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Mike Clark wrote: If the snow doesn't improve in the next two weeks you might wish to pick and choose which pistes to ski on. The Espace Killy pass is not much more than a weeks Tignes pass and there are some good beginners slopes up above Val D'Isere. Mike Yeah - some of it's getting dicey, but there's still some sweet skiing, especially up on the Motte. Sunday just gone - did Chaudannes, down to Lac (JamBar for breakfast bap and coffee) Palafour,Merles, down into Val Claret, up Fresse, down to Tommeuse, Piste H and Trolles. All lovely. Had a beer in the Loop and did Trolles again just coz we could. Colder temperatures are helping. Bit of snow forecast for the end of the week, but the temperature might creep up again. Why can't it make it's mind up? Matt |
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Ace wrote: On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:34:36 +0000, Bill Seddon billatremoveseddonendo.com wrote: Mike Clark wrote: Yes Trolles tends to catch the sun and gets very icy in lean periods, but has the advantage of being quite wide. I quite enjoy it as a run but you have to be comfortable on steep icy pistes, and for me the major hassle is avoiding the many out of control skiers who are not fully competent at holding an edge. That's not hassle, that's what makes it so much fun ;-) I tend to stay pretty much left om the steep section, which avoids most of those that follow the path across and down to the right. Of course, this also helps to 'go for it' from higher up, giving a better chance of getting all the way up to the Aeroski or the road at the bottom. I suppose it's a different approach to skiing. My passion is for ski-touring and ski-mountaineering where the pleasure comes from the lack of crowds and from the technicalities of coping with different snow conditions and the mountain hazards. Early in the season I try to get in some extra practice on-piste and between the pistes at high resorts like Espace Killy and the the 3Vs. However I don't get a lot of pleasure out of weaving my way through crowded pistes and try to find those pistes and times when I don't have to be too concerned. On pistes like Trolles which are busy highways towards the end of the day I tend to pick a more difficult and narrow line at the edge (e.g on the left as you say above) since that reduces the numbers of out of control bodies to avoid. Mike -- o/ \\ // |\ ,_ o Mike Clark \__,\\ // __o | \ / /\, "A mountain climbing, cycling, skiing, " || _`\,_ |__\ \ | immunology lecturer, antibody engineer and ` || (_)/ (_) | \corn computer user" |
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