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I've had a recommendation for a company in Morzine
Cold Fusion? I've used them for Chamonix a couple of times a few years ago now and been happy
... thanks whatnobeer ... I only have to see pictures of snow in BC and it tugs at my heart-strings! 🙂 looks fabulous!
@whatnobeer beautiful ...
@wallop if you mean after Christmas who knows, too early to tell. Morzine/Les Gets are low and conditions are more variable - also the beginners slopes are low at 1000m.
Pyrénées are icy and thin below 1800m at present. We took an eternity to ski down from 1600 to 1400 yesterday. It's not going to improve for as long as the weather forecast is reliable.
Les Gets beginners slopes are a little higher Jamba /Wallop at 1500m and your on grass so minimal cover is ok - but I'd still wait until January for Les Gets.
Cheers folk. We got a lot of new snow, so some terrific riding to be had. Just had to be very careful in the trees and the deep stuff. Unfortunately a poor soul died opening weekend after suffocating in unconsolidated powder 🙁
Pyrénées are icy and thin below 1800m at present. We took an eternity to ski down from 1600 to 1400 yesterday. It's not going to improve for as long as the weather forecast is reliable.
So....Tuesday then
@Buzzard, the long overdue reply re Serre Che.
As others have mentioned, it's a town, then a string of villages along the road. So, broken down in bite size chunks;
Villages
Total beginner - Villeneuve. Easy access to Mickey, right by the village.
Intermediate/Expert - Monetier or Chantemerle. I prefer the latter, as it's easier to get out to to the biggest mix of terrain.
With a non-skier? Stay in Briancon. The lifts out are a little clunky at times, and the pistes back down can be icy, but you're skiing from a town!
If you decide on Chantemerle, which you should, the Rocher des Hameaux Blanc is lovely.
More like next Sunday. In this part of the world the 14 day forecasts are pretty good, especially in December.So....Tuesday then
Which forecast do you use? I went with Meteo France and Yr.no last winter whilst on holiday and was unimpressed with Meteo France, very inaccurate.
Albeit only over two weeks, and in January. Could have just been a bad patch.
Also, Turin is indeed the best flight. A nice quick transfer (Assuming the big old boulder around Monte has been moved by now!)
Speaking of transfers to Serre Chevalier from Turin
LINKBUS-ALPS.COM has some handy departure times.
I may need a few more lessons to ski like this
😯
😯 😆 😯
I have skied that...
a, not in the dark
b, not with so much ice
c, not at mk2
d, without so much shrieking, though it was fun.
e, without a go pro.
Hey Jamba - thanks, I really did mean now, not after Christmas! No bother now though - he can't go anymore 😥
Valley Perdue - it's a lot of fun 🙂
As per DT been down many times (very top is lovely easy off-piste / slack country). Not at mach 2, not in the dark, not with all the kickers etc
There's not much snown in that vid - the bottom section looks scarier than the top!
Brave or bonkers, I'm not sure which, some pretty tight gaps through the rocks there!
Absolute madness, as usual from Taillefer. Here's that daytime version from a while back to compare
Wallop, think the date stamp was April, so hardly surprising.
Wow....there are some total nutters around aren't there! 😯
Is there such a thing as a snowboard magazine in the UK. Been looking in the usual places and can't find anything.
Whitelines stopped printing only a year or so ago, but exist online.
You can still get Onboard, I think
Just bought a new jacket online from TK Maxxxxx . Anyone had one , seen one , tried one on?
Its an O'Neill Jeremy Jones Schoeller Shell
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£70 , which seems silly cheap. As far as I can tell its a reasonable spec fabric , with what appears to be a slightly longer length body than alot of shells which are 4" shorter than the arms.
I wouldn't expect it to be water resistant / water proof. it will be breathable.
As a general rule, if the blurb says
"highly breathable" = not waterproof
If it says "highly water proof" = sweaty, not breathable.
Schoeller make some great fabrics. And some shit ones.
HTH.
Schoeller C - Change . Their product to rival Gore- Tex .
