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Arinsal
Soll
Courchevel x 2
Meribel x 3
Tignes x 6 (+ again next week)
Val D'Isere
Montgenevre
La Plagne x 2
Verbier
St Anton/Lech/Zurs
Sauze d'Oulx
Madonna di Campiglio x 3
Lake Louise & area
Whistler coming up in March
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ok....here goes....
Soldeu x 4
Arinsal
Bardonnechia
Sauze d'Oux
Scheffau
3 Valleys x 2
Le Toussuire
Corbier
Valmenier
Valloire
Val Cenis
Flaine
Les Gets
Vars
Serre Chevalier
Les Deux Alpes x 3 (can't think why it's not that good...)
Alpe d'Huez (and again a week on Saturday..yippee!)
Tignes x 2
La Plagne
....there's a definite French bias there but that's because the best Internet bargains seem to be for French resorts.
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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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How can you remember dates so well?? In order (I think) from about 1988 (I think)
Soll
Kirchberg
Val D'Isere
Soldeu
Meribel
Kirchberg
La Plagne
Val D'Isere
Ischgel
Meribel
Aviemore
Vail
Breckenridge
Flims
Cran Montana
Meribel
Flims
Schladming
Sauze d'Oulx
Klosters
These are the places I stayed, there's loads of resorts in the regions I've been to that I've skiied whilst there.
i should be good by now - what's going wrong 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Maurach - School ski trip 1970 something ( Anyone know if this was
actuallya resort or just a field with some snow on it?)
Kitzbuhel 1985 ish 2 days skiing and one knee ligament injury
Kitzbuhel 1986 Got the hang of not injuring myself
Kitzbuhel 1987 2 weeks, first (and last!) black run
Ischgl 1989 I don't remember it having the wild apres ski everyone alludes to,
maybe I was just too drunk to notice...skiing improved though
Meribel 1992
Cervinia 1995 There is/was a truly magnificent restaurant down a back street
on the left looking from the nursery slope - can't remember the name
La Plagne 2003 Ist skiing trip for my son aged 5 ...and way too good for my liking!
I like this ski in/out lark!
Meiringen 2003/2004 Son now signed up with skiers anonymous
Morillon 21st Feb It's no good, the treatment is just not working..we'll just
have one more, just a small one we'll give up soon, honest!
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Here we go then - in order cos I'm a Virgo girly and so that is how it has to be!!
Feb 00 - Cervinia
Feb 01 - Kitzbuhel
Mar 01 - Sauze d'Oulx
Dec 01 - Alpe d'Huez
Feb 02 - Morzine
Mar 02 - Kitzbuhel
Aug 02 - Zermatt- summer skiing on the glacier
Dec 02 - Saas Fee
Feb 03 - Schladming
Mar 03 - Soldeu
Apr 03 - Morzine - Easter break
Aug 03 - Tignes - summer skiing on the glacier
Dec 03 - Les Carroz/Flaine
Feb 04 - Selva Gardena
and soon to come
Feb 04 - Cervinia - weekend
Mar 04 - Tignes
Apr 04 - Morzine - Easter break
Aug 04 - Tignes
Decided the only way to improve quickly was to go lots!
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Sarah L, Can you give me the secret of how you go about winning the lottery please? That's the only way I could fund that many trips over a relatively short period 
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Ah....Sarah_L and I work for the same understanding employer....she's got a few to go to catch up with me!!!
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17 trips in from 2001 to 2003 is going to be expensive, no matter how understanding your employer is 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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In the last 4 years as best I can remember .....
Kaprun x 5 (long weekends)
Meribel / 3 valleys (1 week)
Sölden X 3 (1 week and a couple of long weekends)
Morzine X 2 (couple of long weekends)
Soll X 1 week
St Johan im Pongau / Sportsworld Amade X 1 Week
Obertauern x 2 (1 week one long weekend)
Obergurgl X 2 (1 week and a single day)
Gerlizten X 2 weeks (small Austria resort)
St Anton x 4 (a couple of days and two weeks)
Various other small Austrian resorts on the weekends, generally get in approx 25-35 skiing days a year.
