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On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:18:41 GMT, "Andy Petersen"
squeezed out the following: Yes, but the useful advice, even though marked with a "smiley" (which by the way I do understand) was meant to infer but not imply, I'm sure of that. Sorry, Ace - I really couldn't resist! -- Colin Irvine |
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"Ace" wrote:
2561m, I think you'll find ;-) But if one were driving from Les Carooz it would make more sense to park at Let Molliets or Vernant, where there are big car parks and good lifts into the system. From Vernant, less than ten mins from Les C., just two 6-man chairs are needed to drop one directly into the Flaine bowl. "Andy Petersen" wrote: Thanks for reminding me why I stopped posting to this newsgroup - pedantic point scoring does nothing to help the to help the guy asking the question does it? Unless you think that 61m will make all the difference? Sorry Andy, but I didn't perceive any "pedantic point scoring" in Ace's reply. The 2561m bit actually has a smiley appended to it (i.e.the ";-)" bit). In case you're unfamiliar with internet newsgroups I should perhaps explain that a ";-)" symbol usually signifies a comment should not to be taken too seriously. As far as his other comment about the best place to park to access the Flaine skiing is concerned then that seems a perfectly legitimate response to me. |
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On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:31:38 +0100, Colin Irvine
wrote: On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:18:41 GMT, "Andy Petersen" squeezed out the following: Yes, but the useful advice, even though marked with a "smiley" (which by the way I do understand) was meant to infer but not imply, I'm sure of that. Quite so. I suppose I should have picked it up, for yet more 'pedantic points-scoring'. -- Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 17:41:03 +0100, pete devlin
wrote: In message .com, SteveH writes We were there in a heat wave and it was slushy almost to the very top of Flaine but the runs back to Carroz still had good cover on them (and fat skis are SO much fun in slush - I really enjoyed the final run down to the resort at the end of the day... I had to go back up and do it again a few times:-). I'm told it got colder after this and they had powder skiing in April last year. Slush is the poor man's powder. Umm. This implies a level of poverty I hadn't considered possible! -- -Pip |
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On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:59:13 +0100, Pip Luscher
wrote: On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 17:41:03 +0100, pete devlin wrote: Slush is the poor man's powder. Umm. This implies a level of poverty I hadn't considered possible! You're doing it wrong then ;-) -- Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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Pip Luscher wrote:
On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 17:41:03 +0100, pete devlin wrote: In message .com, SteveH writes We were there in a heat wave and it was slushy almost to the very top of Flaine but the runs back to Carroz still had good cover on them (and fat skis are SO much fun in slush - I really enjoyed the final run down to the resort at the end of the day... I had to go back up and do it again a few times:-). I'm told it got colder after this and they had powder skiing in April last year. Slush is the poor man's powder. Umm. This implies a level of poverty I hadn't considered possible! I think what Pete means is that if you have very good technique then you can ski slush just like powder. I didn't believe it either, but it's starting to happen when I'm not tired and am happy to attack it. Powder's much nicer and less messy though when things go wrong. |
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On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:06:17 +0100, BrritSki
wrote: I think what Pete means is that if you have very good technique then you can ski slush just like powder. I didn't believe it either, but it's starting to happen when I'm not tired and am happy to attack it. Powder's much nicer and less messy though when things go wrong. Ah. My last memory of slush was returning to Courchevel from Val Thorens at the end of the season. The VT side of the Meribel valley was just mounds of slush at the end of the day. Incredibly hot and hard work and the slush ended up as rather salty from all the sweat I was dripping! I did consider taking a snowboard, but the icy Courchevel side of the valley in the morning on the outward trip put me off that idea! -- -Pip |
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Pip Luscher wrote in
: On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:06:17 +0100, BrritSki wrote: I think what Pete means is that if you have very good technique then you can ski slush just like powder. I didn't believe it either, but it's starting to happen when I'm not tired and am happy to attack it. Powder's much nicer and less messy though when things go wrong. Ah. My last memory of slush was returning to Courchevel from Val Thorens at the end of the season. The VT side of the Meribel valley was just mounds of slush at the end of the day. Incredibly hot and hard work and the slush ended up as rather salty from all the sweat I was dripping! I did consider taking a snowboard, but the icy Courchevel side of the valley in the morning on the outward trip put me off that idea! We had a slushy time at Feldberg last April. It was raining whilst we were skiing (slowly). The piste was literally dissolving in front of us! -- Adrian |
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On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:21:08 +0200, Ace squeezed
out the following: On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:31:38 +0100, Colin Irvine wrote: On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:18:41 GMT, "Andy Petersen" squeezed out the following: Yes, but the useful advice, even though marked with a "smiley" (which by the way I do understand) was meant to infer but not imply, I'm sure of that. Quite so. I suppose I should have picked it up, for yet more 'pedantic points-scoring'. Nah - leave the pedantry to me! -- Colin Irvine |
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On 14 Oct 2005 22:32:48 GMT, Adrian Tupper
wrote: Pip Luscher wrote in : On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:06:17 +0100, BrritSki wrote: I think what Pete means is that if you have very good technique then you can ski slush just like powder. I didn't believe it either, but it's starting to happen when I'm not tired and am happy to attack it. Powder's much nicer and less messy though when things go wrong. Ah. My last memory of slush was returning to Courchevel from Val Thorens at the end of the season. The VT side of the Meribel valley was just mounds of slush at the end of the day. Incredibly hot and hard work and the slush ended up as rather salty from all the sweat I was dripping! I did consider taking a snowboard, but the icy Courchevel side of the valley in the morning on the outward trip put me off that idea! We had a slushy time at Feldberg last April. It was raining whilst we were skiing (slowly). The piste was literally dissolving in front of us! I did ski in La Bresse in the Vosges one year. On the day after we arrived the rain just hammered down. Later that night we were all glumly looking at the swollen stream that passed our appartment, thinking "well, there goes the piste". In fact, though slightly limited, the area remained surprisingly skiable. The drag lifts were terribly icy, though. -- -Pip |
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