J2Ski group holiday to Tignes January 13th 2013

We do have a "Rustyinn" J2skier, but I have skied with him, and he is way above inter, and has WD40 oozing from his skis..... there is nothing rusty about his skiing!

You're quite right DaveMac, his name isn't Rustyinn :lol:

I'm not too sure exactly how 'rusty' he is, or indeed how long it takes for a skier to become 'rusty'.

I am feeling pretty rusty myself and the last time I skied was April!

I think he may well have some trouble keeping up with the faster members of the group, but that shouldn't be a problem because Bonjour have 2 free ski hosting groups divided into fast/good skiers and those who like lots of coffee stops/less good skiers.

In fact, I'm not too sure which group to put myself in - because I do like my hot chocolate stops!

And, if he finds he's seriously rusty he can always get some lessons with ESF, Ski Evolution or TDC or any of the other ski schools. In fact, according to Tignes.co.uk there are at least 9 ski/board schools in Tignes:

http://www.tignes.co.uk/lessons.htm

There are lots of things to do in Tignes, apart from ski-ing and snowboarding.

Evolution 2 organize all these activities:
http://www.evolution2.com/tignes/en/adventure_winter.htm#husky

(All prices in euros)

Helicopter ride, from 33-199
Huskies, from 60-115
Ice climbing, from 69-89
Ice diving, from 80-100
Ice driving (the one I want to do!), from 50
Paragliding (dual harness), 80
Quads and buggies, from 25-50
Snow mobile, from 20-45
Snow shoes, 50 for half a day
Speed riding, half a day for 95, full day 140.


This is speed riding.


This is the ice driving track in Les Brevieres

Snapzzz wrote:

AllyG wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

AllyG wrote:We now have another J2Skier who is booked to come on holiday to Tignes with us :D

Not Icy is it?
He was looking for somewhere to ski.
:roll:

No, it's not Icy (although he's very welcome of course) :lol:

OOOOOH a mystery.....who is it......Tony?

. Pmsl

As I said on the previous page,we now have another J2Skier who is booked to come on holiday to Tignes with us :D

However, he is looking for a male room mate to share with. He says he doesn't mind whether they are a smoker or non-smoker, and he himself counts as a non-smoker because he smokes very rarely.

Bonjour and I have allocated him room number 14, which is a triple room on the second floor with a balcony (for which he and any potential room mate will have to pay an extra £20 each on top of the basic £399 for the catered accommodation).

If anyone is interested in sharing with him, or is just generally interested in coming with us, would they please send me a pm or post up on here. We have now booked 9 rooms but there are still 6 rooms available at the moment, although these could go at any time to non J2Skiers as we have not booked the whole chalet.

I have also done some checking up on prices. As this is a DIY holiday only the price of the catered accommodation (£399 for 2 people sharing a room) is fixed - the other costs are flexible and variable.

An EasyJet return flight from Gatwick to Geneva leaving on Sunday 13th January and returning on Sunday 20th January in time to meet the chalet transfer coach is now £114 including one bag of luggage.

Return transfers from Geneva to the chalet (organized by the chalet) are £60.

6 days adult Espace Killy (Tignes and Val d'Isere) lift pass costs 235 euros. The lift passes will shortly be available to purchase (October).

Ski hire with the Intersport shop in Les Brevieres currently costs 113 euros for 'black' skis and boots (78 euros for skis only), 106 euros for 'red' skis and boots, and 92 euros for 'blue' skis and boots.

Ski lessons with the ESF in Les Brevieres costs 169 euros for 6 mornings, or 145 euros for 6 afternoons.

The Visa exchange rate yesterday was 1.26 euros to the pound.

Edit
He says he doesn't mind me telling you all his J2Ski name - which is Tiger7.

I've just done some more checking, and it's actually cheaper to fly from Luton to Geneva with Easyjet, rather than from Gatwick, on those dates, at times to meet the transfer bus.

Flight departing Luton Sunday 13th January 10-40 arrives Geneva 13-20.
Flight departing Geneva Sunday 20th January 11-25 arrives Luton 12-05.

Total price = £88-98 with one suitcase, or £138-98 with one suitcase and one snowsports item (like a pair of skis).

EasyJet charge £25 each way for one snowsports item.

And EasyJet also own a very useful bus company, called EasyBus which does incredibly cheap transfers to the London airports (and you don't have to be flying with them to go on this bus).

So, to catch these flights, you could get a bus from Baker Street (they have several pick-up points) at 07-45 to arrive at Luton airport at 08-35 (50 minutes travel time) for the price of £3-99. And there's a return bus departing Luton 12-40 arriving Baker Street 13-45. There seems to be a bus every 20 minutes.

My younger daughter travelled to and from Luton on this bus recently and said it was excellent. The bus arrived at Baker Street on time, and the driver very carefully checked her ticket (to make sure she wasn't supposed to be going to Gatwick or somewhere instead!), it was a very comfortable bus, and it arrived on time at Luton. And ditto on the return journey.

You print out the ticket on the internet, with a specified time, and show it to the driver, but you are allowed on a bus either 60 minutes before or after this time, as long as there is room on the bus.

http://www.easybus.co.uk/travel-information/how-to-book

The Gatwick Express from Victoria, by comparison, although 10% cheaper if you book it online, still costs £21 for a day return, or £27-90 for an anytime return, and takes half an hour and leaves every 15 minutes.

If I fly to Geneva again I think I might consider going from Luton instead of Gatwick, but I didn't know about this bus before.

Luton...or I should say "London Luton" as it's formally known, is a horrible airport to fly from.

Just for info Ally, if you are flying with ski equipment, I am getting prices of £111 return for SWISS from Heathrow or London City, and they carry winter sports equipment for free.