Author Topic: The Ski Locker thread (Read 127651 times)

Jakob · « **Reply #475 on:** 03 April, 2015, 10:29:38 pm »

Cypress is offering this seasons pass holders 80% discounts on next years passes, so at least that's something.

Feanor · « **Reply #476 on:** 11 April, 2015, 06:23:17 pm »

Just back from a week in Espace Killy.
Sunday was low vis, but remainder of week was strong sun, blue skies and spring snow.
Snow was holding up remarkably well, having dumped some the previous week.
The off-piste had some fresh soft powder higher up, not slushy.

A few tracklogs:
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/743399975
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/743399901
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/743399835
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/743399730
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/743399687

Junior was trying for 100kph, managed 97.5:
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/743426373

neilrj · « **Reply #477 on:** 11 April, 2015, 08:30:11 pm »

Nice runs there and and your top speeds are pretty good, but the last one for Junior is private but 97.5! respect!

Ham · « **Reply #478 on:** 21 November, 2015, 03:51:45 pm »

Whoop whoop!

http://www.tignes.net/en/skiing-in-tignes/webcams-290.html

If you'd have looked two days ago it was green as green can be. Off on the 19th!

Feanor · « **Reply #479 on:** 21 November, 2015, 06:33:44 pm »

Woo and indeed hoo also.

http://www.breckenridge.com/mountain/mountain-web-cams.aspx

We're off mid-December.

I'm bloody frozen at the moment, having spent most of the day in the garage ski-fettling, on one of the coldest days we've had this year.
And my SiL has just dropped their lot's skis round for fettling also.
She has some new skis for herself, so I just spent 5 minutes setting up the bindings for her boots, which have teeny-weeny sole length like you find on kid's boots!

Ham · « **Reply #480 on:** 21 November, 2015, 08:59:25 pm »

I got everything ready apart from the wax before I put them away, so just a hot scrape and wax to do.

Feanor · « **Reply #481 on:** 21 November, 2015, 11:15:37 pm »

Yes, I promise myself I will do the same every year.

It's not happened yet.

I get to deal with rusty edges that were put away wet last year and allowed to rust.

Pingu · « **Reply #482 on:** 21 November, 2015, 11:39:26 pm »

Quote from: Ham on 21 November, 2015, 03:51:45 pm

Whoop whoop!

http://www.tignes.net/en/skiing-in-tignes/webcams-290.html

If you'd have looked two days ago it was green as green can be. Off on the 19th!

This is what they want

Jakob · « **Reply #483 on:** 24 November, 2015, 10:51:09 pm »

We actually also have snow this year! Local mountains got a bigger base last week than they did the entire season last year.
Currently got a (cold) high pressure sitting here, but that means that the snow guns can do their thing and continue building that base.
Too swamped to go up these days, but in 2 weeks time I will be!!

Ham · « **Reply #484 on:** 26 November, 2015, 02:09:22 pm »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKyMim8XNPo

Ham · « **Reply #485 on:** 10 December, 2015, 09:24:01 am »

And now, what to do if your resort is a little short of snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMqADdsVmwQ

hatler · « **Reply #486 on:** 10 December, 2015, 03:19:41 pm »

Take up parapenting ?

Ham · « **Reply #487 on:** 12 December, 2015, 04:13:10 pm »

Hot scrape and wax for three sets of skis in preparation for next week.

trekker12 · « **Reply #488 on:** 15 December, 2015, 04:43:30 pm »

Shiny new Saloman boots purchased (2014 season so £100 cheaper than RRP) and whisked off to Father Christmas for delivery on 25th December. Shame I have to wait until Easter before I get to test them. Unless We can find an opportunity for a cheeky weekend break in the new year.....

Feanor · « **Reply #489 on:** 15 December, 2015, 05:29:49 pm »

Remember you'll need to adjust the bindings on your skis, because the sole length will almost certainly be different!

trekker12 · « **Reply #490 on:** 16 December, 2015, 10:09:36 am »

I don't have skis. Skiing is somewhat new so it's a piece of kit at a time. Last year I hired skis and boots, now I only need to hire skis (and not have to worry about them at the airport)

Canardly · « **Reply #491 on:** 25 December, 2015, 01:20:50 pm »

Daughter No 1 is skiing in Japan. Lucky devil.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #492 on:** 25 December, 2015, 01:29:54 pm »

Quote from: Canardly on 25 December, 2015, 01:20:50 pm

Daughter No 1 is skiing in Japan. Lucky devil.

Dr Larrington did that once. It took ages for her toenail to grow back

Feanor · « **Reply #493 on:** 27 December, 2015, 01:17:23 am »

Some of the Gated Terrain has finally opened after the ski patrol had finished banging off avalanches etc.

Took the Juniors up the brutal hike up to the top of Peak 6, and into the Beyond Bowl, which is visible in the background of this pic ( directly behind the smallest set of skis ):

IMG_20151226_132135 by Ron Lowe, on Flickr

We also got to go down Wonderland, which starts from the top of Peak 6 as open un-pisted terrain and finishes up as a DIY through the woods.

It's the topmost section of this tracklog:
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/993232133

Ham · « **Reply #494 on:** 27 December, 2015, 10:43:21 am »

Well, all rather thin on the ground, although Tignes provided for the week without too much aggro. rather a lot of ice and injury across the resort (3 in our party of 23)

Was spotted by an astonishingly eagle eyed Pippa with αdαmsκι on a random slope near the top of the Grand Motte, so I had to don the buff for the photo

Good to see pippa and Mrs Ham and myself and αdαmsκι were appropriately coordinated

αdαmsκι · « **Reply #495 on:** 27 December, 2015, 11:45:48 am »

We had six days of blue skies. It didn't feel like December and the snow was getting very thin, but on the bright side there was more open than last Christmas.

GPX track from the phone is here: https://goo.gl/aR3EKO I think we did a good job of covering the resort.

Pingu · « **Reply #496 on:** 05 January, 2016, 12:15:49 am »

Looks like there has been some snow in Val d'Isere. Hopefully there'll be some more over the next couple of weeks.

Feanor · « **Reply #497 on:** 07 January, 2016, 06:35:39 pm »

The Juniors were looking for Speed Records one day, so they shared the Garmin.
They were both looking to break 100kph.

Junior #1 managed 114 kph
Junior #2 managed 104 kph ( he weighs about 10kg when soaking wet! )

My own maximum was in the high 80s, but that's on account of a sense of self-preservation, not a lack of weight.

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/996808138

Pingu · « **Reply #498 on:** 10 January, 2016, 07:07:38 pm »

Apparently I did 240kph while sat in a restaurant last year. The GPS never lies

Feanor · « **Reply #499 on:** 10 January, 2016, 07:29:00 pm »

Fast food.

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