Ski season 2016/2017

DoraDelite

And we're off!

2016/2017 ski season discussions here

cormee

Woohoo!

Where do June discussions go?

DoraDelite

Good question! when does a ski season officially begin?

omicron

DoraDelite wrote: »

Good question! when does a ski season officially begin?

Cervinia is still open from the winter (on weekends anyway) so not yet I think!

cormee

omicron wrote: »

Cervinia is still open from the winter (on weekends anyway) so not yet I think!

A fair few of the resorts in the US are too.

fannymagee

cormee wrote: »

Woohoo!

Where do June discussions go?

Haha I was thinking this exact thought yesterday!! I was about to post what DOra posted, and then thought ahhh sure maybe wait for at least the halfway mark in June!

I'm SO looking forward to next season. I wasn;t in Soll half as much as I'd like last season- I'm at the end of my Interfaith Minister training so am in London a lot of the time, and Soll had to take a back seat.

THE WITHDRAWALS!!!!

So the OH was laughing at me yesterday because I'm LIVING for July when I'm ordained, and life can settle back to normal a little. I will be hitting a fckng glacier ASAP.

ANDDDDD if anyone wants a SKI WEDDING you know where to come!!! I'll be on the Register of Solemnisers from July so fully legal- get planning folks!!!! :-)

xxx

hawkwind23

Got the skiing addiction several years ago.
Flights released in March so booked for my 1st half season in Italy.
Really excited but working so much overtime to pay for it all i wonder is it worth it until i watch a ski vid on youtube
Also i hope to breakthrough and get to the advanced intermediate stage , get on the powder and off the piste a bit.
Yeah tough working so hard but get a buzz when i think of the two months off next year!
Wake me up in winter

cormee

fannymagee wrote: »

Haha I was thinking this exact thought yesterday!! I was about to post what DOra posted, and then thought ahhh sure maybe wait for at least the halfway mark in June!

I'm SO looking forward to next season. I wasn;t in Soll half as much as I'd like last season- I'm at the end of my Interfaith Minister training so am in London a lot of the time, and Soll had to take a back seat.

THE WITHDRAWALS!!!!

So the OH was laughing at me yesterday because I'm LIVING for July when I'm ordained, and life can settle back to normal a little. I will be hitting a fckng glacier ASAP.

ANDDDDD if anyone wants a SKI WEDDING you know where to come!!! I'll be on the Register of Solemnisers from July so fully legal- get planning folks!!!! :-)

xxx

How should we address you after you pass? Mother Fanny, Sister Fanny. I quite like the sound of Dali Fanny. :cool:

cormee

hawkwind23 wrote: »

Really excited but working so much overtime to pay for it all i wonder is it worth it until i watch a ski vid on youtube

Dear God, I can't wait until VR cameras become affordable. Record my videos during the season, then home from the pub on a Friday night, off-season, on with the Goggles, and there I am, back falling down some slope in the 3v.

fannymagee

cormee wrote: »

How should we address you after you pass? Mother Fanny, Sister Fanny. I quite like the sound of Dali Fanny. :cool:

Haha I shall be the a Reverend Fanny Magee. It's making my username on here quite inappropriate haha 😂

DoraDelite

I'll put you top of the list Fanny for a ski wedding if I ever get married

As for actual skiing, flights booked to Geneva for December! I haven't decided where yet but I seem to keep gravitating towards Chamonix, so I'll probably end up there again.

Timmaay

3valleys for me next year, fair chance I'll go back with the action Outdoors which means VT however will definitely look into one of the cheaper villages lower down the valley.

Lovely warm feeling just thinking about it all! This is nearly the best part of holidays ha!

cormee

Timmaay wrote: »

3valleys for me next year, fair chance I'll go back with the action Outdoors which means VT however will definitely look into one of the cheaper villages lower down the valley.

Lovely warm feeling just thinking about it all! This is nearly the best part of holidays ha!

