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Just ordered the non-refundable flight tickets, so it's a done deal...
Exactly six months from now I'll probably be skiing the last run for the day or enjoying the first beer of the day in Serfaus, while mourning the fact that I only have two days of skiing left.
Funny how things unfold, though... We were planning a co-ordinated trip with a large group, most of whom were "pretty sure we're almost certain, but we just have to procrastinate for a few months", until they dropped out one by one. Now it's only the family and me.
The original budget is, of course, busted... But that doesn't really matter, because I've shifted priorities from keeping costs down to pleasing the wife and the kids. This is the first alpine trip for my wife and son, so it's imperative that everything goes well. Flying to Innsbruck, not Zürich or Munich. Taking a taxi or shuttle, not hiring a car, which would've been more expensive anyways. And staying at a nice family-oriented hotel with playrooms for the kids, very close to the Dorfbahn, which will take us straight to the gondola.
You can probably tell I'm pretty excited. Just hope the weather gods will be smiling upon us.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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In exactly 6 months I expect I shall be working Working WORKING!
(Because 2 weeks of SOPiB12 will be just 3 days away  )
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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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Six months from now we'll be a couple of sleeps short of our trip to Banff.
We missed Banff last year because of the bus fiasco and now we can't wait to go back again.
Ironically last season they appear to have had great snow, - so hoping we are lucky this season ( though we haven't been disappointed there before)
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pretty similar situation to paul.kin, i hope. we haven't booked yet, but are looking at 2nd week in feb for Banff for a couple of weeks. 
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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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rogg, one thing to be aware of regarding flights to Calgary this season is that the Air Transat flights from Manchester (which most tour operators use) have been changed, so that you can't get a 14 night holiday, as the return flight is on Friday ( for Saturday departures) and I believe, correspondingly for Wednesday departures, the return flight is on a Tuesday.
This is relevant when searching for holidays on line as if you request a 14 night holiday the result returns no availability as you need to input 13 nights!
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Getting ready to set off for Les Arcs.
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Hmm. Good question. I'd like to think I'd be enjoying the snowy and uncrowded slopes of the Espace Diamant - but my daughter is expecting her second baby at the end of March, so I suspect I might be called away for grandmotherly stuff. SkiingDad, your holiday plans sound terrific. Have fun.
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In 6 months time I'll be 3 months into my 4 month trip to Jasper....
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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I will be edging and waxing my skis and will start packing for the SOPiB12
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paul.kin, Has the Banff buses nonsense been sortel out now ? And what about the safety patrollers' dispute ? They were so stupid. Would be nice if all is again as it used to be .
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You know it makes sense.
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I will also be in Banff for the second of my 2 month trip 
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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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threads like this make me very uneasy. I was saying this last year and ended up spending most of the season in hospitals, so for all concerned....I am now knocking on wood 3 times....and in 6 months time I will be on a racetrack with an injury free season behind me 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Early feb so will be enjoying the last week before the French holidays start.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Farley Goode, It was announced earlier this year that the shuttle bus from the usual hotels on Banff Avenue was to be reinstated this season.
I can't comment on the safety patrollers' dispute.
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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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Six months from now I'll be on a yacht in Fiji surrounded by an army of midget hookers, a goat, a bucketful of coke, and a few cases of champagne.
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pam w, I'm sure I will. Thanks! I could settle for less. My priorities lie with making sure the family will want to go on more skiing holidays again. Have to take one for the family, eh?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| hang11 wrote: |
| Six months from now I'll be on a yacht in Fiji surrounded by an army of midget hookers, a goat, a bucketful of coke, and a few cases of champagne. |
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I will hopefully be in a hotel in Champagne region with hubby and dog on my way to Serre Chevalier, where we will be joined on the Saturday by the first wave of the SoPiB 2012. I say hopefully, as like kooky I do not want to tempt fate, having spent most of one season watching hubby recover from a nasty injury.
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| Hells Bells wrote: |
| like kooky I do not want to tempt fate, |
Me neither. Statistically, in six months, some snowHeads will be six feet under ...... 
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maggi,  (I've already booked accommodation and travel for my March trip, it'll be a shame if I'm not still around then.)
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Pedantica, yeah, please wait till May (or much, much later). There's a ritual to be upheld in April, wouldn't be the same without you 
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Zero-G,
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I'm not going to be on the SOPiB12 with a bunch of geriatrics, am I?
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Luckily for you, it seems, I'm not going on that bash. 
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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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Zero-G, not sure why she's implying I am geriatric
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