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Bet you do. Even if you just read. ;-)
I'll look forward to that as i am considering that region for next season, possibly New Year. It looks beautiful
:shock: You should have got all your cosmetics before you left Iceman, not sure boots have a branch in VT :roll:
Hope you got the number of that nice lady who hit you, never know if you need to make a claim for damages later on :twisted:
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Started by Tony_H in Ski Chatter 11-Jan-2012 - 222 Replies
Far Queue
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
:shock: And now he is ignoring us... Probably out sliding around on some frozen white stuff without thinking about his buddies here on the forum. Given his penchant for posting from a mobile device, I was expecting a run by run report, with the occasional mid run comment :roll:
Lynn_D
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Just back from a fantastic 10 days in the Dolomites (report and photos to follow when I get myself organised...)
I spend way too much time on here but it's great to share in my addiction with other likeminded skiers, hear about everyone's trips and get some excellent advice. I'm looking forward to any reports from the Portes du Soleil (particularly Morzine) as we're going in March.
R.e falling over I've really pushed myself this year and have been confidently skiing (and enjoying) blacks but have managed to stay on my feet despite a few wobbles. Unfortunately when I've fallen in the past I've tended to hurt myself so am a little paranoid about doing so too often. The one exception was completely missing the piste and ending up in a heap in 3ft of powder half way down the Marmolada glacier, which was comical and fortunately not painful! :D
I spend way too much time on here but it's great to share in my addiction with other likeminded skiers, hear about everyone's trips and get some excellent advice. I'm looking forward to any reports from the Portes du Soleil (particularly Morzine) as we're going in March.
R.e falling over I've really pushed myself this year and have been confidently skiing (and enjoying) blacks but have managed to stay on my feet despite a few wobbles. Unfortunately when I've fallen in the past I've tended to hurt myself so am a little paranoid about doing so too often. The one exception was completely missing the piste and ending up in a heap in 3ft of powder half way down the Marmolada glacier, which was comical and fortunately not painful! :D
Snapzzz
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Tony_H wrote:Thats why hes the King!
Put it like this, you wont see me from next Sunday for at least a week.
Phew, I hear admin saying......
Bet you do. Even if you just read. ;-)
Skied: Arinsal, La Plagne, Alpe D'huez, Flaine, Les Arcs, Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz, Sauze, Courchevel, Val Thorens
Snapzzz
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Lynn_D wrote:Just back from a fantastic 10 days in the Dolomites (report and photos to follow when I get myself organised...)
I'll look forward to that as i am considering that region for next season, possibly New Year. It looks beautiful
Iceman
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Guess who is back.....
That wad a hard day, clear blue sky, lovely and chilly, crisp powder snow. A few scary moments, but am excellent day!!
Fell over standing still, or to be more precise a lovely English lady knocked me over sending one ski flying down the slope and me at the top with the tip of the one remaining hitting her on the head.
Good job she had that helmet on
Fantastic day!!
Need some advice on boots, will post elsewhere :)
That wad a hard day, clear blue sky, lovely and chilly, crisp powder snow. A few scary moments, but am excellent day!!
Fell over standing still, or to be more precise a lovely English lady knocked me over sending one ski flying down the slope and me at the top with the tip of the one remaining hitting her on the head.
Good job she had that helmet on
Fantastic day!!
Need some advice on boots, will post elsewhere :)
The Northern Monkey. Jan'23 Les Arcs
Far Queue
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Iceman wrote:
Need some advice on boots :)
:shock: You should have got all your cosmetics before you left Iceman, not sure boots have a branch in VT :roll:
Hope you got the number of that nice lady who hit you, never know if you need to make a claim for damages later on :twisted:
Edited 1 time. Last update at 15-Jan-2012
Snapzzz
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Far Queue wrote:
:shock: You should have got all your cosmetics before you left Iceman, not sure boots have a branch in VT :roll:
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Skied: Arinsal, La Plagne, Alpe D'huez, Flaine, Les Arcs, Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz, Sauze, Courchevel, Val Thorens
Gooseh
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
I just got back (well, yesterday, but I've been sleeping fairly solidly since then) from an amazing 2 week trip to Golden, BC. I went with one friend, and we were staying with his brother who is working his fifth season out there as a ski instructor. Between him and his friends, we managed to ski with someone with excellent local knowledge almost every day of the time we were there.
Kicking horse is one hell of a mountain. Very different from the french super-resorts I've been to so many times, it has one main gondola which takes you from bottom to top. You then choose pretty much whatever route you like down, which might include any combination of narrow chutes, steep trees and bump runs with car-sized moguls. The N. American idea of "in bounds" allows one to stray off piste with a lot less worry about avalanche conditions. Consequently, a resort that looked very small by European standards actually felt more varied than many others I'd visited with 10 times as many lifts.
During the week, the resort is quiet enough that queueing just doesn't happen. The standard of the average skiier there is pretty impressive - I'm used to feeling like one of the better skiiers on the mountain, or at least above average. Here, I did not feel that way. It makes sense though, as it would be a horrible resort for beginner-intermediates - the top half of the mountain is steep, and besides one green motorway which runs down, the pistes are steep too. A majority of them remain unpisted for extended periods.
Skiing with a lot of instructors really brought to my attention how out of date my technique was, too. I was happy carving on nicely pisted runs, but whenever the going got at all tough my technique was bordering on stemming. A few tips to help me get my weight properly down the mountain and a little encouragement to ski more aggressive lines really helped, and allowed me to ski difficult terrain more fluidly.
Enough of an essay from me... I'll finish this up with the (pretty much) the only photo we stopped to take the entire 2 weeks.
Kicking horse is one hell of a mountain. Very different from the french super-resorts I've been to so many times, it has one main gondola which takes you from bottom to top. You then choose pretty much whatever route you like down, which might include any combination of narrow chutes, steep trees and bump runs with car-sized moguls. The N. American idea of "in bounds" allows one to stray off piste with a lot less worry about avalanche conditions. Consequently, a resort that looked very small by European standards actually felt more varied than many others I'd visited with 10 times as many lifts.
During the week, the resort is quiet enough that queueing just doesn't happen. The standard of the average skiier there is pretty impressive - I'm used to feeling like one of the better skiiers on the mountain, or at least above average. Here, I did not feel that way. It makes sense though, as it would be a horrible resort for beginner-intermediates - the top half of the mountain is steep, and besides one green motorway which runs down, the pistes are steep too. A majority of them remain unpisted for extended periods.
Skiing with a lot of instructors really brought to my attention how out of date my technique was, too. I was happy carving on nicely pisted runs, but whenever the going got at all tough my technique was bordering on stemming. A few tips to help me get my weight properly down the mountain and a little encouragement to ski more aggressive lines really helped, and allowed me to ski difficult terrain more fluidly.
Enough of an essay from me... I'll finish this up with the (pretty much) the only photo we stopped to take the entire 2 weeks.
Edited 1 time. Last update at 16-Jan-2012
Topic last updated on 13-February-2012 at 23:16