I usually just gun it back down to the valley, and up Casse du Boeuf. About the same time and more skiing!
That chair wasn't there then!
Well, I'm getting divorced so that means I can go on as many trips as I like.
Got Val Thorens booked for New Year, hoping to do a guided we of off piste in Chamonix in Feb, then me and a mate may do Snowbombing in April.
Gear wise, I may treat myself to a new jacket for the slopes....main priority is a new freestyle board though (I ride Chill Factore weds-fri every other week for freestyle)
Either a Burton Namedrop or a Salomon Villan I reckon. Roll on Boxing day, can't wait to get back on some real snow!!!!
That chair wasn't there then!
Before Casse du Beouf?
Is this you?
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No, I had the black and orange Salmon Equipe and K2 KVC's.
I did have that "move" though.
CFH - in my mind (and everyone else's here) that's roughly how I picture you.
But to misquote Fleetwood Mac "But don't ask you what you think of me
You might not give the answer that I want you to. Oh well"
A rare reappearance from me, been a busy couple of years. We started last year with a shocking week in Soll at Christmas due to lack of snow. Then finished off at Easter with a mega week in Saalbach.
We've not booked yet, but are likely to head back to the Ski Amade fro Christmas, beyond that who knows. Spent last week there and loved it, so want to go back (skied there a few years back too).
After hiring for a good few years I bought some Rossignol Experience 80s from Glissphop (bargain). Jnr has got some new Head World Cup Rebels, he's starting to take the p!ss every time we ski giving me tips and hints to improve and at 14 is already talking about doing his first season.
That's my steeze, IGM! 🙂
Ned - reply from your question last week. I stick my Garmin in my pocket and let it run all day. Our week in Serre Che last year we totalled approx 45,000m of descent. Saalbach was quite a bit less, but we went in to group lessons for 3 whole days, ended up with about 30,000m.
Dont really want to go back to Les gets due to lack of snow last year .thinking Morzine ?
Wind up? They are right next to each other and at almost exactly the same height (Les Gets is marginally higher). Neither had any snow last Christmas!
[b]CaptainFlashheart[/b], Slingshot looks like it'd be lively on a snowboard
we go to Sainte Foy. went really late last year (this year) snow was fine higher up but i like it to be stacked up on the rooftops in resort to get the full effect, sitting on a cafe terrace surrounded by green and brown earth doesn't feel right... so its late January next year! last summer in the alps was minging, this year was perfect. last winter was warm so hopefully next will be snowmageddon!?
We may have done this last year, but it's worth repeating, I reckon!
Oh Christ, I'm still a bloody Euro
You may still be Euro, but I've sorted my goggle gap.
All it took was spending a sackload (even in the end of season sales) on a new pair of goggles that actually fit with the helmet.
Anyone want some decent, hardly worn Anon goggles?
I see Superheroes of Stoke has turned up on Redbull.tv
http://www.redbull.tv/videos/1398694555257-667442912/superheroes-of-stoke
yeah nedrapier - I've been looking at Lofoten as well - it does look pretty amazing! 8)But Lofoten is calling too.
Planning a trip to Greenland in April - not decided yet on the rest of the season yet ...
Just found this;
Some of the White Doctor range for 2015/16
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Baseporn with the "danger", and topsheetporn as ever from Bob!
Also, looks as if K2 have brought in some different designers. Nice looking skis, these.
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i know that Morzine is lower than les Gets , but there were a lot more slopes open in Morzine than les gets . and the Morzine ski pass gave access to Avoriaz , not the one from les Gets .
I'm going to start asking for a lot if advice this year. I've been skiing every season for 20 years but this will be the first with our 10 month old baby in tow!
We're flying to France or Austria. Other than that its a big unknown!
Any help with resorts, child care, packing lists etc would be great. I'm feert!
Can't comment on child care etc but we have been going to Austria for the last 10 years or so. Generally the resorts are far nicer than the purpose built French ones, and, being Germanic, everything works, is on time and is clean! Love going to Zell am See, it's a fantastic wee place and usually comes in quite reasonable too, heading back there in January for a week.
Anyone been to Steamboat Colerado? Thinking of heading there in March.
I'm going again this year, hopefully Val Thorens in late feb
Any experiences of val?
Also I've always just rented the cheapest skis, this will be my 4th week and I have my own boots should I bother looking at the 'better' rental skis?
I have my own boots should I bother looking at the 'better' rental skis?
YES! I like using the pimp rentals for a few reasons;
1 - They're always newer skis.
2 - They're less likely to have suffered a thousand hours of noobs.
3 - The ability to swap them as conditions dictate. On my last trip, I had a couple of days on some phattttt all mountain numbers for two powder days, then I awoke to see a bluebird sky overhead, and empty pistes. Swapped to a piste-rocket. Went back a couple of days later, and there was more fresh, so back on to da phatttnezz! It also meant that even on days with the same conditions, I could try different stuff, so I did.
I went to val last year for the first time, it was excellent. It's a vast ski area and the elevation meant we had great conditions despite no fresh snow. If you've been lower in previous years you might need an extra later is pretty chilly on some of the chairs.
