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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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EoSB looks good but hoping to get some more weekends in between now and then.
What did you do when you went alone? Just tear up the mountain for a couple of days?
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Some Package Companies do holidays where they can put you to share a room with someone else. Sometimes this is highlighted by the name. I remember one had holidays notoriously called "Batchelors Abroad" which did that (it included girls).
As for skiing- yes there are off piste groups you can join or SCGB reps in most resorts (you can ski with them for one day without being a member) andski school where you may meet someone to ski with later. In the past I have even met people on lifts....
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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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| snowball wrote: |
Some Package Companies do holidays where they can put you to share a room with someone else. Sometimes this is highlighted by the name. I remember one had holidays notoriously called "Batchelors Abroad" which did that (it included girls).
As for skiing- yes there are off piste groups you can join or SCGB reps in most resorts (you can ski with them for one day without being a member) andski school where you may meet someone to ski with later. In the past I have even met people on lifts.... |
Batchelors Abroad - hahah, are you serious? Sounds like an 18-30 to me. Not sure am up for that!
I think some off piste groups might be good. I'm intermediate/advanced, not many group ski schools seem to have that level do they  ...always seems to be beginners to me.
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GordonFreeman - given that you seem to be interested developing your off-piste then some of SCGB trips may suit.
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Mostly I was grabbing very last minute deals (even as little as 5hrs before departure) so I'd turn up in a chalet with a mix of people who had paid anything from a little more than me to loads more than me which could feel a little awkward once the 'how much did u pay?' conversation began 
I'm quite content with my own company for a while and enjoy skiing alone. Being able to sit on a lift deciding where to go next and then, at the top, take off in a totally different direction on a whim, without question or explanation, is a much under-rated freedom
Often I'd ski with someone from the chalet for a morning, perhaps a day or, if we got on, a few days. Some chalets gel better than others. You get couples or little groups of friends who might be a little more resilient than some to socialising but they usually all break down and become friends in the end - usually it just takes someone to say, "Let's hook up for lunch/beer/Vin Chaud" - U know, break the ice 
Occasionally I'd meet someone on the mountain to ski with, on a chair lift for example. If you get chatting, you can always ski to the next lift with them, or ski to the next coffee/beer with them. Maybe you ski to a similar standard and want to ski more together?
In the end, assuming you don't have any particular social defect to establish yourself a pariah status, being on your own tends to attract company and all U need to do is be open to it.
And of course, there are snowHeads all over the place too
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GordonFreeman, I do sometimes Gordon - by choice, just the freedom to go where you want, when you want. Ski hard from dawn til dusk or laze in til 12. A weekend type break is generally enough mind you, before an element of cabin fever sets in.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The only slight downside to going on a ski holiday by your self is if you are in a hotel you have to eat dinner on your own.
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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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GordonFreeman, I looked at Chamonix for this weekend. Leaving Thursday evening returning Monday evening 4 days skiing + cheap accomodation at La Vagabond, flyign to Turin and transfer by bus. The whole trip comes to ~ £450. I couldn't afford it hence by rant thread!
But if you are into weekends I heartily recommend a flight to geneva or turin and a stay at La Vagabond on half board as food is good. Alternatively Ryan Air to Grenoble and bus to Alp d' Huez or Les Deux Alpes or La Grave.
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| riverman wrote: |
| The only slight downside to going on a ski holiday by your self is if you are in a hotel you have to eat dinner on your own. |
That's true, which is a definite plus for the chalet format.
For a shorter break, sometimes it can be cheaper to take a last minute package deal and just book your own flight one way mid-week.
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You know it makes sense.
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I have always traveled by myself for sking, since my wife has no interest whatsoever in skiing.
But I have usually found other people to ski with for a significant part of the week, sometimes for the whole week.
Many tour operators offer frr (on piste) guiding for a few days, and that can be useful just to get involved with a group.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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riverman, I went to Hintertux once on my own and the hotel sat me with a German guest in the evenings and he was great company. It was when the Berlin Wall came down and I hadn't been following the news, so he informed me of the event over dinner.
