I went skiing two years ago and got stuck in amajor trafficjam (talking 60km plus here) due to heavy snowfall before we reached our destination - Austria.

It took us 30 hours to do a 12 hour trip! It snowed so damn hard sometimes you couldn't even see more then 20 meters in front of you and at sometimes it looked like the car was standing still while we actually drove.

had a good two weeks of shiing fun though, first time also and I learned to go from the red slope (<- is that the word?) by the end of the second week.

Edit: Damn spelling.

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sS - Noooooooo! I demand a DNA-test.
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It's better to chase a rabbit then to catch a hare...

snow? whats that??

not yet, I'll be going just before Easter to a small random resort in Austria for a week then Tignes for a week.

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a m8 of mine just got back from Austria yesterday, he's been there around Lech and the Vorarlberg over Xmas and New Year, he reckons it's pretty good. me MiL got back today from Mont Blanc and she's reckons that's decent snow there.

I going to Austria now in Februari 14th. But no, not the last year

@taw did she say if the mer de glace (vallee blanche)was open or was she on the italian side
@nick yes red runs (black diamonds for our n american friends)
@zone you will love tignes the funicular is really quick the bowling alley is really good and the skiing is stunning ("eye of the needle" for some easy off piste)
let me know if the bar "the wobbly rabbit" is still open if you can they do great frozen margeritas !

italian side, i should have said Monte Bianco.

@taw ah so courmayeur is good just now thx

@Taw: ff's choice would be the Monte Chianti

Edit: Damn spelling.

It's the sand in the clock wich stops the time... or was it... D'oh, I need to study harder on this time control thing.

or the Fava Beana!

Monte Filmo

@steel

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@nick yes red runs (black diamonds for our n american friends)

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I like "black diamonds" as a term better, because everytime I hear "red runs" (this being the first time I've heard it) I think of a girl who was complaining she was having her period. There's no Mr. Yuck face, I could've used one now.

Sir S

@sS well i have always felt the most difficult pistes should be referred to as brown runs instead of black/black diamond

I went skiing once, on one of those dry ski slope thingummies, it was great, but I always finished closer to my house than the end of the slope. I can't stop to save my life. Give me real snow, and I'd up skiing all the way home from France.