 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Multi-coloured, ultra-flourescent all-in-ones are the standard uniform. If you don't wear one you won't be able to use anything other than button lifts and t-bars. Your travel insurance will also be void.
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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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On the slopes or in the restaurants/hotels? In the former case, hyweljenkins is correct; no dayglo romper, no chair lift. In the latter, none that I noticed (dress codes are probably illegal in Canada), but it is usual to wear drag throughout the resort.
Have a good hol.
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Surely naked skiing is the done thing in Lake Louise 
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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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Be careful if you ski Banff though; there, the dress code changes to Bermuda shorts and Hawaiian shirt on piste, or women's lingerie off-piste
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shellthecobbler,
Just wrap up warm
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And the ski-school instructors tend to be all in red, so that's not the colour to go for if you want to be easily distinguishable. Otherwise, asjohnboy, says - wrap up warm (or prepare to be cold)! We stayed in Banff and stuck to jeans & walking boots off-piste and no-one complained about us looking scruffy in restaurants.
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Stayed in Post Hotel Lake Louise in 1998. Anything goes! (except in the dining room which is a bit posh) But do wrap up warm if going before March/April. When we were there for 10 days over Christmas, the temperatures ranged from -34C to -20C. The locals thought we were mad to even venture out. I'd advise mittens not fingered gloves as these are definitely warmer, and use handwarmers and footwarmers, too!!
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shellthecobbler,
We stayed in the chateau and I don't think there is a dress code unless you are in the fairmont dining room
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Other than hitting the casinos of St Moritz, is there a dress-code in any resort (as opposed to the odd Michelin-starred restaurant here & there)??
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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the ice perv, there seemed to be a bit of a 'wrap yourself in a dead animal' code in Courchevel.
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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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On piste, you might want to consider balaclavas/glove liners etc - it can get v.v.cold They sometimes shut the lifts if it's too bad.
When I was there, I came across the Japanese skier for the first time in numbers. Boy do they dress up when they ski ! Brighter and newer the better. I got the impression they bought new stuff every year.
Off piste, casual is fine. I wsa really impressed by the attitude of the staff in the big Chateau - wife and I wandered into a lovely restaurant/tea room for a cup of tea and a couple of cakes following an afternoons x-country. We were not particularly well dressed and obviously not going to spend a packet but were made to feel incredibly welcome. Can't imagine many similarly exotic hotels in Europe treating a couple of cheapskate non-residents as well.
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