Last edited by snowHeads are a friendly bunch. on Fri 13-02-04 8:29; edited 2 times in total
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I may miss one or two here...
Whilst a kid:
Kolsas Veer (spelling?)
Zell an Zee
Leysin
La Mollina
Courmayeur
Older:
Courmayeur (<Betty Marsden voice>many, many times</Betty Marsden voice>)
Zell am Zee
Val d'Isere
Cervina
Weekend:
Davos
Day trips (from other resorts):
La Thuile
Pila
Cervinia
Saalbach
Vallee Blanche
From this weekend:
Flims/Laax/Falera
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You know it makes sense.
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I'll try to remember all the dates.
1988 Cauterets
1989 Obertauren
1991 Flaine
1993 Valmorel
1994 Flaine
1995 La Plagne
1996 Les Arcs
1997 La Plagne
1998 Alpe D' Huez
1999 Serre Chevalier
1999 Deuz Alpes
2000 Val Thorens
2001 La Plagne
2002 Serre Chevalier
2003 La Rosierre
2004 Alpe D'Huez on Saturday to be precise. 
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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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| Peter B wrote: |
| 17 trips in from 2001 to 2003 is going to be expensive, no matter how understanding your employer is |
Ah...but I managed 23!!!
The secret is:
Find employer with big leave allocation
Stay long enough to get bonus days for long service
Ingratiate yourself with Manager so you can be off one week a month all winter
Don't under any circumstances contemplate having kids!
Never "waste" any money on anything else - decorating, new clothes, shoes etc...
Develop grim determination to last from April to December without a single day off while everyone else keeps ranting on about how great their trip to Beniorm/Majorca/Kos was
If all else fails find rich partner who likes skiing!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Couldn't have put it better myself homphomp!!!
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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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Should I add....
Risk said job by surfing Internet all day looking for bargains and haunting chat rooms?
....hmmm Sarah_L 2:23pm??
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Started in 97 - went to Chiesa in Italy . s'ok if limited (2 blues)
98 Obertauren in Austria - wow.
99 Soldeu, Andorra - excellent
00 nothing, nadda, was flat on my back giving birth in February and they wouldnt let me go.
01 nothing, nadda, had a baby stuck on my boobs.
02 Kaprun, Austria - left baby at home with my mum and dad. Great place, loved the glacier.
03 skint
04 off on March 6th to Passo Tonale and CANNOT WAIT. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Have been or would go back: Zermatt, Courchevel, Val D'I, Les Arcs, Avoriaz, Vaujany, Chamonix, Champoluc, St Anton, Flaine 
Have benn once and only once: La Clusaz, Cervinia, Verbier, Les 2 Alpes, Chatel 
Been more than once by mistake: Sauze D, Champoussin 
I've never had a duff holiday though
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OK, here goes then.
