Who is going skiing and where 2015?
Discussion
NorthDave said:
I'll be doing the season in Morzine again. Can't wait! Started making arrangements with various friends to come and visit.
Don't really need them but started browsing new skis.....
Someone told me the gulf stream is looking like it is going to be favourable so the season should be a good one!
Do you leave the day to day (on what I'm assuming is your business in your profile?) to someone else when you do a season? Just working out how I can manage this myself at some point...Don't really need them but started browsing new skis.....
Someone told me the gulf stream is looking like it is going to be favourable so the season should be a good one!
ETA - I'll be in Les Gets in March this year.
Edited by OllyMo on Friday 12th September 15:30
Just had these delivered today...
Morzine from January 10th with mates, 3rd year in a row.
As soon as I know what my work schedule will be like, me and the missus will be booking up for Hinterglemm - very keen to get back to some decent apres ski and not get ripped off on the piste. Having said that, we had a hoot last year at la folie douce in Meribel.
Might be able to squeeze a third week in if the various family members pull their fingers out and come good with their promises - probably self catering with nephews in somewhere like andorra or italy.
Missus is getting new skis for Christmas, so she's already excited about the ski circus around Saalbach / Hinterglemm.
As soon as I know what my work schedule will be like, me and the missus will be booking up for Hinterglemm - very keen to get back to some decent apres ski and not get ripped off on the piste. Having said that, we had a hoot last year at la folie douce in Meribel.
Might be able to squeeze a third week in if the various family members pull their fingers out and come good with their promises - probably self catering with nephews in somewhere like andorra or italy.
Missus is getting new skis for Christmas, so she's already excited about the ski circus around Saalbach / Hinterglemm.
bozzy101 said:
I'm fancying doing a weekend snowboarding somewhere next year but want to do it cheap and stay in a hostel, the problem being I have no idea where to go! Anyone on here been anywhere they can suggest?
http://www.loftbourg.com/Fly to Geneva, bus to bourg (20 euros). This place is a 10 minute walk from then funi that takes you up into Les Arcs. And I can get you some cheap snowboard hire!
timlongs said:
bozzy101 said:
I'm fancying doing a weekend snowboarding somewhere next year but want to do it cheap and stay in a hostel, the problem being I have no idea where to go! Anyone on here been anywhere they can suggest?
http://www.loftbourg.com/Fly to Geneva, bus to bourg (20 euros). This place is a 10 minute walk from then funi that takes you up into Les Arcs. And I can get you some cheap snowboard hire!
bozzy101 said:
timlongs said:
bozzy101 said:
I'm fancying doing a weekend snowboarding somewhere next year but want to do it cheap and stay in a hostel, the problem being I have no idea where to go! Anyone on here been anywhere they can suggest?
http://www.loftbourg.com/Fly to Geneva, bus to bourg (20 euros). This place is a 10 minute walk from then funi that takes you up into Les Arcs. And I can get you some cheap snowboard hire!
timlongs said:
bozzy101 said:
timlongs said:
bozzy101 said:
I'm fancying doing a weekend snowboarding somewhere next year but want to do it cheap and stay in a hostel, the problem being I have no idea where to go! Anyone on here been anywhere they can suggest?
http://www.loftbourg.com/Fly to Geneva, bus to bourg (20 euros). This place is a 10 minute walk from then funi that takes you up into Les Arcs. And I can get you some cheap snowboard hire!
Will probably be returning to Salbaach/Hinterglemm again this year. We go end of Jan and were lucky with the snow as it was so warm last year.
Who do most people book with? Crystal, inghams, etc. seem to have the same hotels and resorts whereas there are a lot more areas to ski in Austria than they feature. Do a lot of people do their own fly-drive?
Who do most people book with? Crystal, inghams, etc. seem to have the same hotels and resorts whereas there are a lot more areas to ski in Austria than they feature. Do a lot of people do their own fly-drive?
Just booked for Morzine for the first week in February. Staying at Chalet Scandinavia.
I've never been skiing before (not even tried it) so whilst i'm very excited, i'm also a bit nervous about learning.
I'm going to get some lessons booked at Chill Factore over the coming months and see how I get on.
Can anyone recommend a decent ski school in Morzine though? I've seen one online (BASS) which is based there and has english instructors. They looked ok? Also, would you recommend that I get myself booked in to ski school whilst there - it's £175 for 4 mornings, 2 hours a morning. Seems ok to me?
I've never been skiing before (not even tried it) so whilst i'm very excited, i'm also a bit nervous about learning.
I'm going to get some lessons booked at Chill Factore over the coming months and see how I get on.
Can anyone recommend a decent ski school in Morzine though? I've seen one online (BASS) which is based there and has english instructors. They looked ok? Also, would you recommend that I get myself booked in to ski school whilst there - it's £175 for 4 mornings, 2 hours a morning. Seems ok to me?
It's an old friend of my wife's that runs BASS, so I'm likely to be slightly biased! However, the BASS classes seemed to have a lot less people in them than the French crocodiles. Any ESF school will have good English speaking instructors so don't let that be a factor, it's just that the BASS ones will be more likely to be Brits or colonies.
As for classes vs 1:1 lessons, it's down to your personal preference. Are you there on your own? Want the social crack of being in with a group of people? Are you going with a group of your own? You'll learn quicker and better 1:1 but it's obviously more expensive.
Highly highly recommend spending a few days at one of the snowdomes near to you so that you can at least get the basics sorted of how to put your kit on properly, how to use drag lifts and how to snowplough before you get out to some proper snow. You'll be able to make so much more progress so much quicker doing it that way and the costs should be about the same anyway.
As for classes vs 1:1 lessons, it's down to your personal preference. Are you there on your own? Want the social crack of being in with a group of people? Are you going with a group of your own? You'll learn quicker and better 1:1 but it's obviously more expensive.
