 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I’m new here. Went skiing for the first time last year in Borovets with the girls and loved it.
Going to Bansko in a few weeks with my teenage son (who has skied a few times now with school - to Austria)
We have started using our local dry ski slope (Urdd centre at Llangrango) weekly since around October to learn to snowboard and have hired both ski and snowboards (and lessons) for our holiday to Bansko.
Just wanted to say hi and say how much o enjoy reading the forum (lurked for a while)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Lou1,
Welcome to Snowheads. I think there are a couple of guys from South Wales on here. I’m from North Wales (Barmouth originally). FYI you’ve mis spelt Llangranog. I went to the Urdd centre at Glan Llyn, Bala when I was a kid. Great fun kayaking, but no ski slope.
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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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@Lou1, Welcome to snowHeads 
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Yes I realised after I’d submitted, but can’t find the edit button... 
Thanks
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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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Hi @Lou1, I’m originally from Llanelli but live in Cardiff now. Love the Ski Welt & was in Soll at the beginning of January. Off to Serre Chevalier on Saturday. My friend’s children have been to the Urdd center with school & have loved having a go on the dry slope! Enjoy your trip to Bansko 😀
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We're in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey. Back since 2 weeks from Saalbach and chomping at the bit for our March trip to the Grand Massif!
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South Pembs? Welcome to SH
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A girl in my very straight-laced grammar school (Cardiff High) - and one of the goodiest goody two shoes in the school at that - got pregnant at the Urdd Centre in Llangranog at 15 in the 1960s. Turned out to be twins. Story has a happy ending - the young parents got married when she turned 16 and lived happily ever after. 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Shwd mae @Lou1, originally from Carmarthenshire but now in Gloucestershire sadly. Enjoy your trip to Bansko 
@Merch.Y.Mynydd is Welsh but I don't know where she's from and I've not seen any posts for a while.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks for the welcome 
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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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From South Wales...
Off to Bansko myself - but in March.
I assume you are going Feb school half term.
The main gondola queues can be horrendous that time of year!
If weather permits then it may be worth paying for a taxi up to the slopes.
Once your up the mountain, things are better.
If your going with Balkan Holiday or staying in Kempinski or another top hotel, you may get lucky with VIP pass that allows you to use the shorter Gondola queue.
Feel free to ask anything Bansko related - Ive been a few times & quite familiar with the resort.
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Hi,
Yes we are going in half term. Booked with Balkan and have some lessons booked so hoping we may get the pass.
Did Borovets last year which I really enjoyed, but thought I’d try Bansko this year as I’d heard good things (except the gondola que)
I’d really like to try some of the Euro resorts but sadly have no skiing/boarding friends that are keen enough to go - so maybe a snow heads type event might be a solution next year.
Sadly I’ve visited St Anton & Chamonix in the days before I skied!
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You know it makes sense.
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@Lou1,
Lots of whispers that Balkan are giving VIP/fast track passes out in Bansko for the gondola. It maybe only for those with lessons.
Pass should have an L on it if so & worth trying the fast track queue (assuming you booked everything with Balkan)
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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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Yes, I have heard that and also read reviews on trip advisor where people have said they were getting fast track passes via Balkan. If it does happen that will be great.
The ques and the transfer time are the only things that really put me off - but the transfer time (I get travel sick) are pretty standard of most resorts I think, so nothing I can do except take lots of boiled sweets for the journey.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Yes, I have heard that and also read reviews on trip advisor where people have said they were getting fast track passes via Balkan. If it does happen that will be great.
The ques and the transfer time are the only things that really put me off - but the transfer time (I get travel sick) are pretty standard of most resorts I think, so nothing I can do except take lots of boiled sweets for the journey. |
'taxi' (ie a man and a car) is about 10 lev each. So its paying a fiver each compared to 2 hours of queues if you cant fast track. Worth considering.....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes, that’s my 2nd plan - I thought I might try and find 2 more people who might be up for sharing, if we don’t get the fast track
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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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@pam w, Cardiff High is not very straight laced now, I can tell you!
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Welcome.
Aberdare, now in Llandeilo (when I'm not on Hokkaido)
Back at the end of Feb for Welsh turns.
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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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Welcome Lou1, I am based in Swansea and have just come back from the Italian Dolomites, loved it so much going again in March
Enjoy Bansko, have been a couple it times and very much enjoyed
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North Wales me 
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Pennard on the Gower. Just back from Sauze, Aviemore in March and already booked an apartment in Sauze for next Jan. 😎
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@esaw1, nice part of the world. Some great walks around there. Mind you, my wallet's still recovering from the time I bought a round at the Oxwich Bay Hotel
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Born and bred South Wales, now moved away. Not surprised that Cardiff High's not got a reputation as being straight laced - it never did in my day either!
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Another one from Cardiff here, although we spend all our summers in Pembrokeshire so I kind of feel that I’m a little bit from there too. X
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