Have you been to VT before? Great skiing, but you're kind of boxed in to that area, accessing the rest of the 3v is a fair bit of work, and the queues for the lifts back to the vt area are CRAZY at the end of the day. If I was going back again myself, I'd push for Les Menuires, not a pretty town (and I don't know what the nightlife is like) but in a fairly good location.

cocker5

Ischgl 2017 10 nights booked

Timmaay

cormee wrote: »

Have you been to VT before? Great skiing, but you're kind of boxed in to that area, accessing the rest of the 3v is a fair bit of work, and the queues for the lifts back to the vt area are CRAZY at the end of the day. If I was going back again myself, I'd push for Les Menuires, not a pretty town (and I don't know what the nightlife is like) but in a fairly good location.

Nope never been to VT, thanks for the tips! Only thing bringing me there is the Action Outdoors, I'm perfectly fine doing a diy either though.

Fattes

Spent my first days of the 2016/17 season this weekend at a instructors coach conference Information oerload

a148pro

Meribel Mottaret prob best location in 3vs in terms of skiing access but not much atmosphere. Have a look at resort review thread here I think I wrote up on it and welove2ski have a few good articles on locations the 3vs. It is possible to stay further down the valley but not sure if the 20 minute gondola just to access the other gondolas is really worth the savings.

I stayed in menuires this year in a really nice ski in ski out place, think it was no 1 on trip advisor, can't remember the name but could dig it up. Nice mini spa and good food. Les Menuires didn't strike me as having much atmosphere either, but as we were half board we didn't venture out.

God I fcuking love skiing....

a148pro

Fattes wrote: »

Spent my first days of the 2016/17 season this weekend at a instructors coach conference Information oerload

Piaget! Jaysus that is overkill. I thought you'd be off surfing for the summer or some such Fattes. I usually go for a week in a french surf resort at this time of year and the seasonaire staff have clearly just relocated from the slopes for the Summer.

Fattes

a148pro wrote: »

Piaget! Jaysus that is overkill. I thought you'd be off surfing for the summer or some such Fattes. I usually go for a week in a french surf resort at this time of year and the seasonaire staff have clearly just relocated from the slopes for the Summer.

I normally take all of May off, but it was just the way this particular event fell, it was better to attend it than miss it. Not much of a beach/ocean person. Will be popping up to Norway for a bit in the summer to explore and look around. I have a few weeks booked in various snow domes for work, but I try to do as little as possible between June and September.

cormee

cocker5 wrote: »

Ischgl 2017 10 nights booked

10 Nights! You'll be wrecked! :eek:

DoraDelite

cormee wrote: »

10 Nights! You'll be wrecked! :eek:

Agreed :pac:

You should pack the spare liver!!

hawkwind23

Skiing on "getaways" on RTE
Austria , is it winter yet? i wanna go now!
Few Irish folk interviewed , any posters on here?

Fattes

Filmed 3 days ago, out of my way trees! Beep Beep

cocker5

cormee wrote: »

10 Nights! You'll be wrecked! :eek:

Nah I've done 10 nights in Ischgl and St Anton a good few times now.. will ease myself into it .... my liver will have to wait !

Fattes

Another day another show dome! Indoor mogul skiing!

Rew

I wonder is the weak sterling/brexit going to reduce the number of brits on the slopes this year

Fattes

Rew wrote: »

I wonder is the weak sterling/brexit going to reduce the number of brits on the slopes this year

Yes! All ready TO are offering better exchange rates than market if stuff is paid in advance, Lift tickets, etc. Will be a strange year.

cormee

Rew wrote: »

I wonder is the weak sterling/brexit going to reduce the number of brits on the slopes this year

Would be great if it did! Nothing against them, but who doesn't enjoy quieter slopes more?

hawkwind23

Hey im sure a lot of us are Irish yet get paid in sterling!
So less of the gloating

cormee

hawkwind23 wrote: »

Hey im sure a lot of us are Irish yet get paid in sterling!
So less of the gloating

Bankso is nice, I hear

Billy Mays

Looking for recommendations for Italy


Big area where I'm not gonna be bored after a couple of days and short enough transfer preferable.


