Poster: A snowHead
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What's the longest circuit that can be skied within a day?
By 'circuit' I mean a non-repeating, non-intersecting route that returns to the point one sets off from.
Aside from skiing, the circuit may include walking, climbing, poling, and lifts provided to lift-pass holding skiers (so can include ski buses and funiculars, but not private or public transport, e.g. cars , trains, helicopters).
By 'longest' I mean longest distance travelled on skis (excluding lifts)
I've done the Portes du Soleil circuit (includes a short ski bus ride).
I've done the Sella Ronda.
I've done the four corners of the three valleys piste map (in clockwise order from top left).
No doubt there are far longer circuits than these.
What are they?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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are you struggling for content for your next ski quiz or board game or something
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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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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@altis, interesting, but yes, I've no doubt mega circuits can be created with the addition of taxis, but I think it has to be a ski circuit that is generally available to tourist skiers (without leaving a ski area, using non-ski transport, or requiring special transportation measures, or visas, etc.).
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@Langerzug, now that's more like it. I have no doubt done bit of this circuit on a week's StAnton tour.
So, are they suggesting this can be done in a day? And in a normal day, or in a special day dedicated to facilitating this 'Run of Fame' circuit? And is it for advanced skiers or Olympic downhill calibre skiers only?
It's getting a bit close to failing the 'non-intersecting' requirement, but one has to allow a little leeway for star shaped circuits.
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It is for advanced skiërs, and definitely feasable within a normal day.
It is definitely not for Olympic downhill calibre, as some stretches are prone to become bumpy during the day
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@Langerzug, not really a circuit is it? Seems like a lot of repeating?
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I have done some high mileage days using the Sella Ronde as the base circuit but including the Marmolada and other such side loops.
It has been a while now but I am pretty sure we did not repeat lifts or runs.
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It depends rather on what you mean by "intersecting".
You can, for instance, do a circuit of the Ski Welt, including Westendorf, but will obviously cross your own path where the Brixen gondolas start in each direction. And you could extend that to include part of Kitzbuhel, but then again would cross your previous path as you came back to Ki-West.
But you could do that without using the any lift or run twice.
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alex_heney wrote: |
It depends rather on what you mean by "intersecting". |
Ok, let's say 'minimally intersecting circuit' closest to a perimeter route.
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@under a new name,
No, there will not be a lot of repeating.
I can understand though why people would think so from looking at the map, it's rather complicated
The apparent repeating in reality is lift vs. piste mostly.
Only in Zürs there is a short stretch of repeating piste.
And the Lech-Warth lift of course is without piste, so you're repeating a lift there. Same for the new Flexenbahn. But no piste-repeating.
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@Langerzug, That looks like a great challenge for a day!
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You know it makes sense.
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The "standard" PdS circuit is about 80kms.
It's possible to extend by including Les Gets and Torgon. Quite possibly taking to 120kms and becoming a bit of a challenge.
Struggling to imagine there's anything much bigger.
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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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under a new name wrote: |
The "standard" PdS circuit is about 80kms.
It's possible to extend by including Les Gets and Torgon. Quite possibly taking to 120kms and becoming a bit of a challenge.
Struggling to imagine there's anything much bigger. |
This. The "standard" route i.e. including Pas de Chavanette, no cheating via Mossettes!
The recognised "PdS circuit" doesn't even follow the perimeter, in fact it involves taking the shortest route through each village's ski area to reach the next. By diverting to follow as much perimeter as the day allowed, you could achieve the OP's objective (might be worth a go sometime @under a new name? ).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@shep, ok, so there's the challenge: for the PdS, find the longest minimally intersecting circuit, closest to the perimeter route, that can be skied in a day.
It must start and finish, at the starting position, between sunrise & sunset. Moreover, the starting position must be arrived at by the skier from their accommodation, unassisted except by ski lifts - and such accommodation must be permanent and bookable by the general public, e.g. hotel, chalet, or apartment, etc. but not caravan, tent, or mountain refuge. Having completed the circuit, the skier should be able to return to their accommodation before midnight, unassisted except by ski lifts.
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