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That's a VERY long wait...............could you not change to somewhere that would be 100% sure?
Sm4sh,
I think that Australia, for example, has their winter and summer the other way around to us, so I suppose the best time to ski there would be in our summer.
And I rather think it was a 94% chance of enough snow to ski on in Borovets for your new date :D.
If a resort has pistes on a glacier, then I think there will always be some snow to ski on, because it will always be cold enough for the artificial snow machines to make snow.
We were ski-ing at the end of October at Tignes, on the glacier, and there was no snow anywhere else (pretty much) apart from on the glacier. The glacier is open for ski-ing during the summer, so you can swim and sail on the lake, and ski only a few yards away.
However, the problem with snow-sure very high ski resorts is that sometimes the weather is no good and you can't ski at all, or only ski in very unpleasant conditions - like thick fog, very high winds, a blizzard, or extreme cold. And sometimes they shut the lifts because of the cold or the wind (we were in Val Thorens two years ago in January and they shut every single lift for a day because it was so windy), or because of very heavy snow. In the lower resorts they usually have trees and there is more protection from the wind.
Ally
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Started by Sm4sh in Beginning Skiing 24-Jan-2010 - 18 Replies
Sm4sh posted Jan-2010
Good news! i have now changed my holiday to the 26th Feb 2011!! So iv got an even longer wait. But i dont care as now there will be more chance of snow in Borovets!!! what was it 92% chance rather then the 52% chance in Jan!!
Eljay
reply to '398 sleeps left!!' posted Jan-2010
sm4sh wrote:Good news! i have now changed my holiday to the 26th Feb 2011!! So iv got an even longer wait. But i dont care as now there will be more chance of snow in Borovets!!! what was it 92% chance rather then the 52% chance in Jan!!
That's a VERY long wait...............could you not change to somewhere that would be 100% sure?
Sm4sh
reply to '398 sleeps left!!' posted Jan-2010
lol is there anywhere that has a 100% chance of there being snow?
Eljay
reply to '398 sleeps left!!' posted Jan-2010
Probably not..............but from what I can gather, Borovets is less snow sure than a lot of other places.
Mick1583
reply to '398 sleeps left!!' posted Jan-2010
Good news sm4sh.
That is 392 more sleeps than me. I am going to Niederau on Saturday.
I hope the snow stays there.
Keep counting down.
Mick.
That is 392 more sleeps than me. I am going to Niederau on Saturday.
I hope the snow stays there.
Keep counting down.
Mick.
Sm4sh
reply to '398 sleeps left!!' posted Jan-2010
yh. i bet youll have a load of snow and have a good time. is feb the best time to go any ski resort??
n dont forget to take some pictures and post em on here for us to see!
n dont forget to take some pictures and post em on here for us to see!
Mick1583
reply to '398 sleeps left!!' posted Jan-2010
Any time is a good time to go skiing.
As long as there is snow.
If you think you have the bug now, just wait until you have been.
As long as there is snow.
If you think you have the bug now, just wait until you have been.
AllyG
reply to '398 sleeps left!!' posted Jan-2010
sm4sh wrote:yh. i bet youll have a load of snow and have a good time. is feb the best time to go any ski resort??
n dont forget to take some pictures and post em on here for us to see!
Sm4sh,
I think that Australia, for example, has their winter and summer the other way around to us, so I suppose the best time to ski there would be in our summer.
And I rather think it was a 94% chance of enough snow to ski on in Borovets for your new date :D.
If a resort has pistes on a glacier, then I think there will always be some snow to ski on, because it will always be cold enough for the artificial snow machines to make snow.
We were ski-ing at the end of October at Tignes, on the glacier, and there was no snow anywhere else (pretty much) apart from on the glacier. The glacier is open for ski-ing during the summer, so you can swim and sail on the lake, and ski only a few yards away.
However, the problem with snow-sure very high ski resorts is that sometimes the weather is no good and you can't ski at all, or only ski in very unpleasant conditions - like thick fog, very high winds, a blizzard, or extreme cold. And sometimes they shut the lifts because of the cold or the wind (we were in Val Thorens two years ago in January and they shut every single lift for a day because it was so windy), or because of very heavy snow. In the lower resorts they usually have trees and there is more protection from the wind.
Ally
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