J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:I don't remember seeing any free lifts either. However, the last time I was there, I was early, and the lift pass office told me that by buying a weekly ticket beginning the next day, I could ski that afternoon "gratuit" :D :D

Maybe worth an email to the Tourist Office to find out for sure?

Not surprising though, they'll be on the nursery slope so you'll not be using them as a norm. I can't really speak for La Plagne but most stations have them and the tourist office will certainly know.

Virginia Immergluck wrote:

bandit wrote:

Virginia Immergluck wrote:Can't get to Sion from Zuerich except via Geneva, so 4 valleys (Les Collons/Thyon/Verbier) is out.

Not too sure how you arrive at that conclusion. In fact Swiss Railways would tend to disagree, based on Sion being accessible by either the Zurich-Bern-Visp route, or the Zurich-Biel/Bienne-Lausanne route. Neither route mentions transiting through Geneva.

Yes, I know, but why would you bother with 2 1/2 to 3 hours in the train (and waiting in the cold when you change trains) when you can get to so many other places nearer Zuerich?

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:

ise wrote:

What happened the other weekend though was as bandit closed the distance my receiver leapt about 1.5 m away from here signal. That's consistent with the reported problems with mobile phones so I asked if bandit had a phone. What's interesting there is that you're only 100m from the phone mast so is the signal stronger or weaker?

I did subsequently wonder if you'd hit a flux line though and that's what happened although I don't think I've seen that happen on a "ski by" before.

If the mast on the cable car station is a transmitter, then the signal that my phones send (to the transmitter) will be weaker, as they reduce their power output (power saving).

So, if this was the case, as I got closer to you and your Tracker (nearer to the c/c station) then my phone signals should have been weaker.

are you sure about that? I'm not :D Radio signals are odd things, you know how that transmitter in your transceiver works, it's built into our search techniques to allow for the flux lines and dead spots.

Virginia Immergluck wrote:Can't get to Sion from Zuerich except via Geneva, so 4 valleys (Les Collons/Thyon/Verbier) is out.

ise wrote:

What happened the other weekend though was as bandit closed the distance my receiver leapt about 1.5 m away from here signal. That's consistent with the reported problems with mobile phones so I asked if bandit had a phone. What's interesting there is that you're only 100m from the phone mast so is the signal stronger or weaker?

I did subsequently wonder if you'd hit a flux line though and that's what happened although I don't think I've seen that happen on a "ski by" before.

freezywater wrote:

ise wrote:
As it happens I have been on a mountain for the last few days in temperatures of minus 20 analysing snow pack stability and doing some snow study.

Lucky sod :lol:

ise wrote:

Finally, phones are useful but can't be used in combination with transceivers, the transceiver signal is deflected by the phone.