The Ski Locker thread

[Pingu]

He should be doing it as the last run of the day when it's all iced up 

[Greenbank]

Strava says my fastest on Face is 5:54 but I was skiing with someone slower than me then and it was never that nice snow (excuses, excuses).

Looking back it seems I'd snuck in early on some newly created segments:-



Off to Flims/Laax in just over two weeks.

With. No. Children.

Can. Not. Wait.

[CommuteTooFar]

Ouch! A week ago Monday I was standing on the edge of an icy mogul on the a steep section of the Bois De L'Ours black piste in Les Arc.  I decided to turn.  Moved my weight on to my upslope right leg. My right ski slips down the mogol hits my left ski and all the sudden I am standing on nothing. I land on my right arm.  I pause to consider what had just happened and ski down to the Mammottes lift and take Chalets piste back to my residence in Arc 2000.

I decided not to ski on Monday afternoon over concern over my arm. On Tuesday I find it very painful to put on a T-Shirt. So I decend to Arc 1950 because there is no longer a doctor Arc 2000.  Wait a couple of hours then after a few hours waiting and four x-rays it is concluded that I do not have a broken arm just a contusion. In the Afternoon I take the navette to Arc 1600. There is no longer a pharmacy in Arc 2000/1950. Fill my prescription on Lamoline and Ketoprofane.

Wednesday I continue my brillliant ski holiday.  I only took 2 Lamoline so I am not addicted to opioids.

Back now. Arm still hurts.
 

 

[Ham]

OK, it's an ad, but this is the best Candide Thovex  yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHrwcQQ38bA


Sometimes I wonder about that memory stuff between my ears... https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=55316.msg2346522#msg2346522

[CommuteTooFar]

Organising a ski trip for the 7th of December is tricky.

Do not want to go to the Tarantaise.  So Austria or Dolomites.

The tricky bit are the transfers nothing is running this early in the season.

For example Fly BA scheduled flight Gatwick to Verona, bus to train station. high speed train to Bolzano, Bus 350 to Plan Val Gardina. walk 50m to favourite hotel.
Example 2 BA scheduled flight to Verona. Taxi transfer to Plan.  Simple but costs three times the cost of the flight. No. Wont do it.

I thought Austria the Arlberg a little south of Munich,  Flight to Munich lots of choice here.  S-Bahn to Munich Ost, Munich Ost to somewhere halfway to Vienna change trains and double back to St Anton Walk to hotel. 4hr 50mins.  To long.  Scheduled flights to Austria go to Vienna.



 

[Ham]

Not sure what's open, but have you considered Switzerland? I know of a couple of resorts in/around Fiesch that have trains running to them (bizarre experience, tbh). I know one of them is pretty high, too. Happy to have a poke around and see if I can dig info out of history. On the other hand Switzerland may well work out rather spendy.

[hatler]

As far as I can make out prices in Switz haven't changed much since I worked there but the exch rate has gone from 2.5 to 1.3. So yes, Switz is 'spendy'.

And you can always get to Zermatt.

[Ham]

'ere you go - this is what I mean. Train along the valley and cable car up, I think (?) it was Betten I went to, train station right next to the resort car. Bettmeralp is completely car free.

[CommuteTooFar]

Switzerland is too expensive for me.  Zermatt is also ruled out. I'm off to Cervinia later in the season.

Most Austrian towns have a railway station. My problem really is which resort will be open.  I am not considering Kitzbuhel because of another upcoming holiday.  That is theoretically open now but only two lifts to the same place in the Jochberg.  It will not be open in my opinion until the Hammenkhan lifts are running. A  number of places hope to open the first week of December but I do not know the Austrian resorts opening pattern.

I think I will watch openings this year maybe do this adventure another time.

I know the Sella Ronda will be open on the 7th December but some of the side pistes certainly will not. So there is a sizeable amount of skiing there. Val Di Fassa have a bus to Cannazei from Verona. Depends what my brother thinks.

[CommuteTooFar]

I was able to check with my brother who made this awkwardness necessary he is now able to travel on the week Saturday 14th December which is a lot easier to organise. Looks like St Anton at the moment.

[Pingu]

We probably won't be contributing to this thread this season 

Because cycling 

[Greenbank]

Not doing a family trip this year to save cash but still managing to sneak in a long weekend trip with friends to, err, Lech.

[hatler]

The oh so predictable and reliable Flaine for four days in Jan and then (for the first time ever for me) a run to the Trois Vallees for Feb. Very different family trip this year though, the two older kids of the respective families won't be with us. An altered dynamic I expect.

[Ham]

Booked in Arc1950 (that's the posh joint just below 2000) over xmas, looking forward to it lots.

[CommuteTooFar]

I have booked St Anton 14th December 2019
I have booked Kitzbuhel 11th January 2020
I have booked Cervinia 20th March 2020

Now I can worry if it will snow enough.   snow-forecast.com says yes at mid-station in St Anton but there is still time for rain at resort level.

[Ham]

I will by tying on the car roof the plastic sled I first bought for miss Ham when she was 3, for use by my grandson. That's a rather fun thing to be doing.

[Jakob]

Still no sign of snow here. Even Whistler is struggling. At least it'll get cold enough to start the snowguns next week
This is all my fault, as I bought a seasons pass for the local mountain this year.

[CommuteTooFar]

St Anton is sort of open

https://www.stantonamarlberg.com/en/service/lifts-and-pistes

Hope more will be open soon.

[Ham]

Oh my, but it is looking good for me. https://en.lesarcs.com/webcams.html