 Poster: A snowHead
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| No-one will notice if you wear the same stuff throughout the week unless it really honks. |
Or maybe we were too polite to mention it 
Seriously though, I do the same as you- no need for a second jacket, wear those apres boots and take an 80p tube of travel wash to recycle your socks etc.... I was also surprised to see that my old wheelie case with extending handle etc was 5.5kg empty- since replaced with a much lighter bag
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| owen4220 wrote: |
| I think the point generally being made is that 20 kg is a) unreasonable and b) almost impossible for those with own boots to stick to |
Really? Even keeping my hand luggage light, never had a problem. And that's with enough thermals etc for each day of the week. Admitedly, going out at night in shorts, T-shirt and flip flops poses a challenge... 
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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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| MisterG wrote: |
Heres a question for all the seasoned snowheads...
Is it possible to pack for a weeks skiing/apres + boots in 20kg?
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As several people had already said in this thread, yes it is very possible.
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Just back from my trip to Scheffau. Weight of holdall including boots, all clothing and ski gear except jacket was a smidge under 16kg. As I said on another thread a lot of this depends on the weight of your case/holdall to start with. If you have a case that weighs 5kg unladen that does eat considerably into your weight allowance. I also always seem to take far more clothes than I need, I took two fleece base layers this time that I didn't use and two extra non-ski tops.
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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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Ski boots at 5kg is part of the 20kg
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Not if you do what I did this week with Thomson and take them as hand luggage.
Then again, I packed them in my checked-in bag at the end of the 4 day trip and the bag still weighed less than 10 kg
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Another good reason to drive!
I normally take, 3 pairs of skis & a snowboard, so thats two sets of boots, & all the gear.
I could'nt imagine doing a ski/board trip with only one set of planks for the week!
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Cptsideways, I take a pair of Missions, which see me round the mountain. But of course it would be nice to have a couple of pairs for out and out on-piste and off-piste.
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boots in hand luggage (unless you are flying to/from a stupid airport like Grenoble) in a small suitcase, not a ski boot bag, then 20kg is a doddle. Even with boots in your main bag it's very achievable with a little forethought, for most people it's a skiing trip/holiday, not a fashion parade, you are expected to smell a bit towards the end of the week.
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smithski,
I just packed up yesterday for a week in St Anton, ski boots in bag, total weight 18kg. Might smell a bit at end of week!
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THose Bigair wheelie cases are almost 5kg, boots another 5 and you only have 10 kg to play with. Throw in 3 books, a toilet bag and a bottle of pure malt "medicine", not much left for clothes.
On a tangential note, do airlines factor in the extra tons of weight created by leaving all the luggage on the tarmac in a monsoon like downpour (as was happening at the hellhole of an airport now known as Grenoble-Isere last night? My luggage had put on a good few kilos by the time I got it back.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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just packed for mayrhofen on saturday. main bag weighed 15kg, inc boots. i put a couple of jackets and trousers in my snowboard bag but even if i had to take them out (do airports check?) i could wear one of the jackets the other is down so will squash up really small and fit in my hand luggage and the trousers will fit in my main bag without taking it anywhere near 20kg. i only put the stuff in the snowboard bag as extra padding.
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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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tim000, You want to see my ski bag, trainers/ sweatshirt/ probe/ shovel.............oh skis/ poles and 1kg of bubblewrap too! Always been OK they dont check whats in them (unless its something dodgy of course!!) - Go for it. 
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I do two weeks no problem being under 20kg with boots in hold bag. In my hold bag I have ski boots, ski helmet, casual trousers, six pairs of pants, six tee shirts , two long sleeve tee shirts, two mirco fleeces, 1 thin fleece, 4 long sleeved shirts, 4 pairs socke, 6 pairs ski socks hankies and toilet bag including the most important tube of hand wash. In my hand luggage ski trousers , ski jacket, ski gloves, one tea shirt. one pair ski socks pair slip on shoes, all electrical gear. I wear for travelling long sleeve tee shirt, a medium fleece and carry a heavy fleece which i can sqeeze into my hand luggage if required.
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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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Tell you what - everyone should have to get on the scales with their suitcase and if the whole kaboodle is over 100kg then;
1. an alarm goes off and normal people laugh
2. you pay 1€ per lb of lard as a penalty for not beiing able to control your greed.
riverman, waaay too much information... no one wants to hear about your pants 
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Poster: A snowHead
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red 27, I buy them in Tk-Maxx
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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What makes you so special that the rules don't apply to you?
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What a bizarre post. I can't see anywhere that the OP even remotely hints at that!
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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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| tim000 wrote: |
| ticket arrived .flying with thomas cook . board carrage says 10kg, NO extra items in the bag. |
Thats the silly comedy bit, no extra items, why not? 10kgs is 10kgs!
Like most its nice to wrap your skis in a few larger padded items of clothing, to protect them a bit.
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Thanks, all you folk. EZY tomorro so just put a bit out of the case and into the backpack and now 32kg exact (16+ in case and 16 minus in Ski bag. Would like to have put boots in with skis (board type bag) but feel that if they are going to bump some off the plane it will be skibags rather than regular cases. Wouldn't want to lose my precice -fitted boots so they go in the case.
I did think of chucking out 2nd pyjamas (week 2) but it would have cost me about the same to have the single pair laundered so no gain.
Next time I'll take the big rucsac to get more in cabin and put little sac in case.
All this plotting to save 10 quid !.
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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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| hammerite wrote: |
| A light bag/case helps. I was amazed at how much our cheapo empty cases weighed, takes up a fair chunk of the allowance. |
This. I take a soft bag now and anything breakable is in hand luggage.
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