 Poster: A snowHead
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| chocksaway wrote: |
@GreenDay, Can you wait till Monday?
Laptop is in my pad, I'm out in the wilds with a small phone. I suspect there will be a lot of checking to do...... |
Only joking  No real rush !!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Did anyone get out for opening weekend on the glacier?
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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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@bobski62, perfect, that’s just was I was looking for. Thanks!! After a bit of rummaging, I did find my Tignes pass so haven’t tested the non Tignes card registration. That’s good to know for when/if I try to use a card for a different resort.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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| kitenski wrote: |
| Did anyone get out for opening weekend on the glacier? |
What? What! You mean, start the 21/22 season before @chocksaway has started the 21/22 thread? Unthinkable. Bateman cartoon to follow...
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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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| thelem wrote: |
| sbooker wrote: |
| We have done most of our skiing in the US and Canada and are comfortable skiing off the trails and in fresh snow. |
Bear in mind that skiing "off the trails" in North America is very different to off-piste skiing in Europe. In North America there's typically an outer boundary of the ski area and some roped off areas inside that. Anything inside the boundary and not roped off is monitored for avalanche risk and is safe to ski. In Europe only the marked pistes are monitored for avalanche risk. If you want to ski anywhere else it's advisable to pay a qualified local guide to lead your group. |
I was aware of this. Surely at some point average punters ski off piste without a guide? Low angle areas between the runs and under the lifts on suitable days?
I'm not sure many skiers could afford a guide every time they wanted to ski off the marked piste.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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@sbooker, Yes, on a powder morning in the big European everything fully within sight of the lifts/pistes that requires no uphill to get to or from will be tracked out by midday and it predominantly won't be by guided groups. Accidents do happen but fairly rarely on 'between the pistes' style terrain
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I am now on it!
Please do not post any more comments here, I have started the new thread!!!,
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