Piste Bashing

Iceman wrote:. Do they ever actually tether them?

Yes ....
Great big long cables tied to something solid at the top.

Seen this in Tignes on a blue run for some reason and also on the Serre Chevalier webcam on a red.

Iceman wrote:Do they ever actually tether them?

Here you go Icy, you may find this interesting..





:lol: :twisted: I also really like what happens in this one, watch it to the end :lol:

I have always thought that it looks like a good chilled job up there at night. Bet they see some sights!

That 2nd one is brilliant!!

Admin wrote:
There are various reasons; not least being that the majority of skiers want it to be like that! Some resorts even reference the energy-saving / green aspect of "pistes nature". :roll:

I think there is a trend away from "over grooming" runs, at least in France, with a resulting return to more natural, more varied and much more interesting pistes. Variety and a little challenge is what improves us as skiers.

I think you are being too kind Adders :wink: . I suspect any lack of grooming in France is really a cost saving exercise dressed up as a "green" measure. The grooming in Austria is far superior. With most of the Austrian resorts much lower, they have to work harder to keep the slopes in shape whereas the higher French are inclined to save on overtime and let nature take its course :shock:

Lovely videos Far Queue - First time I have EVER managed to persuade my husband to look at ANYTHING on J2Ski

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Ally

Oh yes, the old Hari Kari.

We were out in Alp D'Huez on 25th Feb for a week and loads of the mountain was left untouched by the piste bashes.

Our home run which was a red run was moguled to death and was not touched once in our whole week meaning that after trying that on the first day with tired legs we voted for the blue flat home where you have to push yourself along.

We were severely disappointed with the piste maintenance during our week. It made it dangerous as you could be dropping off down a run thinking this is fine until you find yourself on a mogul field. Not safe for people wanting to try a red run for the first time.

They were also preserving runs for their local slalom courses! They were all kept nicely groomed! Sorry we as tourists have paid a lot more than local or seasonaires to ski the mountain! We went through a closed sign to ski on beautifully groomed red run that was closed because they were holding some kids slalom event on it a bit later.

A couple people thought maybe that it was due to the lack of new snow and that over pisting the snow is bad etc. but I think it's down to bl**dy lazy French! It's been like this in many French resorts to the point now we have decided to boycott the French resorts from now on.

sfiddik wrote:We were out in Alp D'Huez on 25th Feb for a week and loads of the mountain was left untouched by the piste bashes.

Our home run which was a red run was moguled to death and was not touched once in our whole week meaning that after trying that on the first day with tired legs we voted for the blue flat home where you have to push yourself along.

We were severely disappointed with the piste maintenance during our week. It made it dangerous as you could be dropping off down a run thinking this is fine until you find yourself on a mogul field. Not safe for people wanting to try a red run for the first time.

They were also preserving runs for their local slalom courses! They were all kept nicely groomed! Sorry we as tourists have paid a lot more than local or seasonaires to ski the mountain! We went through a closed sign to ski on beautifully groomed red run that was closed because they were holding some kids slalom event on it a bit later.

A couple people thought maybe that it was due to the lack of new snow and that over pisting the snow is bad etc. but I think it's down to bl**dy lazy French! It's been like this in many French resorts to the point now we have decided to boycott the French resorts from now on.

Intersting