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maggi, a trip for all! We're even allowing Mr Technique along 
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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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I THINK YOU'LL FIND that I'm in charge.
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Mr Technique, yebbut so far only cathy has started a plan..... 
(why are you partly shouting?)
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We're in, but only if Mr Technique concedes that there are some Snowheads he likes. Sounds frickin awesome, an indoor chairlift and everything. All they need now is sharks with laserbeams.
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Monium, 
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Monium will be sitting at the front of the bus, where I can keep my eye on him.
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Oooh. Apparently 'Wizz Air' will begin a Vilnius route (from Luton and Stansted), in two days' time. Just checked, £35 each way or so.
Ryanair have also added Stansted-Vilnius, starting in May. Stag do contingent ahoy, then. 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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paulio, who are you???? Have you kidnapped Mr Technique & dragged him off to a stag do in Vilnius? Set him free!
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I have no idea what you're talking about.
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You know it makes sense.
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Maybe I am missing something..........but, why is this place any better than Landgraaf??
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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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| speedy wrote: |
| Maybe I am missing something..........but, why is this place any better than Landgraaf?? |
Dunno yet, it's not open. I've been to Landgraaf so I hope to be able to make a direct comparison in the coming months.
On paper it's longer, and a bit more interesting (and cheaper!). Also the snow at Landgraaf is notoriously of the 'cold sugar' variety. I hope that isn't the case for Druskininkai, but we shall see.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'm off to Landgraaf tomorrow for a couple of days (second visit). It's only 80m longer using their add both slopes together calculation and once you have factored in the cost of gettinng there I doubt will be any cheaper!
I agree with the concensus of the thread that it will knock the socks off of anything in the UK!!
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| speedy wrote: |
| once you have factored in the cost of gettinng there I doubt will be any cheaper! |
That depends on where you start from
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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paulio, Where are you located??
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My precise geographical coordinates are a closely guarded secret.
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Another world another planet
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Prices look good:
Adults (Mon-Fri):
2hrs: £11.44
4hrs: £13.98
Day: £16.52
Adults (Sat-Sun+Hols):
2hrs: £13.98
4hrs: £16.52
Day: £19.07
But note: Helmets must be worn by for all guests.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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paulio, aha! Annecy my foot - I'd recognise your bobble hat anywhere!
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| altis wrote: |
| Helmets must be worn by for all guests. |
It's by Health of Safety gone for the madness!
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You know it makes sense.
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Right then - when are we going? I've got lots of weekends in September, October and November that want filling, and Luton is just down the road from us for the dirt cheap flight people. Fly out Friday morning, come back Sunday lunchtime I reckon. Allows a full day to recover from a big Friday night in Eastern Europe.
How far from airport to ski slope?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Monium wrote: |
| How far from airport to ski slope? |
Sure this was covered earlier. The most likely airport is Kaunas rather than Vilnius, and in either case you're looking at a two and a half hour drive, ish.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Looks great - who'd have thought Tamworth would have been a trend setter with it's revolutionary sweeping curve?? I'll keep an eye on this thread to see if interest in a weekend trip begins to build - I quite fancy a trip to one of the Baltic states 
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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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Look at all those people NOT WEARING HELMETS!!! What is the world coming to?
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looks huge compared to Castleford!
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Wow, that looks good for an indoor slope! You can get a few good turns in before reaching the bottom.
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Hmm. Interested.
paulio, Any idea when, or indeed whether they plan to get the outdoor part of the slope open.
I quite fancy experiencing the indoor/outdoor ski thing. It gets pretty cold in Lithuania doesn't it? Maybe they can open the outdoor area sometime in November. If so I'd be on for a trip along the lines suggested by Monium.
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| Spud9 wrote: |
Any idea when, or indeed whether they plan to get the outdoor part of the slope open.
I quite fancy experiencing the indoor/outdoor ski thing. It gets pretty cold in Lithuania doesn't it? |
Can do yeah. Seasonally it's just 'Europe' though, and it's latitude is only around about level with the top of Scotland. Winter is December to March. November at a push, April at a push.
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Bankas Snoras, the main investor in this project, and one of Lithuania's biggest banks (perhaps the #1 biggest? Not sure... it was certainly a whopper though) has collapsed. Leaving many LT families and businesses in a spot of bother... bank accounts and all funds within have just vanished etc. Allegedly.
Not sure what this means for the Snow Arena, but the Snoras branding has been completely removed from it. Maybe it means that the millions of Euro investment that the bank put in has now been written off.
I've still not been.
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