I was looking at Sauze d'Oulx but the amount of drag lifts is putting me off.

khc

Billy Mays wrote: »

Looking for recommendations for Italy


Big area where I'm not gonna be bored after a couple of days and short enough transfer preferable.


I was looking at Sauze d'Oulx but the amount of drag lifts is putting me off.

La Thuile - 2hours from Geneva (or you can fly through Milan and Turin) and big area (connected to La Roisiere in France)

or the beautiful Dolomites

Fattes

Billy Mays wrote: »

Looking for recommendations for Italy

Big area where I'm not gonna be bored after a couple of days and short enough transfer preferable.

I was looking at Sauze d'Oulx but the amount of drag lifts is putting me off.

I would not worry about the Drags to much in Sauze, most of them are concentrated on skiers right in Sauze. they can be avoided by heading over to Sanssicario and Sestriere. Both have excellent lift systems and had big upgrades in 2006 for the Turin Olympics.

Its a great area with super skiing and the relatively few drags are worth it! One of htem is a complete pig through the forest but the rest are fine.

stecleary

Looking for suggestions on a resort. We've skied in Arinsal fora few years, I'm looking for something a bit more challenging for myself but still easy enough for herself, she's comfortable taking her time on reds but can get nervous if the pace pics up.

I don think we would enjoy VT, we don mind a busy atmosphere but like to get a decent sleep and a good days skiing done

Dero

stecleary wrote: »

I don think we would enjoy VT, we don mind a busy atmosphere but like to get a decent sleep and a good days skiing done

I don't think VT precludes either of those unless you want it to.

having said that, I've only been there once, and that was just my second ski trip.

cormee

stecleary wrote: »

Looking for suggestions on a resort. We've skied in Arinsal fora few years, I'm looking for something a bit more challenging for myself but still easy enough for herself, she's comfortable taking her time on reds but can get nervous if the pace pics up.

I don think we would enjoy VT, we don mind a busy atmosphere but like to get a decent sleep and a good days skiing done

Stay on the outskirts and vt would be OK. Also have a look at Les 2 Alpes, it might suit you better. It has some lovely reds, and a fairly busy nightlife that can be easily ignored.

My biggest gripe with vt is, it's difficult to access the rest of the 3v. It's by no means impossible , but the queues at the end of the day, getting the lifts to return make it easier to stay in the vt area, and you just end up doing that - path of least resistance, and all that.

Hey Derek, what are your plans this year? Not joining P & L on their trip to Colorado? I'm aching to go to Japan, but S seems set against the idea.

Dero

cormee wrote: »

Hey Derek, what are your plans this year? Not joining P & L on their trip to Colorado? I'm aching to go to Japan, but S seems set against the idea.

Hah! I can only imagine Paddy's face if anyone decided to tag along with them! :pac:

Japan sounds interesting. Apparently it's mainly lots of small resorts and of course the snow is supposed to be amazing.

We're hoping to do a family trip this year, possibly somewhere in Austria, but no idea which resorts would suit as yet. I may trouble this thread for recommendations at some point...

cormee

Dero wrote: »

Hah! I can only imagine Paddy's face if anyone decided to tag along with them! :pac:

Japan sounds interesting. Apparently it's mainly lots of small resorts and of course the snow is supposed to be amazing.

We're hoping to do a family trip this year, possibly somewhere in Austria, but no idea which resorts would suit as yet. I may trouble this thread for recommendations at some point...

Is Will going with you, or what are his plans?

Zell am See, in Austria, is nice, would be fairly family-friendly too, lifts close to town etc. Nice Ski area and Kaprun is only a short bus trip away.

Dero

cormee wrote: »

Is Will going with you, or what are his plans?

