[Closed] The STW Ski & Snowboard thread. The 2012-2013 season

I know, I only do it to wind you up, which is really mean - I'm sorry. I won't do it again 😉

You know you will, you liar!
Don't mind really. But, if you do not post lots of pics, I shall hunt you down and kill you. To death. With a spoon. Slowly.

😉

Three & a half weeks for me too, insurance and lift pass time, spend spend spend 🙂

26 days on snow today, many more to come...

Later start yesterday due to general murkiness and rain, which soon turned into snow. Not a huge amount but probably 10cm at the top of the passes. Got pretty wet in the morning. Seems most people have up but we persevered and were rewarded with lovely fresh snow and a fantastic sunny last 2hrs of the afternoon.

Last lesson of the week this morning so far the OH has been told she skis "like the teacher", Jnr skis "like a boy", and I ski "in the middle". I need to close my legs a bit, apparently I have a solid, but really wide stance which means I can't get the angulation in my body. Will go over to La Villa this afternoon and do the WC run, then do Saslong WC run tomorrow.

No idea why I'm awake this early!

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Yesterday afternoon, think this was at the top of Bec de Roces looking over towards Pralongia.

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Looking up the Hidden Valley on Christmas Day.

Hat tip to the lovely people at http://www.serrechevalier.org/ for this one. Some steezy awsumz for a Thursday morning!

[url= http://www.skifamille.co.uk/ ]A link for you for next year Captain[/url]

Nice! Already planning Serre Che again, though! BA Airmiles flight to Turin (Business class, natch! At about £40 return for the taxes on top of airmiles redemption!) We've got friendly folks in Serre Che who've already offered to arrange childcare some of the time. Mrs CFH rather fancies being a YummySkiMummy and swanning around in swish outfits at lunchtime more than skiing, so plenty of first lift fever for me, I reckon! 🙂

hammerite - nice Christmas picture.

I shall hunt you down and kill you. To death. With a spoon. Slowly.

CFH - Ski Famille don't include the flights and BA fly to Geneva too I think. Just saying...

And no they're not cheap

'fleece stylee type buff

Ooh I have one of these - they are lovely!

Some more gopro for you, first day up in Whistler this season.

Nice one.
Which run was that?

Mate of mine works in whistler and has been posting pics/vids on facebook since the season opened. Seriously tempted to defriend him.

Nice one.
Which run was that?

Can't remember the run, it was in the Symphony area on Whistler. Was way better than the video shows, that area just opened up that weekend and the actual runs had a 1 to 2 feet of powder in places, one trip into the trees didn't end to great as that was just several feet of powder, you get stuck there and its not easy to get up!

Mate of mine works in whistler and has been posting pics/vids on facebook since the season opened. Seriously tempted to defriend him.

Or book a flight and kip on his sofa!

Right its sorted
Chamonix, Avoriaz, and Les Rousses

'Crystal hut' in Whistler is one of my favourite places to eat.

Skiing in the Pyrenees is currently OK high up and stony low down. Wind and rain mean the TV and reading are as appealing as the pistes some days. Saturday was manic, some kind of collective madness. Someone fell off a chair and died, oh dear.

After a boarder nearly landed on me (I saw him coming and skipped out of his path) he had the cheek to say I shouldn't have been there - after being pursued by a hairy, old man with pointy, X-C sticks he changed his mind.

I reckon a go-pro on a stick has taken over from a pair of patinettes as the sign of a piste user to give a wide berth. Probably incompetent on whatever form of slidy thing(s) they're on, and far too concentrated on the stick thing to have any idea of where they are going or what anyone else on the piste is doing.

In 48 hours I'll be well on my way to Champagy En Vanoise! 😀

Not quite sure what expect yet as never skiid there, in the back of my mind I'll probably be comparing it to Whistler the whole time. I have no doubt the food will be better than Whistler though, which can't be hard.

Someone fell off a chair and died, oh dear.

