[Closed] The STW Ski & Snowboard thread. The 2015-2016 season

Hi nbt,
Glad you enjoyed Flaine, we did too. The powder was great but I was shocked how quickly it was skied out. No crashes of note except mine when I managed to do 2 forward somersaults in the deep stuff. Luckily stopped with both skis still on and managed to stand back up in a fairly fluid action (covered head to toe in snow gave the game away though).
I managed to tempt my other 1/2 into the deeper stuff which I think he enjoyed and we did the ski the Lucifer run in the powder which was great for his confidence.
All in all it was great, can't wait to go again.

Its all about the mountain, but a late lunch doesn't go amiss.

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EDIT: loving March wedding anniversary, I can forsee many future mountain based event celebrations 8)

Snowed for 2 days here in Claviere. Us 2 having great time getting stuck in powder, lost in the clouds and generally faffing around. Marvellous, so glad I posted on here and Singletrackmind spotted it 🙂

We got back from ,,Chamonix on Sunday night. Had a great 4 days skiing. Only saw clouds on Sunday. I was with a great group of lads and my Dad who in his 70 the year was pretty pleased to be able to keep up with all the 40 somethings. Good on him.
We also managed to get a Valley Blanche run in with a great guide, called Bernard. He was at the 1986 olympics doing ski jump! He was also a blooming good climber and had done all the really tough stuff in the valley.

Must say they if you are heading to Chamonix at any time I can highly recommend valleyfever.co.uk for their chalets and drop off service. Rob even brought our shoes to us so we could watch the rugby in town and not waste any skiing time. Great service

Powder day in the trees
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How's the Westbeach kit held up DebZ?

Good question double-d!
The Cockalorum trews are good, but tend to drop down off my waist and become annoying - but I bought some (orange!) Upperlevels 2 ones for £36 in their recent sale and they are perfect. Would but another pair if they had them!

Been pleased with my Cockalorum slacks but they definitely need a belt - the existing tightening straps don't work so well. But that's because we is slim. 😀

Massive reductions online again at the moment.

Jambalaya that looks dang good.
Pow forecast here in Sweden so looking forward to the weekend

Anyone in Morzine (pds area) at the moment, how is it? I'm off there at the weekend and the forecast looks fairly warm.

Anyone in Morzine (pds area) at the moment, how is it? I'm off there at the weekend and the forecast looks fairly warm.

Pistes are in great nick at the moment thanks to the dump we had early March. It's been beautiful spring conditions this week.

More lunch photos this time in Verbier, day off to let the body recover. First one shows traverse for Cute du Bisses enduro mtb route above treeline to extreme left, Ultimate involves hike a bike to ridge below the Pierre Avoi just visible then over the other side. Lovely day for flying too!

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Sat all day in a resort car park watching the flakes fall as I forgot my boots and it seemed too much faff to hire some to ski in a white out. I learned a lot about post war history (the only book in the car) while junior skied.

post war history (the only book in the car)

Jamba is in Verbier.

Worryingly, my best mate's wife is also in Verbier.

*shudders*

As long as she avoided the bar/restaurant by Carrefour, she should be ok and my guess yesterday's lunch was at Chez Vrony in Findeln.

Oakley goggles sale at Protek at Xscape - for example Flightdeck with Prizm lens £119 (from &170), Airbrake Prizm at £135 (£225)

Having a short break in Flaine with younger son. 30 years plus since I was last here but great for a quick break. No queues, empty pistes and a refurbished hotel doing everything to please.

Missed the soft stuff which is a shame but the lips and bumps on agate are as good as I remember. Some hairy off piste lines in evidence!!!

No queues, empty pistes

We had that in the PdS - bloody luvly 😀

The joys of not being tied to school holidays DD. magical few days

I imagine it'll be busier for the next few weeks. A mate was in Flaine for HT en famille a few weeks ago. He liked it. How's the snow holding up?

Saw not 1 but 3 monoskis yesterday. What is the collective noun for monoskiers? ( be nice)

One ski had a flaming 8 ball on it . Rad!

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Yes, seen a few more mono skis about this year, including one belonging to a liftie in Chamonix, which surprised me.

DD - pistes all good. Classic spring skiing. OP skied out and generally poor except for odd bits. Grooming v v good which makes for lots of v fast cruising. Slushy at lower resorts eg Les Carroz but great piste conditiona a little higher up. Bumps good on diamond noire, agate and an underrated red run over in Les Carroz

The long cascade run to Sixt is getting rocky at the very end. Not sure it's worth it. Nice scenery but lots of flat sections

Bumps and flat sections...no thanks. 😆

4 days booked in Cham, grandparents sorted, wife in bed with flu and not in a good way day before, no holiday. Awesome. Therapeutic early shift at the 'Shee as said grandparents are here and it's my birthday bollocks to it all. Can't believe it, missus is OK but properly poorly.

Last day of trees and powder in Clavier just done.
Small souvenir to take home -
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A piece of branch embedded in me 'at. Always wear a lid folks!

Shit the bed DebZ! 😯 (Might knock a bit of sense into you.)

RE Monoskis.

These are down in the ski locker room of my block.
They've been there ever since I got my place. Never moved. They're free fers.

Ive just started learning to ski. I borrow skis from the chalet next door, or nick the wifes, while Im learning.

Althoough these skis are old, theyre probably not utter rubbish.

So, do I liberate the Yellow dynastars or the monoski? 😉 🙂 D)
And which will kill me first?

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Old school awesomeness!

Tough call between the k2s and the dynasters

Look like proper length skis too

Memories of omeglass/omesofts and K2 extremes

OOOh, old ski top trumps, Volkl RSX the pink ones with speckled bases, 205cm.. or the Dynastar Vertical which my dad had mmmm they were the business.

had a few monoskis lessons on that model a few years ago .

Look like proper length skis too

The days when length was more important than width!

Didn't you try to hold your skis higher in the cable car queue Cap'n? Look at my 210s 😉

70s classics - atomic arc, blizzard firebird, stenmarks élan. Any others before the 80s?

Dynamic vr17 and vr27 were racers favourite .

With your forward board stance Stoner, the mono ski should be easy. Go on.

Also, my dad's K2 244's with the wooly jumper he got his mother in-law to knitt, with the stripes to line up with his skis. Smart.
I did have some of the old dynastar, course with the red bobble on the tip, the white ones not the gold ones though.

with the stripes to line up with his skis

Super steezy!

This time of year it's obviously time for experimenting. I will report back in a few weeks then.

Re monoskis, do you ride them like welded skis or badly fitting snowboards?

Needs fluo and steez.
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Although, this may be more your style
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like welded skis , turning by moving your hips.

Monoskis ... what a total fooooking waste of time and effort. Been there done that in the 80's

Worryingly, my best mate's wife is also in Verbier.

I would add in 20 years I have never seen it so quiet, even in 2008-9

Interesting lunch conversation with a guy today, 80 years old and still skiing the resort top to bottom, respect !

Can one telemonski?

Love that first pic flashheart They seem to be saying 'yaaaaaaaaay!'

Why skis ?
Thinking of getting some new ones and they need to be powder friendly (just getting into it so no super fat ones). Am also considering a little bit of touring perhaps with them...
Was thinking Scott the ski or Nordica NRgy90.....any advice/suggestions?
Thanks