Zell am See, in Austria, is nice, would be fairly family-friendly too, lifts close to town etc. Nice Ski area and Kaprun is only a short bus trip away.

Will check that out, thanks Cormac.

Will is planning a similar family holiday. We did mention the possibility of all going together, but nothing concrete yet.

martinsvi

ah glad to see the thread already started. Has anyone got any recommendations for a ski destination in December? (Europe, looking at Christmas week). Don't care for nightlife or anything like that - as long as it has proper snow and ski facilities/rental/lifts etc

I typically go around February/March but since my workplace insists on me using up all my leave before year end, this seems like a good option. I think the problem though is the lack of snow - so what are the places I should be looking at with best chance of snow?

maddness

3 Valleys or Espace Killy are two good bets. Even if we get another slow start to the season three two should be ok then and if the snow cover is good you have two huge areas to explore.
In Italy try Cervinia as its at 2000mts.
Not sure about Austria but anywhere with glacier skiing should be fine.

khc

Does it have to be Alps? Would you look at Norway, Scandinavia? Much earlier season (but expensive!)

martinsvi

khc wrote: »

Does it have to be Alps? Would you look at Norway, Scandinavia? Much earlier season (but expensive!)

It doesn't have to be Alps, I'm just very conscious how short the days are in Norway at that time of year, I'm not sure if I would like that

stecleary

martinsvi wrote: »

, I'm just very conscious how short the days are in Norway at that time of year,

A lot of resorts are floodlit so plenty of night time skiing

martinsvi

stecleary wrote: »

A lot of resorts are floodlit so plenty of night time skiing

thanks, any resort recommendations?

cormee

martinsvi wrote: »

ah glad to see the thread already started. Has anyone got any recommendations for a ski destination in December? (Europe, looking at Christmas week). Don't care for nightlife or anything like that - as long as it has proper snow and ski facilities/rental/lifts etc

I typically go around February/March but since my workplace insists on me using up all my leave before year end, this seems like a good option. I think the problem though is the lack of snow - so what are the places I should be looking at with best chance of snow?

Somewhere high, if you want to be sure of snow - say Cervinia or Val Thorens. Cervinia can be very windy though. Val Thorens could be a better option, as you'd have the potential of a larger ski area, if the other parts of the 3 Valleys are open.

Fattes

martinsvi wrote: »

ah glad to see the thread already started. Has anyone got any recommendations for a ski destination in December? (Europe, looking at Christmas week). Don't care for nightlife or anything like that - as long as it has proper snow and ski facilities/rental/lifts etc

I typically go around February/March but since my workplace insists on me using up all my leave before year end, this seems like a good option. I think the problem though is the lack of snow - so what are the places I should be looking at with best chance of snow?

Any where with skiing over 1,800 meters, Maxyrhofen, with Hintertux as a back up on the bus incase the snow is poor. Solden, Tignes all good options.

hawkwind23

Anyone else notice the darker mornings ? evenings arent stretching anymore
its getting closer

cormee

hawkwind23 wrote: »

Anyone else notice the darker mornings ? evenings arent stretching anymore
its getting closer

I can feel it in my bones, it's like the quickening, from The Highlander

fannymagee

cormee wrote: »

I can feel it in my bones, it's like the quickening, from The Highlander

15cms of snow on the Hohe Salve last week...Mad! Hurry up winter!!

cormee

fannymagee wrote: »

15cms of snow on the Hohe Salve last week...Mad! Hurry up winter!!

There you are now, Fanny!

I was getting a coffee this morning and the guy serving me was giving out about how the days were shorter and the weather was getting worse. I was debating with myself whether I should explain why I was happy about it, thankfully I didn't. It's too much effort to explain, and unless they actually shared an interest in winter sports, which most people don't, they'd think I was a complete gobsh*te.
Anyway, first frost of Autumn is the next milestone, I reckon. From then on in it's freefall.