Who is going skiing and where in 2016
Discussion
Been dreaming of La Grave, although it looks a bit dicey at the mo'.
lemmingjames said:
Ive got the pure 3s in them already. Somebody else on here has them as well and thought it could have been you.
How long are you testing skis for?
I'm out for a week testing the Meiers, other stuff and doing the photos and video stuff I want to get done. I'll be out for 3 weeks in March but I'm as yet unsure what kit I may have on that trip. How long are you testing skis for?
JQ said:
Welshbeef said:
JQ said:
Was in Saalbach this time last week and will be in Morzine 2 weeks today, can't wait.
How do you manage to get the time off work / unless your a well built company director 
Snow in Zermatt last week was good towards the end (Especially Friday after a big dump), but the area was, we thought, a bit dull, although the Matterhorn is a great looking mountain.
We'd already decided we'd not bother returning when my wife sadly managed to break her knee (ICL pulled off some bone and is now detached and in a brace) on Thursday (as she finished her last run of the day), so that rather ruined her holiday.
On the positive side, the Skiworld rep was excellent, the local doctor helpful and Insureandgo Travel insurance very good at arranging our return trip.
M.
We'd already decided we'd not bother returning when my wife sadly managed to break her knee (ICL pulled off some bone and is now detached and in a brace) on Thursday (as she finished her last run of the day), so that rather ruined her holiday.
On the positive side, the Skiworld rep was excellent, the local doctor helpful and Insureandgo Travel insurance very good at arranging our return trip.
M.
Welshbeef said:
JQ said:
Welshbeef said:
JQ said:
Was in Saalbach this time last week and will be in Morzine 2 weeks today, can't wait.
How do you manage to get the time off work / unless your a well built company director marcosgt said:
Snow in Zermatt last week was good towards the end (Especially Friday after a big dump), but the area was, we thought, a bit dull, although the Matterhorn is a great looking mountain.
We'd already decided we'd not bother returning when my wife sadly managed to break her knee (ICL pulled off some bone and is now detached and in a brace) on Thursday (as she finished her last run of the day), so that rather ruined her holiday.
On the positive side, the Skiworld rep was excellent, the local doctor helpful and Insureandgo Travel insurance very good at arranging our return trip.
M.
Sorry to hear about your wife. Did you ski the Cervinia side?We'd already decided we'd not bother returning when my wife sadly managed to break her knee (ICL pulled off some bone and is now detached and in a brace) on Thursday (as she finished her last run of the day), so that rather ruined her holiday.
On the positive side, the Skiworld rep was excellent, the local doctor helpful and Insureandgo Travel insurance very good at arranging our return trip.
M.
popeyewhite said:
Sorry to hear about your wife. Did you ski the Cervinia side?
Yes, one day. To be honest, the skiing seemed even duller there, but the food was a lot cheaper! This was on the Tuesday and the snow was a little better (softer) than in Zermatt.Lunch stop in Cervinia.
M.
Edited by marcosgt on Tuesday 9th February 23:55
feef said:
Welshbeef said:
JQ said:
Welshbeef said:
JQ said:
Was in Saalbach this time last week and will be in Morzine 2 weeks today, can't wait.
How do you manage to get the time off work / unless your a well built company director I get a generous amount of annual leave, plus the opportunity to bank credit time. I guess it depends on priorities, sacrificing holidays at other times of the year for most.
Just a word of warning for anyone thinking of flying to Chambery with Jet2 - DON'T.
We came back from the 3 valleys on Sunday just gone and endured a 27 hour delay, they finally agreed to put us in a hotel after being checked in and out twice, put on coaches then taken off. Their communication in the airport was dreadful, luggage left on the runway was wet through. They finally bussed us over to Geneva and flew us home from there.
The excuse was bad weather, but for some reason every other flight manged to land / take off, visibility was at times poor but...........
I will never use that airport or carrier again, lessons learned!
We came back from the 3 valleys on Sunday just gone and endured a 27 hour delay, they finally agreed to put us in a hotel after being checked in and out twice, put on coaches then taken off. Their communication in the airport was dreadful, luggage left on the runway was wet through. They finally bussed us over to Geneva and flew us home from there.
The excuse was bad weather, but for some reason every other flight manged to land / take off, visibility was at times poor but...........
I will never use that airport or carrier again, lessons learned!
shunt said:
Just a word of warning for anyone thinking of flying to Chambery with Jet2 - DON'T.
We came back from the 3 valleys on Sunday just gone and endured a 27 hour delay, they finally agreed to put us in a hotel after being checked in and out twice, put on coaches then taken off. Their communication in the airport was dreadful, luggage left on the runway was wet through. They finally bussed us over to Geneva and flew us home from there.
The excuse was bad weather, but for some reason every other flight manged to land / take off, visibility was at times poor but...........
I will never use that airport or carrier again, lessons learned!
Very interesting as on Saturday i had an 0935 flight from Chambery to Birmingham and had a 9 hour delay. Admittedly this was due to fog, which was just bad luck but i agree the airport is shocking - undersized, very poor facilities and shocking communications.We came back from the 3 valleys on Sunday just gone and endured a 27 hour delay, they finally agreed to put us in a hotel after being checked in and out twice, put on coaches then taken off. Their communication in the airport was dreadful, luggage left on the runway was wet through. They finally bussed us over to Geneva and flew us home from there.
The excuse was bad weather, but for some reason every other flight manged to land / take off, visibility was at times poor but...........
I will never use that airport or carrier again, lessons learned!
Our Inghams rep kept us in the loop as best he could but the whole place was chaos. We were checked in and out twice too - i think this would be the airport/air traffic control rather than the operator though.
