tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843350996698492659.post4089670951353325645..comments2024-03-25T23:09:55.954-07:00Comments on Skiing the Planet: Spring in Chamonixjariarkkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150761098892837329noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843350996698492659.post-47232231813065390032014-09-19T02:20:46.176-07:002014-09-19T02:20:46.176-07:00I like more posts like this. Every time I get a va...I like more posts like this. Every time I get a valuable inspiration.<br /><br />We offer <a href="http://www.alpineelements.co.uk/snowboarding-holidays.html" rel="nofollow">Snowboarding Holidays</a> at catered chalets and hotels so grab your board and boots before heading to snow-sure ski resorts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843350996698492659.post-7268933948808104942012-04-25T03:29:07.099-07:002012-04-25T03:29:07.099-07:00Thank you!
Vallee Blanche is a great experience, ...Thank you!<br /><br />Vallee Blanche is a great experience, you should do it on some future trip. I've done it a long time ago on a student trip with Skipoli. A friend of mine did it in early April this year, and they usually open mid or late January. You absolutely do need a guide and the guide will have all the necessary equipment. Depending on the conditions and your choice of route, you'll probably need a rope to keep you safe in the beginning walk on the knife edge ridge leading away from Aiquille du Midi, but after that you can ski in the usual way. Get a guide and have fun! And be prepared for the views and the experience; the actual skiing may be variable. You could get luck and ski powder all the way down, but not necessarily. I'd recommend focusing more on the what the knife edge and the glacier feel like.<br /><br />I go to Chamonix for great off-piste, radical ski descents, town life, and quick access -- perfect for weekends, for instance. For cheap accommodation, vivid nightlife, and still excellent slopes I go to Austria. Prices are quite reasonable, particularly outside the most well known places like St. Anton. Zillertal, Kaprun, Zell Am See, Sölden, Ischgl, etc. are all great places, and a short drive away from Munchen that has many cheap flights.<br /><br />Also, if you are a slightly biggger group then you can basically go anywhere with very low costs. We were in Les 3 Vallees, France, earlier this year with 10+ people and once you split the cost of the cabin, the costs were down to 140€ per person! Obviously you'll also need lift tickets, flights, and transport, but once you start to have six people or more you can get a really good deal by organizing the trip yourself.<br /><br />Good luck & happy skiing winters!jariarkkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150761098892837329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843350996698492659.post-34998064773086656832012-04-25T03:07:34.569-07:002012-04-25T03:07:34.569-07:00Hi Jari,
first of all thanks for such a great blo...Hi Jari,<br /><br />first of all thanks for such a great blog! Somewhy i find myself returing to read yet another story of yours, you've been to some amazing places.<br /><br />I was visiting Chamonix at the end of March aswell (my first time at the Alps!) and it was a great experience, got to ride my first real off piste powder, I didnt know skiing even could be that much fun. Altough i was a bit bummed i was unable to ski the Vallee de Blanche, mostly cause of the fact that my friends didnt want to get a guide and i felt unsafe coming down a glacier without proper mountaineering equipment (I didnt want to find myself in a crevasse without a harness, nor for that matter in a crevasse at all). Have you skied down it? <br /><br />As you seem to have an enormious amount of ski-related info, what do you think would be the best destination in the Alps for a group of young skiers looking for a cheap accomidation, great slopes and a vivid nightlife?<br /><br />Best regards,<br />Tomi S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com