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We're off to Klosters at the end of the month. Only thing I know about it is that Gordon won't let Prince Charles go this year. So any info would be good. Specifically though, I am looking for instructor recommendations. thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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One bit of info is that the place is blighted by bloody awful queues for the ruddy 2 stage cable car in the morning. It desperately needs to be replaced by something that doesn't date from 1958. Skiing is fantastic when you're up there though 
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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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The lifts are rubbish.
The village is lifeless.
The residents are snotty.
But still a great place to visit.
Pretty and atmospheric.
Rakes of accessible powder slopes that rarely get skied.
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Hey guys - you're really selling it to me. On the lift front is it better to get up early, up the lifts and coffee stop at the top to wake up or to have a lie in and let the queues work themselves out?
Whitegold - your last point has cheered me up though 
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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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skim, we were there a couple of weeks ago...the queues weer very light midweek, and not too bad on Saturday (don't think we ever had to wait for a cable car). Didn't use instructors, I'm afraid, so can't help there.
I didn't think the lifts themselves were that bad, but the boarders in our group got seriously annoyed at the piste layout (on Parsenn in particular) which seemed to require you to walk uphill a *lot*. Think I liked the Jakobshorn and Madrisa (caution: t-bars only!) areas best, but Parsenn has plenty of piste cruising to do (long red down to the gondola is nice if the snow's good).
For lunch, we quite liked the Parsennhutte and Schiferhaus restaurants (in Parsenn), or the Guggel on the 'horn (pricey, but nice). I think it was the Guggel place where we wandered in for an early lunch (on a poor vis day) and found 4 guys sat round a table with post-it notes on their heads and an empty bottle of vodka in an bucket...
Feel free to post any other specific questions, and I'll have a crack at answering.
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Whitegold has it all wrong. The place has been "discovered" by yoof freeriders who ski out all the easily accessible powder in no time. You have to skin for miles to find good stuff now. Keep away from the area at all costs (and tell all your mates to do the same).
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skim, early start defo,
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Yoda, you are a Very Bad Man.
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Hurtle, did you ski with Bruno from the local school? I met him taking another tea club party the year after you were there. Thinking of the OP request for instructor recommendations.
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ChrisWo,
You were probably there at a quiet time though. Was the World Economic Forum on in Davos at the time?
The one time I was in Klosters the WEF was taking place which was great because the WEF attendees and media entourage take over a phenomenal number of rooms in the Davos/Klosters area, with very few of them actually skiing.
It was shortly after 9/11 however and it was rather disconcerting coming out at the top of the cable car in the morning to find four soldiers standing there with sub machine guns at the ready. The strange thing I remember was that they were wearing normal summer camouflage kit! So much for the Swiss army.
We were skiing off piste on a "tea club" trip. The skiing was great although I found the village disappointing. I was expecting something very traditional but most of the buildings were Swiss modern style. I do not mean cheap but just rather functional looking.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Yoda,
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did you ski with Bruno from the local school?
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No. Can't remember the name of the guy I skied with, he was deeply underwhelming (albeit a very pleasant chap). The instruction consisted of 'follow me' and 'bounce' and that was about it. In fairness, a lot of the people who go on that particular 'tea club' trip are regulars who just want to ski off piste with the Sass guides, the instruction element is fairly immaterial for them. It was a bit galling for those of us who were not of the clique and genuinely wanted to learn something. The whole experience put me right off ever doing a Freshtracks instruction holiday again. But I absolutely loved Klosters/Davos. And the week after I did that course - I stayed on - friends joined me and we spent most of the week skiing with the tea club rep, which was bliss - an exceptionally nice guy, who took us to some excellent spots.
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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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richjp, No, week before (still a quiet time of year, but without the resorts being rammed). You're probably right - it'll be busier later in the season.
Yoda, I thought Klosters (ok, well the Weissfluhgipferl) got skied out pretty quick (given how few people were around). On the other hand, we didn't want for powder 
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The residents are snotty.
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What few of the residents I have met have not been particularly snotty, but some of the English tourists took snottiness to new levels. Most unfriendly. The skiing is superb though.
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You know it makes sense.
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T Bar,
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some of the English tourists took snottiness to new levels
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I think they were all on my SCGB course! 
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