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Need Recommendations for Mountains Near Geneva
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:50:21 -0500, "Bob D"
wrote: One more question - are "intermediate" slopes in Europe similar to US? I tore a meniscus two years ago and this will be my first time back on ski's, so I want to avoid steep terrain. Thanks, Bob D. Pistes in europe are classified by colour. Green(Beginner) is very easy and never contains any steep slope, more likely to be flat. Blue (Intermediate) is the next level. These rarely contain steep slopes but if they do the steep section will be very short. Red (Advanced) These can contain steep sections but these are usually easily handled by an experience skier. Many red runs are the resort'' race piste. In fact some very steep slopes can be found on reds but these are usually very wide allowing plenty of room to travese across the piste. Black (Expert) These can be steeper than reds but are often only different because of awkward sections with a combination of angle piste, narrow, icy, moguls etc. The resorts race Slalom piste is often classed as Black. Some resorts suffer from red green colour blindness. |
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Need Recommendations for Mountains Near Geneva
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:50:21 -0500, "Bob D"
squeezed out the following: One more question - are "intermediate" slopes in Europe similar to US? I tore a meniscus two years ago and this will be my first time back on ski's, so I want to avoid steep terrain. From my limited experience, yes. Green and Blue per USA, Red is equivelant to Diamond and Black to Double Diamond. Italy tends to grade its slopes harshly - Red slopes there will often be as Blue eslewhere. -- Colin Irvine |
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Need Recommendations for Mountains Near Geneva
Colin Irvine wrote in
news On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:50:21 -0500, "Bob D" squeezed out the following: One more question - are "intermediate" slopes in Europe similar to US? I tore a meniscus two years ago and this will be my first time back on ski's, so I want to avoid steep terrain. From my limited experience, yes. Green and Blue per USA, Red is equivelant to Diamond and Black to Double Diamond. Italy tends to grade its slopes harshly - Red slopes there will often be as Blue eslewhere. And note there are no greens in Switzerland. -- Jeremy R1200RT |
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Need Recommendations for Mountains Near Geneva
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:30:39 GMT, "Jérémy"
wrote: And note there are no greens in Switzerland. There's an eco-joke there somewhere. -- -Pip |
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Need Recommendations for Mountains Near Geneva
On Feb 14, 3:30 pm, "Jérémy"
wrote: Colin Irvine wrote innews On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:50:21 -0500, "Bob D" squeezed out the following: One more question - are "intermediate" slopes in Europe similar to US? I tore a meniscus two years ago and this will be my first time back on ski's, so I want to avoid steep terrain. From my limited experience, yes. Green and Blue per USA, Red is equivelant to Diamond and Black to Double Diamond. Italy tends to grade its slopes harshly - Red slopes there will often be as Blue eslewhere. And note there are no greens in Switzerland. -- Jeremy R1200RT I found most of Swiss Reds were like French Blue. And most of French Reds are like US Diamonds. Also in France few times I saw green slops gradually turning blue and then red So I suggest you try blue for the start. As for resorts Megeve is nice place, not so difficult as Chamonix and not far from Geneva, couple of hours by bus Enjoy your stay |
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:37:28 -0000, in
, "Paul S" morespam@nothanks wrote: "Bob D" wrote in message news Thanks for the feedback. I have not heard of anything about visa restrictions in France. I am a US citizen - I drove through France last year on my way from Paal, Belgium to Barcelona, Spain and never even had to show my passport. If this is an issue, I would need to stay in the Swiss Alps since I depart this Saturday for a week long business trip. Please advise. Those countries you mention are part of the Schengen (spelling?) group and have open borders, I'm pretty sure Switzerland isn't included. You're wrong. Switzerland was an original signatory of the Schengen agreement, although it's not totally implemented yet. So there are still border checks, but mainly just the Swiss stopping people on the motorway borders to make them buy the the road toll Vignette (40chf for a year). |
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Need Recommendations for Mountains Near Geneva
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:50:21 -0500, in
, "Bob D" wrote: One more question - are "intermediate" slopes in Europe similar to US? I tore a meniscus two years ago and this will be my first time back on ski's, so I want to avoid steep terrain. For French and Italian resorts, the progression is normally green, blue, red and black, where the latter are roughly equivalent to US single- and double-diamond blacks. In Switzerland there are no greens, so blues and reds span a wider range, as it were. But as everywhere, the colour gradings are not always a good indication of steepness, as they also take into account narrowness as well as propensity fot ice and moguls. In good condition many Swiss reds are great long motorway cruise runs, with just a few steep bits, so don't be put off just by the colours. |
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:25:35 -0500, in
, "Bob D" wrote: I just found out I will have an open day in Geneva during my upcoming business trip to Europe. I know nothing about the Alps and would appreciate any information regarding nearby mountains would be greatly appreciated. I am interested in intermediate terrain, so lack of extreme slopes is not an issue. I found some info on Verbier, including a 10KM toboggan run for those in my group that don't ski - but wanted to get more objective info. Most of your questions seem to have been addressed by others, including good resources for info (like the skiclub site in my sig) and lists of suitable resorts. But I'd be failing to live up to expectations if I didn't recommend Flaine/Grand Massif, which is, IMO, one of the very top resorts (for skiing) in the world. Also - how is the snow this year in the Alps? I have not been able to glean much information regarding overall conditions. Again, the ski club site may help, but I've skied 35 days or so this season, and can definitely state that it is a very good year so far. Just back from a week in Davos, CH, where it's been beautiful sunshine every week, but with temperatures remaining just sub-zero, and no wind whatsoever, the snow has remained excellent throughout. |
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