Hello, hello, hello...What's been going on here then? have I been missing a big love in?
I do pop in from time to time but haven't posted much lately. I have been here 6 weeks now and the skiing is still fab although it's getting a little icey in places.
There is more snow forecast for the end of the week and the £ is becomming stronger - Happy days.
I don't fall very often and when I do it is usually a silly fall whilst standing still waiting for someone etc But I did have a rather spectacular fall last week, which involved lots of speed on an empty freshly groomed piste (at 9am on my way to work) and the sudden appearance of snow cannon snow. I was swiftly ejected from my skis, did a summersault and finished with a face plant. I then had to retrieve my skis, hat, goggles and poles. Fortunately there was no damage done and I was not late for work as a result.
I have met a few j2skiers and they have all been lovely. We have just spent two weeks with a j2ski couple and that will be our third holiday with them. We are also looking forward to skiing and beering with the Wickhams in the next couple of days.
Anyone else coming to the PDS this season?
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Nelly, i had real problems finding something for February, i think demand is quite high this year because of the great snowfall. Maybe worth committing to something pretty soon. I wanted to go to Avoriaz but found nothing with the TO's for a while.
Shame.
When i spoke to Iglu the guy told me they had 50 operators taking calls and the phones have been red hot for weeks now.
Great trip report Gooseh! Your photo is great. :)
Sounds like you had a great time and are very lucky to have skied so much with instructors from the area. Kicking horse is a great place to work on your skills, since there is very little traffic and a huge variety of terrain. We were there in december. The resort has built a great new beginners area with a new huge magic carpet. With the wide open gentle slopes accessed from the catamount chair it is now possibly one of the best places to learn in the Canadian Rockies.
It is one of my favourite resorts. I can't wait to go back in a couple of weeks.
Go Iceman, Go Iceman, Go!!!!!!!!! :thumbup:
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Started by Tony_H in Ski Chatter 11-Jan-2012 - 222 Replies
Snowb4ndit
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Take Life With A Pinch Of Salt... A Wedge Of Lime, & A Shot Of Tequila :-)
NellyPS
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Oh hello, yes lots of big love on here thanks to TH who will be very much missed next week.
We are still planning our March trip, hoping to book in a couple of weeks, have found a few places in Avoriaz so you never know! :)
We are still planning our March trip, hoping to book in a couple of weeks, have found a few places in Avoriaz so you never know! :)
Snapzzz
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
NellyPS wrote:Oh hello, yes lots of big love on here thanks to TH who will be very much missed next week.
We are still planning our March trip, hoping to book in a couple of weeks, have found a few places in Avoriaz so you never know! :)
Nelly, i had real problems finding something for February, i think demand is quite high this year because of the great snowfall. Maybe worth committing to something pretty soon. I wanted to go to Avoriaz but found nothing with the TO's for a while.
Shame.
When i spoke to Iglu the guy told me they had 50 operators taking calls and the phones have been red hot for weeks now.
Skied: Arinsal, La Plagne, Alpe D'huez, Flaine, Les Arcs, Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz, Sauze, Courchevel, Val Thorens
NellyPS
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Thanks Snapzzz, I have my eye on a few things so will hopefully book something very soon!
Tony_H
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Feeling the love NelsterNellyPS wrote:Oh hello, yes lots of big love on here thanks to TH who will be very much missed next week.
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Steverandomno
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Gooseh wrote: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, too.
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 te :) chnique 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.
Great trip report Gooseh! Your photo is great. :)
Sounds like you had a great time and are very lucky to have skied so much with instructors from the area. Kicking horse is a great place to work on your skills, since there is very little traffic and a huge variety of terrain. We were there in december. The resort has built a great new beginners area with a new huge magic carpet. With the wide open gentle slopes accessed from the catamount chair it is now possibly one of the best places to learn in the Canadian Rockies.
It is one of my favourite resorts. I can't wait to go back in a couple of weeks.
Iceman
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Not wanting to let you down. Here is mid day post. Just done a tasty black followed by few reds cruising. Now meribel for Vin chaud
Hard life!!
Hard life!!
The Northern Monkey. Jan'23 Les Arcs
Andyoneil
reply to 'J2ski crowd' posted Jan-2012
Iceman wrote:Not wanting to let you down. Here is mid day post. Just done a tasty black followed by few reds cruising. Now meribel for Vin chaud
Hard life!!
Go Iceman, Go Iceman, Go!!!!!!!!! :thumbup:
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