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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Breakfast.... ski... coffee.... ski.... beer... ski..... apres beers..... dinner.... beers..... bed..... pretty much sums it up for me 
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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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Apres beers includes dancing on tables whilst wearing ski boots.
Dont forget on day one to buy your lift pass.
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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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Wake up late, Ski for a few hours, Beers...Rinse and Repeat
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Ski, eat, drink and sleep.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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+ take some photos
+ go clubbing
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Brakfast, ski, beer, ski, pick up kids from ski school, lunch - pref outdoors under blue sky, eat and drink far too much, take kids swimming/sledging/snowball fighting, little snooze, dinner - again eating far too much, more drinks then bed. Repeat X 6. If skiing with another family/ies then skiing will reume in the afternoon with ladies/gents alternating days for skiing/childcare. Simples.
I normally book everything beforehand so no first day rush - lift passes, ski lessons, ski equipment (for best price).
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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you actually ski rather than walking around town trying to look like you own it and talking in a loud voice about your hi-jinks from the night before
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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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-clubbing
-dancing in ski boots
-beer at lunch
+eating lunch, preferably on the lift if it's a powder day
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Swap the coffee for chocolate and cram lunch in with the first beer, and SnowGod has it just about perfect.
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You know it makes sense.
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Breakfast
Ski
Gluhwein
Ski
Lunch with beers
More skiing
Apres skiing with obligatory dancing on table
Think about getting some dinner
Some late apres ski then bed and repeat 6 times
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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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Breakfast
Ski (without coffe break if choice is mine)
Lunch with one glass of wine (not more than an hour, preferably less)
Ski (again without gluhwein break, if choice is mine - unless it's very cold and/or comfort break required)
Cuppa or quick bevvy or - depending on resort - raucous behaviour in bar on way back from skiing
Swim and sauna if available, otherwise a bit of stretching. If self-catering, might on occasion have to replace these with some shopping.
Ablutions - lingering over these is an important part of holiday - plus laundry
Another quick bevvy if time, If self-catering, drink while preparing supper.
Supper with wine
Scrabble, intellectual (or not) conversation, bopping, depending on mood/opportunities, accompanied by another bevvy or two.
Bed
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Poster: A snowHead
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6 hours skiing,12 hours apres,6 hours sleeping,repeat.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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freestyleandy, Now you are a punter - revisit seven-years worth of dumb questions and see if they amuse/irritate the resort staff as much as they amused/irritated you ?
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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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Wake, one S, breakfast, another S, ski, butty, beer, other two S's, food, beer & sleep.
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Mosha Marc, blimey, I'm jealous.
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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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| Hurtle wrote: |
| Mosha Marc, blimey, I'm jealous. |
Remember, the evening ones are a shower and shave.
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Mosha Marc, oh, right, not so jealous then! 
SnowGod, I wouldn't go looking for a swim/sauna in town - only avail myself (with huge pleasure, even though it's usually only a few lengths and 15 mins in the sauna) if they're on the premises. Agree with your use of time if weather unskiable, though again I'd try and sober up enough to have a swim if poss.
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ski, have a laugh, sleep. Repeat each day.
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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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Arrive in awe at how beautiful the mountains are, and how you would defo move out here if the chance arose - just like you promised yourself last year 
Drink large amoounts of whatever is offered on first evening, wake next day slightly bleary eyed, comment on how these ski pants fitted perfectly last year (must be the damn washing machine  ), organise everything for everyone in party including 7 kids inc ski hire, lift passes, lessons, piste maps, sun screen / goggles depending on prevailing weather, then finally get your ski's on about 10.30 am and - - - - - - paradise.........
Then pretty much into routines quoted by lots of others, ski/eat/drink/ski/drink/eat/.....maybe add ...... fiddle with your boot setting constantly on first day, try skiing the cruddy off piste switch, then remind yourself as to why you are NOT as proficient off piste as you would like to be....  and sensibly get back on terra firma where you belong!!!
Next 5 days similar routine with increasing amounts of awe/dreams of becoming a seasonairre, drunkedness, tiredness, overeating etc....then miserable climb onto transfer bus wishing you could do it all again and scowling that 40cm of fresh fell last night just in time for next weeks punters 
Hope you have a great time !!!!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Breakfast. Ski. Hot Chocolate. Ski. Lunch with soft drink. Ski. Sometimes beer/gluhwein. Sauna. Dinner with beer. Sometimes more beer while chatting. Bed. Repeat 6 times.
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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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Nothing to add really:
Breakfast - ski - lunch - ski - drink - shower - dinner - talk/read/write/scrabble/cards(pick one) - bed. All with 5 others. Repeat. Days 3-8 with guide.
The fantastic variety comes from the landscape/snow/variety of route (sometimes requiring a walk with skis on shoulders or an hour on skins to get to)
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I once had a massage - don't ever go there, most painful thing ever - ski thighs deserve more respect and need to be left alone until the swelling goes down.
Occasional hot tubs are nice:
- dressup - goggles, hats, helments etc. in a hot tub are very amusing. Also if you wear powder masks it adds a whole other slightly dark element as they look a bit like gimp masks....
- if you're single I'm sure they are quite useful for surrepticious underwater leg flirting...
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You know it makes sense.
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Parkyparcours, where are these outdoor hot tubs? Ive never seen one, is that because we tend to ski in France?
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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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| Shimmy Alcott wrote: |
| Parkyparcours, where are these outdoor hot tubs? Ive never seen one, is that because we tend to ski in France? |
They have them in Canada, hotel in Fernie had one and enjoyed one with a mountain view in LAke Louise.
Certainly an experience 
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Poster: A snowHead
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elgrego, ah, not ventured that far.
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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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Breakfast, kids to ski school, ski, vin chaud/Xante, ski, collect kids, lunch, ski, vin chaud/beers/xante, ski, dinner, TV/DVD's, bed
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Had an outdoor hot tub in Banff the size of a small swimming pool. Very relaxing.
My daughter often drags me to the ice skating rink a couple of evenings, all you need after a hard days skiing.
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Fri 29-01-10 18:30; edited 1 time in total
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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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Shimmy Alcott, I'd recommend that you do if at all possible 
(venture that far, that is) well worth the long journey is Canada.
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I think lots of North American resorts can do you an outside hot tub. We had one in Killington, but I don't think it made up for the drive to the slopes.
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Yeeugghhhh, nasty unhygienic things. A warm slurry of microbes.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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andyph, Our last chalet had one indoors, which I kinda thought defeated the oblject. 
Brekki
ski
lunch(usually without alcohol)
ski
possibly a drink or two
maybe tea and cake depending on accommodation
stretch (dependent on how many drinks I've had)
bath/shower
dinner
copious amounts of wine
bed
repeat
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