Highly highly recommend spending a few days at one of the snowdomes near to you so that you can at least get the basics sorted of how to put your kit on properly, how to use drag lifts and how to snowplough before you get out to some proper snow. You'll be able to make so much more progress so much quicker doing it that way and the costs should be about the same anyway.
awooga said:
It's an old friend of my wife's that runs BASS, so I'm likely to be slightly biased! However, the BASS classes seemed to have a lot less people in them than the French crocodiles. Any ESF school will have good English speaking instructors so don't let that be a factor, it's just that the BASS ones will be more likely to be Brits or colonies.
As for classes vs 1:1 lessons, it's down to your personal preference. Are you there on your own? Want the social crack of being in with a group of people? Are you going with a group of your own? You'll learn quicker and better 1:1 but it's obviously more expensive.
Highly highly recommend spending a few days at one of the snowdomes near to you so that you can at least get the basics sorted of how to put your kit on properly, how to use drag lifts and how to snowplough before you get out to some proper snow. You'll be able to make so much more progress so much quicker doing it that way and the costs should be about the same anyway.
Great - thanks.As for classes vs 1:1 lessons, it's down to your personal preference. Are you there on your own? Want the social crack of being in with a group of people? Are you going with a group of your own? You'll learn quicker and better 1:1 but it's obviously more expensive.
Highly highly recommend spending a few days at one of the snowdomes near to you so that you can at least get the basics sorted of how to put your kit on properly, how to use drag lifts and how to snowplough before you get out to some proper snow. You'll be able to make so much more progress so much quicker doing it that way and the costs should be about the same anyway.
There's 6 of us going but the other 5 are all decent skiers/boarders so they won't need any lessons. So....i'll be in the lessons on my own for the 2 hours in the morning but will be meeting them after the lessons to hit the slopes with them. That way, I won't interfere too much with their decent ski sessions and they won't feel they have to hang around and wait for me while I fall over a lot. It seems like a good compromise.
Need to get a ski jacket/trousers sorted and then book those lessons I reckon.
Quick question though - is it better to learn all in one day (i.e. an 8 hour lesson) or would you recommend 3 or 4, 2 hour lessons over a few weeks?
Learning To Ski
1. I'd always say ski school over individual lessons for the first 2 weeks on skis. There's not really THAT much to learn but it takes a lot of practice and you might as well share the cost of someone telling you; to 'bend your knees', not to 'sit on your skis' and to 'get your weight over the front of the skis' with some other people. It's also good to be with other people in the same boat.
2. Dress warmer than you think you need to and warmer than your skiing friends. They will be on the move most of the time so generating heat and keeping warm. In ski school, and even private beginner lessions you will spent a lot of time standing around listening/watching others and even when you are on the move it's not going to be that arobic to start with. Being cold won't make it any more fun.
3. Learning to ski starts in the hire shop, not on the slope. If you're boots don't fit well they will hamper your skiing and slow your rate of improvement. Too loose and you won't have full control off the skis so won't trust and commit to them. Too tight and they will hurt so you won't move correctly and make the skis work.
- Open all the clips and slide your foot in. Stand up and rock backwards and forwards on to your heals. The idea here is to get your heal correctly located in the back of the boot.
- Toe clips come next but should be secure, not tight. You should be able to flick them open with your index finger. Go tighter and all you do is restrict blood flow to your toes => cold toes.
- The 2 calf clips should be tight but not painfully so.
- With everything done up rock forward in your boots. You heal shouldn't lift.
If your heal lifts/they are painfully tight/etc ask for a different pair!
If you find your heal lifts or they are painful out on the slopes go back to the hire shop and ask for a different pair!
4. Don't go for the cheapest hire skis because you're a beginner so better skis would be wasted/a waste or money. In general (though sadly not always) the more you pay the newer and better condition the skis will be in - and as a beginner a really good set of edges will give you so much more faith in the skis...and when you trust the skis you commit over the fronts more and they work even better.
1. I'd always say ski school over individual lessons for the first 2 weeks on skis. There's not really THAT much to learn but it takes a lot of practice and you might as well share the cost of someone telling you; to 'bend your knees', not to 'sit on your skis' and to 'get your weight over the front of the skis' with some other people. It's also good to be with other people in the same boat.
2. Dress warmer than you think you need to and warmer than your skiing friends. They will be on the move most of the time so generating heat and keeping warm. In ski school, and even private beginner lessions you will spent a lot of time standing around listening/watching others and even when you are on the move it's not going to be that arobic to start with. Being cold won't make it any more fun.
3. Learning to ski starts in the hire shop, not on the slope. If you're boots don't fit well they will hamper your skiing and slow your rate of improvement. Too loose and you won't have full control off the skis so won't trust and commit to them. Too tight and they will hurt so you won't move correctly and make the skis work.
- Open all the clips and slide your foot in. Stand up and rock backwards and forwards on to your heals. The idea here is to get your heal correctly located in the back of the boot.
- Toe clips come next but should be secure, not tight. You should be able to flick them open with your index finger. Go tighter and all you do is restrict blood flow to your toes => cold toes.
- The 2 calf clips should be tight but not painfully so.
- With everything done up rock forward in your boots. You heal shouldn't lift.
If your heal lifts/they are painfully tight/etc ask for a different pair!
If you find your heal lifts or they are painful out on the slopes go back to the hire shop and ask for a different pair!
4. Don't go for the cheapest hire skis because you're a beginner so better skis would be wasted/a waste or money. In general (though sadly not always) the more you pay the newer and better condition the skis will be in - and as a beginner a really good set of edges will give you so much more faith in the skis...and when you trust the skis you commit over the fronts more and they work even better.
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