1987 Söll, Austria 
1988 Andalo, Italy
Morin Heights, Mont St Sauveur, Quebec
1989 Jay Peak, Killington, Sugarbush, Vermont
Mont Sutton, Mont Tremblant, Mont Ste Anne, Mont Orford, Mont St Sauveur, Mont Gabriel, Mont Bromont, Chantecler, Mont Avila, Owls Head, Morin Heights, Mont Habitant, Mont Olympia, Mont Blanc, Quebec
Whiteface Mountain, Lake Placid, New York
Sunshine, Lake Louise, Alberta
1990 Jay Peak, Killington, Sugarbush, Smugglers Notch, Vermont
Mont Sutton, Mont Tremblant, Mont St Sauveur, Mont Gabriel, Mont Avila, Morin Heights, Quebec
Whiteface Mountain, Lake Placid, New York
Sunshine, Lake Louise, Nakiska, Alberta
1991 Stowe, Jay Peak, Sugarbush, Vermont
Mont Sutton, Mont Tremblant, Mont Ste Anne, Mont St Sauveur, Mont Gabriel, Mont Avila, Morin Heights, Mont Olympia, Quebec
Whiteface Mountain, Lake Placid, New York
Sunshine, Lake Louise, Nakiska, Fortress Mountain, Alberta
1992 Smugglers Notch, Sugarbush, Vermont
Mont Sutton, Mont Tremblant, Mont Ste Anne, Mont St Sauveur, Quebec
Méribel, France
1993 Val D’Isère, France
1994 Mottaret, France
1995 Zermatt, Switzerland Cervinia, Italy
Seyðisfjörður, Iceland 
1996 Alpe D’Huez, Serre Chevalier, France
Banff, Sunshine, Norquay, Lake Louise, Fortress Mountain, Canada
1997 Val Thorens, France
1998 Selva / Val Gardena, Cortina, Italy
Serre Chevalier, Montgenevre, France
1999 Alpe D’Huez, France
Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Vail, Keystone, Arapaho Basin, Colorado
2000 St Anton, Lech, Zürs, Austria
Verbier, Switzerland
2001 Whistler, BC, Canada
2002 Tignes, France
2003 Alpe D’Huez, France
2004 St Anton, Zürs, Austria
I think thats about it. Something like that anyways
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Started in Glencoe round about '82, first foreign trip Chatel '85. This season, Wengen/Utah/Castleford! In between, most of the big names, and lots of small ones too, normally 2 or 3 trips per season. I've got a draw somewhere with all my old lift passes in (it helps me through the long summers!)
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Blkimey, I've wanted to do this for years, cos can't rely on my memory!
Approx:
Glenshee (Scotland), La Clusaz, Tignes Les Brevieres x2, Meribel, Zermatt x3, Val D'Isere x2, Courchevel x3, Whistler, Cortina, Verbier, Jackson Hole, St Anton x2, Grindelwald, St Moritz, Argentiere, Kitzbuhel. All these for 1 week or 10 days, then Madonna di Campiglio and some other small Italian resorts in the Dolomites (for weekends), and Obertauern (w/e) and Schladming (w/e). Crickey it makes me feel old...
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Glenshee & Cairngorm - too long ago to be any use for info.
Macunaga - ditto
Livigno - ditto
Corvara - ditto
Andorra - ditto
Flaine - ditto LONG GAP - kids etc.
Vaujany ( Alpe D' ) 91
Serre Chevalier - 95-98 (4 times)
Belle Plagne - 99-2004 ( 6 times ). Happy to give info.
When I find a place I like I tend to the 'ain't broken so don't fix it school of thought'. But then I don't need blacks and bumps.
Also lived in Tehran and skied Dizin 95-98 - doubt if it's changed much if anyone needs info.
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Flippin' heck, martyn c. It looks like for you we should have asked 'Where haven't you skied?'
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loads of places still to go Ian. Just wish I was still as fit and active these days !
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Been to Katchberg, Courcheval, Zermatt, Vail/Beaver Creek, Keystone, Aspen, Breckenridge, Whistler, Lake Louise/Sunshine, Wengen, Alpe D'Huez, Flaine, St Anton, Cortina, Park City, Snowbird/Alta, Deer Valley, Sundance, Canyons, Val D'Isere and off to Fernie in March!
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I'm very impressed with the coverage of resorts most people seem to have... I must do something about this... my list demonstrates that I have a couple of favourites!
Verbier (18 weeks), Val D'Isere (12 weeks), La Plagne, Champany en Vanoise, Courcheval, Saas Fee, Les Carroz, Les Deux Alpes (2 weeks), Flaine, Aviemore (2 weeks), Whistler, Kimberley, Queenstown (NZ).
Chris - I was surprised to see a "down at mouth" face against Verbier... you really must have hit it at a bad time. The resort does have a few issues such as the queueing problems and general condition of runs to the resort, however, there is some awesome skiing - both on and off the piste... could be worth another go?