I vowed to my missus that i will never fly in or our of Chambery again. Driving next time or flying to Geneva/Lyon and hire car from there, take an extra day if we have to.
five5 said:
The weather looks interesting for anyone driving down to the French Alps this Friday/Saturday. 70cm+ of snow forecast across those two days 
Yes indeed. I've been keeping an eye over the past few days and Saturday's forecast has ranged from 7cm to 30cm...either way, it looks like there's going to be something to keep us entertained.I'm sure the XC90 with chains will cope fine, it's the rest of the imbeciles on the road that worry me...
craig1912 said:
Flown to Chambrey many times and had no problems- always from Southampton with Flybe.
Flying there at Easter with Germania.
Same here, but flew from MAN.Flying there at Easter with Germania.
It used to be a quiet regional airport that not many carriers used - Geneva being more convenient and established. Since Geneva put prices up and made life not so easy for all the coaches the carriers have descended en masse on cheaper Chambery and it is not designed for this volume of traffic. People should blame the greedy carriers for any inconvenience, not Chambery.
five5 said:
The weather looks interesting for anyone driving down to the French Alps this Friday/Saturday. 70cm+ of snow forecast across those two days
Oh hurrah!Glad I've got my snow-tyres on and chains in the boot, just in case
Last time it fell like that, it took 11 hrs to get from Dijon to Avoriaz (27th dec 2015)
ColdoRS said:
Very interesting as on Saturday i had an 0935 flight from Chambery to Birmingham and had a 9 hour delay. Admittedly this was due to fog, which was just bad luck but i agree the airport is shocking - undersized, very poor facilities and shocking communications.
Our Inghams rep kept us in the loop as best he could but the whole place was chaos. We were checked in and out twice too - i think this would be the airport/air traffic control rather than the operator though.
I vowed to my missus that i will never fly in or our of Chambery again. Driving next time or flying to Geneva/Lyon and hire car from there, take an extra day if we have to.
My sister was flying back to Southampton on the same day and her flight arrived and left without incident, it was a smaller plane but..........Our Inghams rep kept us in the loop as best he could but the whole place was chaos. We were checked in and out twice too - i think this would be the airport/air traffic control rather than the operator though.
I vowed to my missus that i will never fly in or our of Chambery again. Driving next time or flying to Geneva/Lyon and hire car from there, take an extra day if we have to.
Speaking to the Jet 2 guy in the airport he said Saturday had been mayhem. 40 flights in and out the first of which had only arrived at 2pm, with all the others landing shortly afterwards meaning the airport just couldn't handle the passenger traffic. He said he'd had people swearing and spitting at him! He'd eventually had to involve the French armed police to contain the situation. As he'd done on Sunday before he announced we would be spending the night there. Some of the mob were ready for lynching him, they soon calmed down when the armed police arrived, I felt quite sorry for him as it was hardly his fault.
I've had bad experiences there before but never like we had on Sunday. Never again especially as this time we had a 14 month old child with us.
shunt said:
ColdoRS said:
Very interesting as on Saturday i had an 0935 flight from Chambery to Birmingham and had a 9 hour delay. Admittedly this was due to fog, which was just bad luck but i agree the airport is shocking - undersized, very poor facilities and shocking communications.
Our Inghams rep kept us in the loop as best he could but the whole place was chaos. We were checked in and out twice too - i think this would be the airport/air traffic control rather than the operator though.
I vowed to my missus that i will never fly in or our of Chambery again. Driving next time or flying to Geneva/Lyon and hire car from there, take an extra day if we have to.
My sister was flying back to Southampton on the same day and her flight arrived and left without incident, it was a smaller plane but..........Our Inghams rep kept us in the loop as best he could but the whole place was chaos. We were checked in and out twice too - i think this would be the airport/air traffic control rather than the operator though.
I vowed to my missus that i will never fly in or our of Chambery again. Driving next time or flying to Geneva/Lyon and hire car from there, take an extra day if we have to.
Speaking to the Jet 2 guy in the airport he said Saturday had been mayhem. 40 flights in and out the first of which had only arrived at 2pm, with all the others landing shortly afterwards meaning the airport just couldn't handle the passenger traffic. He said he'd had people swearing and spitting at him! He'd eventually had to involve the French armed police to contain the situation. As he'd done on Sunday before he announced we would be spending the night there. Some of the mob were ready for lynching him, they soon calmed down when the armed police arrived, I felt quite sorry for him as it was hardly his fault.
I've had bad experiences there before but never like we had on Sunday. Never again especially as this time we had a 14 month old child with us.
Other flights had been landing and taking off but it is down to the Captain to decide if it was worth it. Thomson clearly errs on the side of caution as other carriers got it down but they all diverted instead.
When we got to Lyon after midnight, were checked in again and told to keep the Chambery tags on our luggage as they would then go through the system and be rejected so would end up in the 'rejected' bin which would mean they could then be collected and put on the aircraft.
We were all on board minutes before the crews hours ran out and the airport closed then eventually landed at LGW at 5am or something like that. Then a 2 hours drive home in the pissing rain awaited...
From memory I think Chambery is in a valley - the approach is always scenic - but that means it is very susceptible to the weather and there is plenty of that about in the Winter. This means it doesn't take long to cause delays and throw the whole thing in to chaos. The airport itself also struggles to cope with the volume as already mentioned.
However frustrating it may be, there is zero point taking it out on the reps its not their fault and they see it every changeover day. People spitting, etc at. them really isn't on.
Now we go to Austria every year, not to avoid Chambery, but because its cheaper in general and Salzburg (although still small) copes better with the ski traffic.
Edited by KTF on Thursday 11th February 10:36
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