I also bumped into two guys who were friends with many of the regulars of my brothers local and spent a few days skiing with them. When we got back home my brother was able to give them all the news regarding their rugby club. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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| riverman wrote: |
| The only slight downside to going on a ski holiday by your self is if you are in a hotel you have to eat dinner on your own. |
I love dining alone. A good book works wonders.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Kramer, I tend to prefer female company for dinner although I also enjoy a good read
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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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riverman, indeed female company is preferable, but there is something about sitting reading a good book, and having your dinner cooked for you.
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Kramer, When you dine alone you tend to pick up the conversations from nearby tables which can be interesting especially when a couple are trying to conduct a row in low voices. The row normally being about the ski run one partner insisted the other partner ski down which lead to a fall etc.
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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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I've been listening to a broadcast on the French radio Franceinter.com. Concerning a week held in Avoriaz in January, for "snow dating" - reductions on ski hire, lifts, etc. Two lines for the chairlifts, one female, one male. They send them up in pairs.... also music in the evenings, etc etc. I listen to those broadcasts to improve my French and I don't understand 100% by any means. But it seems that other stations including Valmorel and Les Orres also organised similar weeks. Something for the sole skier next year, maybe?
I did a ski clinic week alone some years ago. It was good, because most participants were on their own, or with friends rather than partners, and it worked fine. One of the SCGB trips would probably work out OK as well; you could presumably do more, or less, socialising according to how well you got on with the group. I enjoy skiing alone for a day or so, but not for a week, I think. I have no problem with dining alone though, having done a fair bit of international travel for work, often solo. I much prefer solo air travel, actually. I used to enjoy being able to read for the whole flight, without seeming antisocial, arriving in a new airport, alone, getting a taxi to a hotel, or whatever, and pleasing myself whether I ate or not, or went to sleep or not, or watched a film or not (not that many of the developing country hotels I stayed in ever had working TVs, let alone films).
It defeats me why people get so joined at the hip that they can't travel from Gatwick to Geneva unless they are sat in the next seat to their partner; especially when they then proceed to bicker for the whole journey. Separate rows and a couple of good books, that's the answer!
There are so many excellent ski clinics and specialised holidays around, I should think most people could find something to suit them, especially if they have a bit of money.
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Just saw an article in yesterday's Guardian about singles holidays, mentioning that snow-dating week in Avoriaz. Hilarious article, grim holiday.
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Probably just one of those apprehensive things that has to be done 
May try some a ski group clinic, the SCGB, or of course the EoSB !
Pity snowHeads doesn't do some weekend type oSB sessions instead of week long ones!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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GordonFreeman, Got a colleague who is a good skier who is looking for someone to go skiing for a week with. His normal ski buddies have pulled out this year for finance reasons.
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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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Helen LS, good on you - that sounds heaven sent... why have 90% of the population lost the ability to be self-sufficient?
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| red 27 wrote: |
| why have 90% of the population lost the ability to be self-sufficient? |
Well that occurred to me but I didn't really want to think too deeply about it on my own.
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You know it makes sense.
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admin, LOL !!!!!
I think a lot of people think I am a bit weird  but hey I am having fun having my first day off today after 6 days skiing so it was time to wash the ice breakers and chill out !!
Am already worrying that I only have 9 skiing days left and I am hoping to go snow mobiling on one of those and it doesnt seem enough ! anyways I am off pressie shopping now !
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Am so envious 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Reading Carled's description of skiing with groups, on another thread, the question is why everyone doesn't ski alone!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yeah, I ski alone sometimes, am about to head off to Mammoth on my own for a few days next week. I actually really enjoy it and I get a lot more skiing done than when I'm with the family and I can suit myself for where I ski, where I eat and where I booze (usually nowhere with the family!). So yeah, I like it and generally meet people and make new friends too which is cool
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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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ive just come back from the PDS on my own. had a good time and got loads of skiing in my long weekend (4 days on piste due to good flight times). i stayed in a chalet that i found via chaletsdirect (www.skiwhitegold.co.uk) . i was alone on the slopes and then had company at night. chalet was not cheap but it was worth it. good facilites and food and other people. would have liked to ski with someone but no-one of my ability and desire to clock up the mileage and visit lots of areas of the resort (its a hell of a way back from torgon to ardent isnt it !!).
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