Who is going skiing and where in 2017

[//j17]

Welshbeef said:

//j17 said:

Welshbeef said:

When is the next big dump expected in Europe?

As it stands - Jan/Feb.

Seriously? Potentially 8 weeks until it snows again???

No, not seriously. Just off for my first week on Sunday and facing more green than white on the webcams

[NRS]

Register1 said:

Oslo.
Winter Park.
Middle of February for a week.

R1

Have you done skiing before? It would probably be better to travel out of Oslo to one of the bigger resorts - a week (downhill skiing) will be a long time there if you know how to ski.

[ukbabz]

We've just gone ahead and booked a trip out to Meribel. Was originally hoping VT but for the week we had the accommodation choices were rather limited. A week in the 3 valleys at the end of Feb should be fun (we were there last year in March).

[Steviesam]

I am off to Tignes tomorrow afternoon (driving after work)for four weeks!!!!!

Yipeeee

[Register1]

NRS said:

Register1 said:

Oslo.
Winter Park.
Middle of February for a week.

R1

Have you done skiing before? It would probably be better to travel out of Oslo to one of the bigger resorts - a week (downhill skiing) will be a long time there if you know how to ski.

Not really,

Just playing on the baby slope's.
Will only do 1 day at Vinter Park, and a day at the sledging slope, Korkertrekeren.

We are only going for a bit of fun.

R1

[AOK]

Register1 said:

NRS said:

Register1 said:

Oslo.
Winter Park.
Middle of February for a week.

R1

Have you done skiing before? It would probably be better to travel out of Oslo to one of the bigger resorts - a week (downhill skiing) will be a long time there if you know how to ski.

Not really,

Just playing on the baby slope's.
Will only do 1 day at Vinter Park, and a day at the sledging slope, Korkertrekeren.

We are only going for a bit of fun.

R1

I have a few days to kill in Southern Norway in early Jan and looking into skiing options. Anyone skied Trysil? Any good?

[Welshbeef]

Steviesam said:

I am off to Tignes tomorrow afternoon (driving after work)for four weeks!!!!!

Yipeeee

How do you get all that time off work?

[NRS]

AOK said:

I have a few days to kill in Southern Norway in early Jan and looking into skiing options. Anyone skied Trysil? Any good?

Not skied anything south of Oppdal, but it's a famous resort in Norway so should be good depending on your level. Generally the ski resorts here are not too demanding as the more extreme stuff is generally accessed by ski touring.

Register1 said:

Not really,

Just playing on the baby slope's.
Will only do 1 day at Vinter Park, and a day at the sledging slope, Korkertrekeren.

We are only going for a bit of fun.

R1

Sounds like it should be good for you then!

[p1stonhead]

Tignes and Val D'isre looking fairly good at the moment. I dont think they were this good last year.

[malks222]

yeah lots of resorts getting a reasonable amount of slopes opened up. think this is mainly down to the colder weather than last year. they had a decent dump of snow, mid/late November that got them going (like last year) but its not snowed since. but this years its stayed cold for the majority of the time and allowed lots of snow making, where as last year it got back up into double figures mid December.

weather charts starting to look promising for some changeable weather coming through round about xmas. but I'm not off till mid January so I'm not as nervous as last year (where it was very rough for xmas and new year and then dumped the day before I arrived on the 3rd of jan).

[Marcellus]

I hear that after the floods in Val late November it has been cold but no more rain/snow so Pistes are OK but mainly artificial below 2000m.

[Welshbeef]

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Breaking news BA cabin crew are going on strike over pay and conditions. Dates TBC.
We're flying with BA and I'm fearing we will be hit knowing our luck.

[Jarcy]

Welshbeef said:

Breaking news BA cabin crew are going on strike over pay and conditions. Dates TBC.
We're flying with BA and I'm fearing we will be hit knowing our luck.

Typical...
I fly home from a Germany business trip the day before I fly out to my Verbier holiday.
I chose BA for the business trip because I want to reliably get home in time and not scupper my holiday. My last 2 Lufthansa flights have been cancelled because of industrial action.

[fredt]

Courmayeur, 11th of feb. Can't wait. Ordered new ski-uniform today!

[p1stonhead]

fredt said:

Courmayeur, 11th of feb. Can't wait. Ordered new ski-uniform today!

The neck being all blue is infuriating

[marcosgt]

feef said:

I dunno, Saturdays are usually relatively quiet on the slopes as the vast majority of punters are either arriving or leaving. Sundays aren't TOO bad if you're away from the village and obvious bottlenecks as a lot of the package tour mob are still finding their feet.

Generally true for Saturdays, but if you're in a resort near a big town/city, Sunday's can be mental as the townfolk have a day out.

We used to live in Munich and ski in Austrian/German resorts and we'd usually go Saturday while the locals we're shopping (back then, the shops shut at 13:00 on a Saturday and never opened on a Sunday) and the package tourists were swapping over and it would be almost empty!

Sundays, though, could be incredibly busy, driving down, on the slopes and driving home...

I've seen similar in places close to Geneva and the like.

M

[NRS]

fredt said:

Courmayeur, 11th of feb. Can't wait. Ordered new ski-uniform today!

Nørrona stuff is awesome! I'm pretty sure the 'normal' part of the clothes is as strong as the reinforced part of some other trousers. I only have the trousers/bib - I am not on the skiing level of being allowed a onesie,

[KTF]

NRS said:

Nørrona stuff is awesome! I'm pretty sure the 'normal' part of the clothes is as strong as the reinforced part of some other trousers. I only have the trousers/bib - I am not on the skiing level of being allowed a onesie,

Out of interest I had a look at the Nørrona site to see how much that cost and its a good job I was sitting down at the time!

I would want the orange colour even if it does make me look like someone who has fallen off a boat

[fredt]

NRS said:

Nørrona stuff is awesome! I'm pretty sure the 'normal' part of the clothes is as strong as the reinforced part of some other trousers. I only have the trousers/bib - I am not on the skiing level of being allowed a onesie,

Let me assure you I'm completely breaking the law regarding skiing level and awesomeness of gear!

[fredt]

KTF said:

Out of interest I had a look at the Nørrona site to see how much that cost and its a good job I was sitting down at the time!

I would want the orange colour even if it does make me look like someone who has fallen off a boat

I prefer the more understated colour scheme!