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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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Catriona,
We had a combination of snow/rain constantly for the first four days and the lift links out of Verbier never opened, and nor did the glacier (which we'd paid the suppliment and Verbier gave us a refund in Verbier vouchers not money - pissed off or what ). So we just had a very limited area to ski in. There were lots of queues and slow lifts and actually not that many runs. Also the walk to/from our chalet was long, steep and slippery (one of our group twisted her knee on the path). It was probably a bit early in my ski career to go there but what I saw put me off for a long time. The same season I went to Alpe d'Huez which was much much better. It's all personal choice I suppose and I'm sure that I was unlucky and would enjoy it more now but I still don't feel inclined to go back.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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oooo only just found this and want to play tooo.
1999 - Arinsal
2000 - Arinsal, Arinsal
2001 - (broke free of Arinsal!) - La Plagne, Les Arcs
2002 - Val Thorens - Crans Montana - Tignes/Val D
2003 - Val Thorens - Val D'Isere - Sauxe D'Oulx (and Sestriere) (long weekend)- Cervinia (spotting the trend??)
2004 - Serre Chevalier (day in Montgenevre0 - Val D'Isere/T.... and going to Zermatt in April. - sadly cant get a weekend in this year!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hmmm, this is stretching the memory a bit! Here goes:
1982 - Villars
1983 - Les Arcs 1800
1984 - Les Arcs 1800
1985 - La Plagne
1986 - La Plagne
1987 - Flaine, Tignes (2 wks)
1988 - Isola 2000, St Anton
1989 - Isola 2000, Les Arcs 2000 (2 wks)
1990 - Champagny en Vanoise
1991 - Mayrhofen
1992 - Zermatt
1993 - Brides-les-Bains
1994 - Courchevel 1850
1995 - Brides-les-Bains
1996/97 - Impoverished student years
1998 - Chamonix
1999 - Morzine (3 wks)
2001 - Cervinia
2002 - Cervinia x2
2003 - Tignes (2 wks), Courchevel 1550, Cervinia, Obergurgl (3 wks), Caprun
2004 - Verbier, Val d'Isere, Val Thorens (4 wks), Killington (2 wks)
Les Arcs 1800 still to come at Easter - can't wait!! Am hoping to check out the flying kilometre, although I'll probably bottle it once I get there! 
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Chris,
Sounds like all the bad things hit you at once.... so don't blame you about never wanting to go back! I wouldn't either.
Martyn c
After your list I'd say that you probably need to think about whether "S Glos" is an accurate description of where you live..... !!
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I'll agree with above posters - I now know why I'm never as good as those experts you see flying past you on the slopes!
Chamonix - 1.5 weeks
Val d'Isere - 2 weeks
Engelberg - 1.5 days!
Verbier - 0.5 weeks
Lecht - 2 days (yes, they were the 2 days it was open that year)!
Cairngorm - 1 day (pretty much ditto)!!
Courchevel - 1 week
The biggest thing that worries me now is that my rate of improvement will just slow down continually now. It took me four weeks to get comfortable on blacks/moguls and now it's going to take another four weeks for me to learn how to start doing tricks!
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Started in 1995-Flaine, 1996 Flaine, 97-La PLagne, 98-La PLagne, 2000 La PLagne 2001-La Rosiere, Serre Chevalier 2002 Serre Chevalier, Les Arcs 2003-Serre Chevalier, Banff 2004-La Plagne (for the last time-not challenging enough for kids and hubby) and Serre Chevalier later this season. Next season will be Whistler at Easter, and probably Serre Che in Jan.
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soleu
saas fee
livigno x3
ape d'huez x3
les deuxalps
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But Catriona, that listing is over a fairly long time. So S Glos is unfortunately all too accurate. I havnt managed more than a week a season for a few years now.
And I wasnt too impressed with Verbier either, as was stated on that other place.
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Val d'Isere 1 week, with light weight students who don't get out of bed
Right thats it I'm on the phone tomorrow and away next weekend, who cares if no ones coming with me
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Sportinia (Sauze)
Flaine
Motteret (Meribel) x 2
Val D'Isere
Livigno x 3
Les Arcs
Alpe d'Huez
La Plagne - on March 13th
Serre Chevalier in 2005 (our trip organisers are very organised)
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