1st Time At Hemel

I skied Hemel for the first time today. The snow is better than the MK stuff I reckon, though the uplift seems to have the same reliability issues. Whilst I was there 1 Poma broke down 3 times in an hour, and the tracks for the uplift seem to have the same rutting problems that MK has. There were 2/3 guys filling in the snow ruts all the time.

On the plus side, the lockers do not eat your £1, and there is free parking The hire skis seem fairly good quality. :D

On the minus side, it is a smaller slope than MK, there are insufficient changing cubicles, and they do not have any hooks for hanging up your clothes :roll: and the service in the cafe upstairs was so poor that I walked out. It would be interesting to see it crowded. I would have got a can from a vending machine in the entrance, but that machine was being repaired.

If you take the hire skis, be aware that they seem to issue them based on your height - less some. Mine came up to my chin, my expression must have been quite interesting :lol:

As for the claims that the snow is fluffy powder, Hmmmm, perhaps it is sometimes )

Sounds rubbish

I am off there tomorrow for the 1st time with 5 others of mixed ability's so will be interesting to get their opinions

I hope by going tomorrow you can avoid another large group of small schoolchildren which descended on the changing area at noon today :shock:

It all seems a bit small scale, small slope, small set up, it looks as if it could get crowded and £20 per hour........ so for my lot to go for an hour would cost the princely some of £58, plus petrol, too expensive there sending the sport the same way as tennis, elitist :evil:

Wickers, if you want a big indoor slope, you need to cross the channel.

http://www.snowworld.com/Ski_Slopes/Landgraaf

bandit wrote:Wickers, if you want a big indoor slope, you need to cross the channel.

http://www.snowworld.com/Ski_Slopes/Landgraaf

Thanks for that and the price is €46 for four hours, we really are a small thinking nation if there was not so much poverty in the world I would call us a third world nation ............ but I'm not surprised :evil:

Hemel looks similar to Chill Factore, The place in Holland looks worth a try - we are only two hours from Hull! Wickers the 46 Euros includes Tea Coffee and a Barbeque - not bad really...