 Poster: A snowHead
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We skied at Gressoney in 2008, the week starting Sunday Jan 24th. Not quite no queues but minimal ones and almost empty pistes. Nice variety of pistes and some nice huts. Not a place for nightlife, though. At my age, that's a plus! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Pamski wrote: |
| andyph, good idea! Our friend was worried that if she fell over, not just off the lift, she was struggling to get up - so after skiing the first day we found her and another friend out on a slopey bit of our garden, in all their kit and skis, falling over in the snow and then practising till they could get up easily, then practising till they could get up elegantly. |
 Was alcohol involved?
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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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my brother in law and I once each took a child from a ski class up a lift - only to find that we then had to stay for some time with them, whilst the instructor waited for people to come along (no queues - the entire place was empty). We didn't think we could just ski off and leave a couple of 5 year olds alone, especially as one of them was desperate to go skiing and wanting to set off - though the instructor had very clearly told them that they were to sit at the top and wait for her. They were pretty uncommunicative - my attempts at Basic French Conversation weren't too successful. Then my BiL offered them a sweetie..... not a good idea. They looked horrified. 
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andyph, of course - afterwards!
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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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e.g. - you need to come to Sainte Foy. No queues, ever!
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Try the NZ club fields. The long walk in at some, and the really scary drive up at most, coupled with the knee killing rope tow/nutcracker/harness lifts put most people off, apart from the really keen ones. The payoff is 40 or 50 friendly people sharing the whole mountain, with incredible terrain, and some epic powder days. Have a look at www.chillout.co.nz
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Aspen Colorado has no queues
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Was in Killington in Feb this year. Didn't que once all week. Couldn't believe it!
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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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So the consensus seems to be queuing can be reduced if not avoided by careful selection of the time and place of the visit.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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La Plagne at New Year, horrible experience. Only resort I've been to where they have signs two thirds of the way into the queue saying "only 10 minutes to go" aaargh, never, ever again.
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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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Whistler can have massive queues, or none at all. Depends on the day and time of year ... blah blah blah
check out this photo gallery, about halfway down the page there are 4 photos taken Feb 9 2009. Middle of winter. Awesome powder day - ski straight onto the Peak chair.
I guarantee you that all 4 photos were taken with 1 minute of each other.
http://whistlerblackcombsnowreport.com/photo-gallery/2009/february
also here is the link to the blog article that day
http://whistlerblackcombsnowreport.com/11cm-overnight-bluebird-day-630.htm
Edit: to add second link
Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Wed 14-10-09 18:56; edited 2 times in total
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| Ghost Dog wrote: |
| La Plagne at New Year, horrible experience. Only resort I've been to where they have signs two thirds of the way into the queue saying "only 10 minutes to go" aaargh, never, ever again. |
Any of the big resorts on peak peak weeks are going to be busy...
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You know it makes sense.
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Never had problems in Les Arcs or Tignes or Alpe d Huez. The fact that :La plagne has those beware of the queues signs suggests it is worse. Too many bottlenecks and too many new apartments being built. Kaprun for me this NY then Mayrhofen and maybe St A for Easter, can't afford french beer anyway.
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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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Don't go to St Anton. Queues are enormous. On some days, you will be lucky to get more than 4 or 5 runs.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Stay away from (most of the) glacier resorts during early season, at least in Austria. Rather go to non-glacier resorts that have just opened. The German ski clubs just love the glaciers and they will be crowding the lifts from beginning of the season on, especially if it has been cold weather or snowing in Germany (it gets people in the ski mood).. the weather and snow conditions at the actual resort don't matter so much 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Whislter in my experience gets very busy on fresh snow, as Vanouver is a short drive away and they all tend to pile up the valley.
Lake Louise pretty good, and Kicking Horse (one main lift) but queues at all! This was a couple of years ago.
Queueing stateside is an altogether different experience than Europe.
I really don't mind queueing as long as I don't get trampled on (Tignes glacier this Easter, and a few other bottlenecks,  but generally no waiting)
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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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Les Contamines in mid January. We were the 5th and 6 th tracks down one red run before lunch 4 years ago. Never mind going up, its coming down where it really counts!
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I've skied the le fornet glacier in val d'isere over christmas week and I'm pretty sure that not a single person got on the chair during my first lap of the glacier, and that was a blue sky, no wind day as well. That said there were some fairly substantial queues in other bits that week. Its all about choosing the right lifts
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I'd probably have just skied off and left them without a thought - hence you don't want me helping your little nearests and dearests.... 
