soooo excited

zobo we had a great time at this hotel, its comfortable, warm and welcoming, its was good having the use of the pool and sauna after skiing. the hotel is about a 6-7min walk to the slopes and we were able to leave our skis and boots at the hire shop just to the side of the slope. meals were taken at allocated tables according to party size, breakfast is buffet style with a good choice of hot food, fruit, toast, coffee etc, dinner was chosen from a menu given out the evening before. we were in the red ski school which is rated well on this site. Rudi was my instructor and he made sure everyone had a good time and he had endless patience. towards the end of the week the instructors organise fun races (for a small fee) and every one who takes part gets a medal. The prizegiving is in the evening at hotel just up the road nearly everyone turns up and has a fantaststic time. We went at the end of March last year and it snowed most days it was like a winter wonderland. I,ve just counted how many sleeps 54!!! oh roll on. i hope this info helps have great time.

thats alright then. i just wanna be able have a try my self and not spend all day every day in a lesson. and i think pace would be more of a start / fall pace :)

Sm4sh wrote:i just dont wanna wait a year to start skiing :cry:

Then don't!

I think that, as your holiday is a year away, you'd benefit from a snow slope. Have some lessons and once you can link your turns you can go and get lots of practice on the slope, particularly during the summer when it's empty. You can then book yourself into the next level of classes in resort (they'll move you up or down accordingly). It's better than spending a day side stepping up a little slope, you'll be WELL past that bit if you can get down one of the snow slopes which are generally green/blue and then, once you're on your holiday, you'll see a lot more of the mountain :thumbup:

yh ill have to look into it. would be good to see more of the place. do the people that teach you take you up the slopes or do you just stay at the bottom doing ya side steps :lol:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Skiing/dp/002861965X

This might be a good buy for you.

ay i might buy that. might have some good information init for me

sm4sh wrote:do the people that teach you take you up the slopes or do you just stay at the bottom doing ya side steps :lol:

at the very beginning you won't go further than a few metres but the instructor will always be close by.
a word of warning, the first day is exhausting :shock:

Word of warning, the first 3 days are hell. But dont give up, it is worth it in the end.
Dont plan on going out drinking either, or you may die the next morning.