 weeks to go now before the holidaymakers arrive in our newly prepared holiday cottage and masses of work still to do.

Ally

If you went somewhere "cheaper" than you wouldn't be tied to the stove on holiday and you could experience the on piste delicacies of burger and chips or Spag bol :idea: :idea: :thumbup:

Re:Season Overview

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:00:14 GMT

Niederau 2 days Dec 08
Auffach 1 day Dec 08
Mayrhofen 1 day Dec 08

St Anton 6 days Jan 09

Serre Chevalier 6 days March 09

I consider myself lucky to have had 3 trips again this season, but I also kind of feel slightly disappointed that I didnt get any more in as the snow has been so good this season.

The list for forthcoming trips grows ever longer, and I already have 6 days confirmed to Alpe d'Huez Jan 10, and will possibly be taking another 6 days in Schladming Feb 10. If I get a 3rd trip in, it will be last minute so no particular plans regarding where to be honest.

Re:Season Overview

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:26:22 GMT

Arc 2000 for 6 days in Feb.
Absoultely loved it. Cant wait for AdH on Jan 10. Will get two holidays in next year but 2nd trip will be a late deal somewhere (probably over the rainbow).

Re:Season Overview

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:14:47 GMT

6 days zermatt in December
6 days in samoens in january
and 6 days in Val Thorens in March
not too bad but getting a bit pricey so I am looking for bargains for next year limone de pidmonte ..looks good value got to see if ryanair are still flying to cuneo though

Re:Season Overview

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:15:52 GMT

Re:Season Overview

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:02:13 GMT

38 days, all in Niederau. Wasn't entirely planned that way, but I was very happy, given the lovely conditions this winter. Not sure it suited my OH, (to have two weeks in N.), since she does like to go to a new place each year. Given the broken leg recovery, it was probably the right thing for her.

A big bonus was meeting with so many J2skiers. Fourteen, at my last count, and two near misses, missed out skigirl and paralytic.

I would add that under the remit of "Season Overview", we might add our grateful thanks to Admin Dave, who keeps us all in order, in a skilful, humourous and kindly manner. Thank you Admin.

Re:Season Overview

Fri, 1 May 2009 11:27:28 GMT

Jan 09 - 3 days 3 Valley
Feb 09 - 12 days St Francoise Longchamp/Valmorel

Now have the summer to practice on my local slope - unfortunatly it's only MK Snowdome.

Re:Season Overview

Fri, 1 May 2009 17:44:02 GMT

Jan 09 13 fantastic days in Sauze and surrounding area

Rest of season - wishing I was somewhere with snow :D

Next year thinking about Canada or the US for a fortnight and maybe a week somewhere in Europe, but depends on finances (or current lack there of...) :(