 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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Boredsurfing, What does it say?
-no snow so we're not opening this year?
-does it feature the Paradiski challenge?
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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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Interesting to see in the 'Facts and Figures' section that the resort covers approximately 10,000 hectares, as well as quoting the usual 225km of pistes. Makes it easier to compare with North American resorts who tend to use area rather than piste length.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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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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Boredsurfing, why were they re-graded?
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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rob@rar, No idea perhaps considered to difficult to be reds 
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Boredsurfing, and I bet you read all 20 pages eh??
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Mouth, no of course not 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Boredsurfing,
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It's a 20 page pdf file.
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That's not an inducement for me to read it 
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Interesting to see in the 'Facts and Figures' section that the resort covers approximately 10,000 hectares, as well as quoting the usual 225km of pistes. Makes it easier to compare with North American resorts who tend to use area rather than piste length. |
That's over 24,000 acres! Aspen and Vail only claim just over 5,000 acres of trails each! Do you think the La Plagne figure refers to the pisted area or the total area owned by the lift company? Or is it really 5 times the size of the Colorado resorts?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Boredsurfing wrote: |
| rob@rar, No idea perhaps considered to difficult to be reds |
So where's L'esselet? I've found Malatray. Can say I've done either of them (yet) but they'll be on my list this year.
IIRC La Chiaupe was a realy pig of a red with fat moguls when I last did it - for me the 'hardest red' I'd done - i seem to remember seeing a sign saying "tres difficile" or someting similar near the top.
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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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bertie bassett, L'esselet is closer to Montchavin along the same face as Malatray. IMHO Both are dependent on very good snow cover.
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| luigi wrote: |
| rob@rar wrote: |
| Interesting to see in the 'Facts and Figures' section that the resort covers approximately 10,000 hectares, as well as quoting the usual 225km of pistes. Makes it easier to compare with North American resorts who tend to use area rather than piste length. |
That's over 24,000 acres! Aspen and Vail only claim just over 5,000 acres of trails each! Do you think the La Plagne figure refers to the pisted area or the total area owned by the lift company? Or is it really 5 times the size of the Colorado resorts? |
Had a look at the pdf file and can answer my own question, the area of the marked pistes is 730ha which converts to just over 1,800 acres, this must be the figure to compare with US resorts. Although, I remember La Plagne as having a lot of open snowfields above the tree-line with off-piste potential that wouldn't be included in this figure, so that would complicate the comparison further.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Boredsurfing wrote: |
| bertie bassett, L'esselet is closer to Montchavin along the same face as Malatray. IMHO Both are dependent on very good snow cover. |
Interesting and no wonder why I couldn't find it - according to my '01 piste map that I had knocking around that was a blue run..current PDF shows red and now it's being upgraded to a black..perhaps its a snow cover thing...
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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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| luigi wrote: |
| That's over 24,000 acres! Aspen and Vail only claim just over 5,000 acres of trails each! |
I though North American resorts quoted total in-bounds area rather than acres of trails? In fact, isn't it much easier to measure length of trails or do they measure how wide they are as well?
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Poster: A snowHead
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| luigi wrote: |
| That's over 24,000 acres! Aspen and Vail only claim just over 5,000 acres of trails each! |
I though North American resorts quoted total in-bounds area rather than acres of trails? In fact, isn't it much easier to measure length of trails or do they measure how wide they are as well? |
You're right, that does sound silly! It must be total in-bounds area and La Plagne must cover over 4 times the area of Vail and Aspen! If that sounds right?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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luigi, it would seem right iirc, although with the addition of Blue Sky basin and all the trails off there, I would have thought Vail was slightly bigger these days.
But certainly I would agree the European mega-resorts are far bigger than anything I've skied in NA: Keystone, Brek, Vail, Beaver, Whistler.
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