 Poster: A snowHead
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But not in April. The sun doesn't go down till well after 6! Why stop the lift at 4:30? Though I suspect this is a European thing? In N.A., it's pretty common to run the lift all the way till 5:30 after daylight saving time starts (March/April).
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Not having been but I had been lead to believe that in NA that lifts shut early any time of the year and this was one of the downsides. Where does the truth lie?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes, I had heard the same about US ski lifts closing very early.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for sharing your opinions, I'm glad I'm not totally mad, but it wouldn't have changed me even if you'd all said I was. The more time I can spend on the slopes, the more chance I have of improving and pushing myself to achieve greater goals!! 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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First tracks rock. In Mont tremblant if you buy accomodation, you get free first tracks, which are unaveliable for other skiers.
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| stevew wrote: |
| abc wrote: |
But not in April. The sun doesn't go down till well after 6! Why stop the lift at 4:30? Though I suspect this is a European thing? In N.A., it's pretty common to run the lift all the way till 5:30 after daylight saving time starts (March/April).
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Not having been but I had been lead to believe that in NA that lifts shut early any time of the year and this was one of the downsides. Where does the truth lie? |
The truth lies with the calendar (or the Sun, really). Lift closing time changes with the season. In mid-winter, it's cold and gets dark early. So lift closes early. But late in the season, the sun is out longer so the lift runs till later.
Funny if you put the stareotype of NA skiing together, it doesn't quite fit:
"The mountains are small". So who cares if "the lift is closing early" if you already covered all the pistes 3 times over? Especially if there's "no lines at the lift", nor any "mountain resturants" to have a leasurely lunch! 
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| abc wrote: |
"The mountains are small". So who cares if "the lift is closing early" if you already covered all the pistes 3 times over?
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That isnt the meaning of "small". The stereotype is that there is quite a bit of area, but not much vertical. (i.e. "small" in this context means "low").
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Especially if there's "no lines at the lift",
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God knows where you got that "stereotype" from. I always thiught there are far more lines at the lifts in NA, largely because they tend to have more runs per lift than in Europe.
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nor any "mountain resturants" to have a leasurely lunch! |
Not sure why that would affect your desire to have the lifts close later. The people who want leisureley lunches also tend IME to be the ones who don't actually ski much after lunch.
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Love the first lift, the empty piste, the silence, I adore hearing my skis work on the fresh snow. The first run of the day is always my favourite. It the light is always fantastic too .... ahhh about time I hit the snow again.
BTW I'm a ski the backside out out of it person too, I'm too tight to not get the most out of my lift pass!
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I am a holiday-lover as well as a ski-lover, so what time I get up/eat/ski/come off the mountain is completely dictated by what I feel like doing on any given day. Sometimes that is first lift up and last down, sometimes it's long lunches and very little skiing, sometimes it's late starts and no lunch, or late finishes etc.
I don't set an alarm but am usually up at around 7.30ish. I would hate to be on holiday and feel 'bad' at having inadvertently slept in and missed the first lift, and I feel that making the most of the holiday/liftpass etc. means doing whatever makes me enjoy the holiday the most, be that skiing my a$$ off every day, or having a few leisurely days in between. I don't feel obliged to ski 7 hours x 6 days if I don't feel like it.
But we are all so very different, which is undoubtedly a good thing!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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First lift for me unless it's a freeze thaw day with no fresh snow. It's a criminal offence to miss the first lift on a powder day.
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first lift.. in fact i like to be up n out well before the first lift.. nothing like it early in the morning no one around no rushing.. if the weathers crap ill still want to get up early get up the mountain and hang around in the area i want to be . if the light gets better your ready to go.. if it dosent then i sooner have a few beers up top rather than in the hotel .. and even if its a shocker its still fun to do a few runs in terrible conditions
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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try Copper Mountain, Colorado - BeeLine pass gets you on the lifts approx 15 mins before the crowds, first on the lift, first day of the holiday, blasted the first piste - superb 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm not much of a lark but last season I coerced into first lifts at Radstaadt, loved it so much, did it again the following day. Wouldn't do it everyday but if the conditions are right, it's definitely worth it
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Not sure why that would affect your desire to have the lifts close later. The people who want leisureley lunches also tend IME to be the ones who don't actually ski much after lunch.
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You maybe entitle to your own opinion. But that opinion is not backed by facts.
Smart skier gets up for first chair, have the mountain to themselves for 2+ hrs. Break early (~11:30) for a leasurely lunch (up to ~2hrs), and still have plenty of time to get in quite a lot of skiing, without having to fight the mad crowd on the piste back to the village!
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I'm a first lift person, usually quieter slopes while the ski schoolers are sorting them selves out. Maybe a mid morning break, or an early luch, again this means more choice and, if the weathers bad (snowing ) a table to sit at inside. The afternoon basically goes for as long as my legs will carry me, sometimes not so long!  But that also can have an advantage of a seat on a mountain restaurant before ski-ing back to resort as late as I can. So, I ski, rest ski, eat, ski, rest, ski ! (Rest, may include the odd beverage )
Its a hard life really.  Roll on Friday 15th and Val Thorens !! I just hope my training has prepared me for all this 'resting'.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| abc wrote: |
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Not sure why that would affect your desire to have the lifts close later. The people who want leisureley lunches also tend IME to be the ones who don't actually ski much after lunch.
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You maybe entitle to your own opinion. But that opinion is not backed by facts.
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Yes it is.
I said "IME" and it is a fact that those few people I know who go for a leisurely lunch habve a tendency not to do too mauch afterwards.
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Smart skier gets up for first chair, have the mountain to themselves for 2+ hrs. Break early (~11:30) for a leasurely lunch (up to ~2hrs), and still have plenty of time to get in quite a lot of skiing, without having to fight the mad crowd on the piste back to the village! |
You may well do that. But since I don't know you, that means you are not part of "IME". 
I'm sure there are others who act like that too. There are always execptions to any "tendency".
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abc, alex_heney, since neither you has the facts to back up whether this is, in fact, a general 'tendency', what on earth is the point arguing about it? 
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I don't generally get to the very first lifts, but I do like an early(ish) start, family and skiing companions permitting. Ideally to beat the 10.00 ski schools at the vary latest.
However I also like an early(ish) finish so that you miss the crowds queuing to get the last lifts down, and instead watch the carnage on the narrow runs back from the comfort of a warm BAR with a nice beer and Schnapps chasing away the aches and pains.
Balancing exertion with relaxation is for me the secret of a perfect skiing holiday.
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IME, people who claim to be pacing at the lift station waiting for the first lift, and then claim to ski all day and follow the pisteurs down at night, tend to exaggerate, especially with regard to their own ability 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Frosty the Snowman, Hurtle is a 'she', but alex_heney, was talking about abc (I think) or is he a she also. 
That's it, my head hurtz.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Axsman, It's still lunch time in France
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Boredsurfing, Well that makes the decision somewhat easier - mine's a 1664 - cheers! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Axsman, Petit, Grande or Serieux?
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Boredsurfing, Serieux, naturellement!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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my first week in the alps in jan il be at the ski school with the crowds....
wen i did scotland i think we got to cairngorm 30mins after the lifts opened still a relatively early start
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| Axsman wrote: |
..... Now in your opinion who's experience was a valid basis for forming an opinion?
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The one formed at a (or two?) snowhead bash!
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abc,
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