*Wonders how the hell that's possible* 😕 .

michaelmcc - Member

In 48 hours I'll be well on my way to Champagy En Vanoise!

Excellent choice I skied there last year, Le Barrillon restaurant is good.
Where you staying ?

Where you staying ?

Staying in my parents chalet in the village. What ares are good for off piste there? As in from the top of what chair lift(s)? Plan on meeting someone who could show me around for a day but I'd like to have an idea myself for the first day or so.

Edit:- that didnt work 🙁
Tried pasting a link to my garmin

Got an 08:40 flight from Manchester to Zurich tomorrow morning!! Cant wait to get out for a few days, hopefully we get a bit of cold weather out there!

Best do some packing.....not even started yet!

One essential item you can't go away skiing without/always make sure to pack? Just curious. The one thing I usually pack first are my goggles. I'd be gutted if I forgot them!

RS - that was the first day of the season???? I hate you right now 😉 .

If my wallet is in my pocket I'm not too fussy about packing. That's the reason I'm posting tonight, I've had to drop down the hill to pick up an old set of slalom skis as new 890e skis and stony pistes are best kept separated.

11 days on skis this season and I still haven't used goggles. Two days with no eye wear at all and on the other days glasses were more appropriate.

Well goggles, helmet, boots, skis and poles are all already out there so thats not too much of a worry!

Will be Jacket and Salopettes that are top of the list to pack!

ID card/passport and boarding pass, there's always someone at the airport that's forgotten one, the other or both.

Wouldn't like to buy any gear in resort, bad enough being fleeced at the bar!

Yeah passport is probably the key one! haha

One essential item you can't go away skiing without/always make sure to pack? Just curious. The one thing I usually pack first are my goggles. I'd be gutted if I forgot them!

After being stuffed by BA before who lost my luggage, my wife's and brother in laws and arriving in chamonix with just the clothes I was standing in, I now carry every thing ill need at a minimum as hand luggage.

Apart from Googles, gloves and underwear from Lidl, most of my ski gear was bought in the resort. I bought some new skins in Intersport last week: 119e for a 110mm Coltex mixed kit. I doubt you'll find cheaper on line.

Wouldn't like to buy any gear in resort, bad enough being fleeced at the bar!

Dunno about buying gear but IME in Austria you definitely don't get fleeced at the bar, even at the top of the mountain.

michaelmcc - Member
RS - that was the first day of the season???? I hate you right now .

It was my first day at whistler this year, we always give it a month or so after opening to get good 🙂

Whistler booked for jan 12th. On my tellies CFH. 😛

Well hard to describe without a lift map 😳

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But up to the top Bellecote and over to the right as you are going up 🙂

Your daughter I assume, Dales. Skiing was much better in the days of bobble hats, sunnies and tight-fitting fuseaux. 😉

It was my first day at whistler this year, we always give it a month or so after opening to get good

Yeah that's wise, takes a while for the base to build up so all the trees/rocks are covered. I didn't fancy heading up in the first month myself, couldn't be bothered getting a set of "pre-season" skis and didn't want to wreck my good ones.

Edukator - Member

Your daughter I assume, Dales. Skiing was much better in the days of bobble hats, sunnies and tight-fitting fuseaux.

Yes correct Mr G and sadly a better skier than me 🙁 , 2 years living in Chamonix to blame.

[url= http://singletrackworld.com/?p=43887 ]Buying boots from the 'bay? Not sure I would! Will need a trip to a decent bootfitter still....! Get 'em in the oven for a start! [/url]

The Education of Style and Sunny just arrived in the post for me 😀 .

I reckon a go-pro on a stick has taken over from a pair of patinettes as the sign of a piste user to give a wide berth. Probably incompetent on whatever form of slidy thing(s) they're on, and far too concentrated on the stick thing to have any idea of where they are going or what anyone else on the piste is doing.

Agreed. In fact, any sign of any form of camera being used while sliding along makes me give people a wide berth. Far more interested in how awsumz their "edit" is going to look than knowing what's going on.