Also, speak to someone who knows the village before trying to get around, there's a short cut through the sports centre that saves you lots of walking.
cobrakai - drop me an email if you like (website in profile). We have lots of new parents come and stay with us and we can generally help out a lot in terms of equipment, childcare, etc.
val thorens - high, snowsure, massive access to all sorts of skiing
potentially the coldest place on earth - nothing to stop the wind since you're almost right at the top of the alps
should you tyr "beter" skis ? Probably, yes. Ask at the shop, see if you can demo a few varying types during your holiday, maybe starting with "ordinary/easy" ones for day 1 while you set your legs again
(you could also ask for a cap'nflash procabulary phrasebook ! 😀 )
cap'nflash procabulary phrasebook
In all good bookshops from Monday! 😀
HMSO surely
Digby - Member
Planning a trip to Greenland in April - not decided yet on the rest of the season yet ...
Very nice! You going with McNab?
Exupmonkey, I have been to Steamboat a few times so I may be able to answer your questions.
I'm planning on buying some new skis this year. I'm currently on a two ski plan with the [url= http://www.dynastar.com/US/US/powertrack-89_DAEH401_product_dynastar-skis-men-all-mountain.html ]Dynastar Powertrack 89[/url] as the frontside ski and the [url= http://www.volkl.com/skis/freeski/big-mountain/shiro.html ]Volkl Shiro[/url] as my backside ski. Does anyone have any experience of either?
If anyone can get me 60% - 80% off a Kessler [i]The Ride[/i], could they let me know, please? 164 or 168.
Email in profile. Many thanks.
Cheers 10, not looking for war and peace but a general overview would be great. Enough piste to keep an experienced boarder happy, and similarly, enough mellow piste to accommodate inexperienced skiers? Not looking for a banging nightlife as we are all far to old for all that but are there some good pubs downtown? Eating out costs etc? According to the crystal ski site lift tickets come in at £60 a pop, is that about right as far as you recall, if so it's a bit steep!
the Morzine ski pass gave access to Avoriaz , not the one from les Gets .
Only if you buy the PdS pass. And certain you can get that in Les Gets. The standard pass is just Morzine/Les Gets and you can't go up Super Morzine on that.
Can anybody recommend a shell only jacket preferably in black? I get way too hot in my insulated cheap Dare2b jacket. I'm thinking about just wearing my Gore-Tex TNF jacket but its a tad short and doesn't have a forearm pocket for the lift pass so would probably need new gloves too. It would probably be ok if I didn't spend half my time upside down in the powder.
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i got one of these for my back country/powder adventures in chamonix
Very nice! You going with McNab?
Yep! 🙂 Getting rather excited already!
Looks like the photo's he has on on his site are from the same valley we were in. It's a cracker!
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Those were right up on the lh tip of the cloud in the distance:
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Wow nedrapier! 😉
That's very impressive!
Ladies and gentlemen of the S&S thread, I salute you! We've only just begun and already this is making me want snow! SNOW NOW, DAMMIT!
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kids! At what will be the grand old age of 40 this season, I am planning on learning to ski. Im usually one of those rad, gnarly kids, with baggy jeans and Blink 66572 blasting out of my ipod on a snowboard so this is new territory....
ahem.
now seriously, having watched the kids learn this easter I reckon I can have a crack at this two-footed nonsense. Much as I did when learning to board back when snow was just invented, I plan to be a bit spendy on some good fitting boots, then hire skis for a while. But what am I looking for in the hire shop in terms of either?
I am planning on learning to ski.
I knew you weren't ALL bad. 🙂
Boots - Go to a good fitter. Solutions4Feet are massively well rated, and rightly so. They're not far from the Midlands, either. There are many other good fitters available, obviously. Usual thinking is to buy outside resorts, as they're often cheaper. Then, once fitted, a few easy learner sessions are in order to see if any tweaks are needed. I would recommend that anyway, unless you're over there full time now. Get some time on skis doing a few tiny basics before heading out. Oh, and you don't choose your boots. Your feet do.
Hire? See previous (?) page, re hiring the "premium" option.
YES Jedi , literally. Pick your Line! Fantastic board
doesn't have a forearm pocket for the lift pass
Just put it in the hip/waist pocket of your jacket/trousers or in your pack if you wear one. This is what most people do - pass pocket in the sleeve wasn't all that common until fairly recently. In fact, my current jacket is the first one I've owned with this feature (after over 15 years of snowboarding!).
If anyone can get me 60% - 80% off a Kessler The Ride, could they let me know, please? 164 or 168.
Good luck with that! 😉
I was looking at The Cross at various points last season. They had one in Vieux Campeur in Albertville.
I went in shortly before the end of the season and they had a sign above the board racks saying "35% off all 2015 boards" or similar. Conversation with the shop dude went something like:
"So, 35% off all snowboards from this season?"
"Oui!"
"All of them?"
"Oui!"
"Really, absolutely all of them?"
"Oui!"
"Including that Kessler at the back?"
"Ah..... Non." 😥
I did get a shot of someone else's at one of the races. **** me. Game-changing doesn't begin to describe it. I raced on my (very stiff, carvy) freeride/freestyle twin-ish board and I reckon the Kessler would easily have been worth 3 or 4 seconds on most of the courses I raced on, without any changes to my (lack of) technique!
Lots of places in 'Merica are still very old school re lift passes.
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It's a sticker that sticks over both sides of an overgrown safety pin sort of affair that you then tag over somewhere on your person. Dreadful!
kids! At what will be the grand old age of 40 this season, I am planning on learning to ski. Im usually one of those rad, gnarly kids, with baggy jeans and Blink 66572 blasting out of my ipod on a snowboard so this is new territory....
Wait wot, is it 1998