Schoeller C-Change
But there are some other technologies also competing with Gore Tex, namely Schoeller C-Change out of Switzerland. This is also based on the same technology – a polymer membrane. The C-change story though is based on weather changes, as you heat up, the pores ‘open’ , enough for a water vapor, but not droplets. When you’re inactive, or if its cooler, the pores ‘close’ to keep heat in. This model is based on nature, for example a pinecone. As it sun hits it, it opens up, during cooler weather, it stays closed. Many have found this technology preferable over GORE-TEX as it tends to be more breathable, and offers stretch, for a more flexible comfortable fit. Schoeller C-change fabrics can be found with Mammut, Perfect Moment, and KJUS.
10k /10k rated . Whatever that means and DWR , snowskirt . We will see when it rocks up in a few days .
10k will refer to the waterproof rating
To be fair I may have been a bit hasty.
10k/10k is low....
Sorry!
Does it look all of teh sexeh, though?
im off to morocco at xmas...might check out theyre resort whilst im bimbling about...anyone been?
10k/10k is the best I've ever had. Cold blooded though.
Fruit booting is back!
Experts, eh?
that still looks like Val d'Isere, Grand Pré piste. I'm going to have to watch the video now to check
Nope. Fierberbrunn.
Olympic sport in ... Um .....
SKIRESORT.INFO im off to morocco at xmas...might check out theyre resort whilst im bimbling about...anyone been?
We tried but couldn't get up there as road was a total jam, first snow of the season (mid Jan) and it was the weekend. Had wanted to ski a few runs. Turned back half maybe 4km from resort, cars on way down said car park was full so no stopping anyway. Will dig out some photos, quite cool to see the white snow against the dusty red rock and the locals having fun throwing snowballs ! Definitely spend time in the mountains, beautiful and less of an attack on the senses (patience) that is Marrakech. Private car and driver is cheap, the slightiy cheesy touristy stop at a locals house for mint tea was surpringly wonderful, slight chill in the air looking over a valley with red mountains, a ribbon of green by the river and apple orchards.
Fieberbrunn? I'll be skiing there in two weeks time.
Are those boots just like... http://sleddogs.com they're used on the celebrity death trap that is Channel 4's The Jump. We went to a Crashed Ice race last year and they had a stall there, didn't see anyone buy any.
Well, me and the bump (and the husband) are off to Tignes tomorrow and we can't wait! Got a great deal on what looks like a fantastic chalet, so hopefully it works out fine.
Can I ask a quick question about skis? Despite having skied since I was 4, I have no idea about what sort of ski I need to ask for in the hire shop. I learned on long narrow skis (the last pair I owned were 185cm - I'm 165cm tall!) and have never quite got to grips with the "new" technology skis.
The only pair of hire skis that I've properly got on with were Salomon BBRs. All the others have felt unstable, like I can't put much weight through them when turning. I pretty much ski exclusively on groomed pistes, and have tended to go late in the season in changeable conditions (although obviously am going early this year). I feel like most skis try to "knock" together when I'm turning on hard snow, and feel unstable at speed. The BBRs were great for doing long sweeping turns on the piste.
I've booked fairly high end skis at the local hire shop but, in my experience, there's usually the chance to guide the shop-people to what I want. Any suggestions on what I should be saying to them?
Tell them what you've said above, basically. Your skis probalby fel like they're "knocking" as you;re skiing old school with your knees and ankles as tight as possible - with the new style waisted skies (especially as you get fatter and fatter underfoot) you do need to widen your stance a bit so perhaps consider an hour or two with a private instructor to work on how you can adapt your technique
Stewart Woodward is a british ski instructor with the ESF in Tignes, he posts regularly on Snowheads (like STW for snowsports but a bit more well behaved - worth asking there too perhaps) and seems to be well regarded. He was very helpful when we had a chat with him in the bar one evening, though we didn't get instruction on that trip
Cheers. Do you think there's a particular property of the skis that I should be looking for (width/camber/rocker/length/weight) or do you think it's mainly down to my 80s style of skiing?
Have thought about doing some private lessons in the past (last did an ESF lesson aged 14) but will probably give it a miss this year due to the pregnancy. Next year!
Well this is depressing. We're going to a ski resort this weekend on a work jolly and we've only packed our hiking boots.. That's a first for early December..
The webcam isn't looking good...
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Had 5 cheeky days in Maria Alm, most of the pistes are open and the conditions are ace really.
Until yesterday I was the only snowboarder in the resort I think.
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That is what is known as 'millionaire's snowboarding"