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Long Term Ski Storage in Switzerland

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This winter we will be skiing in Zermatt, and plan on making a return visit the following season. Has anyone ever found a way to leave their equipment either at the resort or nearby, perhaps Tasch, Visp or Brig? Even Geneva is an option but that will most likely be more. We won't be able to book our return visit until a bit closer in, so we cannot guarantee we will stay at the same apartment or hotel. All suggestions appreciated.
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Hotel ski rooms usually quite accommodating over a few weeks gap but I don't know season to season. Talk to your hotelier?
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Maybe try a ski shop, service plus store until next year!
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Thanks all. My dilemma is that I will be unable to commit to a plan for the following year, so I am reluctant to make an arrangement with a hotel or apartment. A ski shop - that is a possibility we will look into once we are there. Cheers.
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@JohnnyC, self store options do exist - oddly enough you could try the postal service. Or google it...probably eye wateringly expensive though... cheaper to take them home with you.

why are you asking anyway? seems like a crazy idea if you're only over here for a couple of weeks.

A friend of mine used to kindly store seasonal workers skis in his loft. "Sure, I'll be back next year, can you hold onto them for me please?" - didn't buy a set of skis for many years...
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Check if they have a public locker in resort that you can rent. I have year around ski-boot locker in Verbier, one pair of skis live there permanently as well as my both pairs of boots and helmet. Very convenient on the first day of the season when we already have plenty stuff to take to the resort and I know that I have pair of skis waiting for me right by the ski lift.

In Geneva there is a little ski shop call Penseyres Sports, not far from the train station, I used to drop skis for service there at the end of the season and collect it in November - they close for summer anyway. Maybe worth checking if they can keep your skis for a year or so (you will need to use their service though) - 0227329834.
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Excellent idea, never summer. As to why - we are US based, and may have quite a lot of luggage from an extended European stay on our follow-up trip, and would rather not lug our skis around any more than necessary.
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@JohnnyC, I hate a to ask a dumb question, why don't you just hire some gear when you get here ?
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Old thread, but perhaps an update would be useful for anyone with the same question.

There is a company called GenevaSkiStorage that, as the name implies, store your skis for you in Geneva. Drop off and pick up is incredibly easy and quick so it avoids having to fly with them. I’ve used them for three years now and think they are brilliant. It’s also very reasonable and cheaper (for me at least) than paying to fly with skis.

Http://Www.genevaskistorage.com
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Blackblade wrote:
Old thread, but perhaps an update would be useful for anyone with the same question.

There is a company called GenevaSkiStorage that, as the name implies, store your skis for you in Geneva. Drop off and pick up is incredibly easy and quick so it avoids having to fly with them. I’ve used them for three years now and think they are brilliant. It’s also very reasonable and cheaper (for me at least) than paying to fly with skis.

Http://Www.genevaskistorage.com


What a great idea! Very Happy
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It’s also very reasonable and cheaper (for me at least) than paying to fly with skis.
An initially appealing service - but there's an extra £14.99 to pay every time they meet you at the terminal with your skis.
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I can offer the same service to SH for free for anyone driving past Vevey
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@BobinCH, have you been reading the old post by @under a new name ??

Seems a great idea!
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
mountainaddict wrote:
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It’s also very reasonable and cheaper (for me at least) than paying to fly with skis.
An initially appealing service - but there's an extra £14.99 to pay every time they meet you at the terminal with your skis.


You don't think you should pay for their time?
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holidayloverxx wrote:
mountainaddict wrote:
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It’s also very reasonable and cheaper (for me at least) than paying to fly with skis.
An initially appealing service - but there's an extra £14.99 to pay every time they meet you at the terminal with your skis.


You don't think you should pay for their time?


I don't think he's saying that - but is pointing out that there's a 20% (of the annual fee) delivery charge on top, which I hadn't spotted. rolling eyes
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It’s what 50 quid on EasyJet for sports equipment or less? The meet and greet fee seems reasonable
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You don't think you should pay for their time?
Ehhhh?? Laughing I'm saying that one could easily beled to believe that one was getting one's skis stored for an all-in cost of £74 a year - which is the headline statement on the website after all - and could therefore assume that that cost was paying for the time, as well as anything else involved in providing the service.

How could anyone know there was any time element involved? For all we know, the skis could have been stored in a self-service locker in the terminal.

I see they clean skis each time they are stored. There's undoubtedly a time element involved in that - but they aren't charging a supplement wink
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